NHL Hockey Player News

Jagr is day-to-day with a sore back, not skating this morning could mean he'll miss tonight's game. Monitor his status as game-time approaches.

Bryz finally picked up his first win on the season against the Rangers on Thursday. The Flyers are banged up right now and need some big performances out of Bryzgalov, let's see if he's up to the test.

Crawford remains undefeated so far this year with a 3-0-0 record, 1.98 GAA and a .923 SV%. The Blackhawks appear to be playing some of the best hockey in the NHL right now, and that bodes well for fantasy owners with Crawford.

Reimer came in on Thursday to relieve Scrivens who struggled against the Islanders. There's no real surprise here as the Leafs continue to search for their starter. Reimer will be in tough tonight against a hungry Rangers squad.

Kreider is expected to be day-to-day and should return soon.

Versteeg isn't expected to play tonight, but this is encouraging news that he isn't too far away from returning to the Panthers lineup.

LaBarbera played well up until the third period against the Sharks in his first start, where he gave up 4 goals on 34 shots. It doesn't get any easier for him tonight as he has to take on the defending Stanley Cup Champs.

Lundqvist was probably one of the first goalies off the boards in every fantasy league, so there's a lot of disappointed owners out there right now. However there is just too much skill in New York and Lundqvist is just too good for this to continue. Don't panic on 'King' Henrik, he'll get back to his Vezina form soon enough.

Theodore has seen a lot of rubber early this season as opposing teams are averaging 38 shots a game on him. Florida just hasn't looked good offensively or defensively and that's a bad recipe for a fantasy goalie. For now stay clear of Theodore until the Panthers prove they can stop the other team and score.

Despite being pulled against Nashville Halak's numbers so far this year are great. 2-0-0 with a 1.18 GAA and .921 SV% and 2 shutouts. Halak is a must start in all formats when he plays.

Nihlstorp will get his second start of the year tonight against the Blues. He played well in his first game only giving up 1 goal but still taking the loss, as the Stars were shutout by Minnesota's Josh Harding.

Varlamov is off to a good start this season with a 2-1 record to go along with a 1.68 GAA and .948 SV%. The Avalanche are a tough team to gauge, but if Varlamov continues to play well he could be a solid fantasy option. He has a tough matchup tonight however facing one of the leagues hottest teams in San Jose.

Atkinson missed Thursday's game, and was not on the ice this morning. He availability for tonight's game remains unknown. Monitor his status as game time approaches.

Mason didn't play all that well in his first start of the season, although he was peppered. He gave up 5 goals on 42 shots against the Coyotes. The task doesn't get any easier tonight for Mason as he'll face an upstart Blackhawks team.

Miller is 2-0 with a 1.50 GAA and .953 SV% on the season. So far so good for Miller, and as long as the Sabres continue to score in front of him he should be a reliable #1 fantasy goalie. Start with confidence.

Looks like the RW experiment in Washington is over. Ovie will move back to the left side tonight as the Capitals take on the Devils and Ovechkin looks for his first goal of the season.

Hiller is the clear #1 goalie in Anaheim, and as long as his team keeps scoring like they are right now he won't need to be spectacular.

Gardiner played 20+ minutes last night and finished a -1. Obviously the Maple Leafs coaching staff thought that Gardiner needs some more time to get back into playing shape after the concussion he suffered in December.

Jagr's injury doesn't appear to be serious and may not miss any time, monitor his status going forward and act accordingly.

Meszaros left yesterday with an upper-body injury. You'll need to add a defenseman to replace Meszaros who is expected to miss four weeks.