NHL Hockey Player News

Los Angeles excused King from tonight's game vs. Pittsurgh to attend a personal matter. Expect Jordan Nolan to re-enter the lineup.

Mitchell skated this morning and reportedly looked "healthy" according to Patrick Roy, but he will not suit up tonight vs. the Canucks.

Johnson missed the game-day skate this morning and will be a game-time decision for the Avalanche tonight. Johnson has really picked up his play as of late, so his absence would be greatly felt on the Avs' blueline. Nate Guenin would slide into the lineup if Johnson is unable to go.

Couture missed two periods on Monday and Tuesday's game after taking a blast off the foot in the first period in Calgary on Monday. He did skate this afternoon, which is a good sign that he will be in the lineup, but the 10:30 pm ET start puts a strain on your lineup.

Niemi allowed two goals on 30 shots in Tuesday's 5-2 victory over the Oilers. Niemi leads the NHL in wins with 36 and has been the hottest goalie in March going 7-1-1 with a 1.88 GAA and .931 SV%. Tonight, he faces a struggling Jets team. Get him in your lineup.

Kuemper was yanked after allowed three goals on 12 shots in a loss to the Canucks last night. Ilya Bryzgalov did not do any better, so the Wild will go back to Kuemper tonight. They likely want to see how he will face the adversity of losing four in a row and being pulled last night. It won't be easy in St. Louis and you should look at the other available goalie options.

“I was pretty young,” said Nyquist, who was 14 at the time. “I’m not surprised, he was a great player.” Nyquist is on quite a roll. He has nine goals in his past six games and 20 goals in his past 24 games. He will continue skating on a line with Riley Sheahan and Tomas Tatar.

Roy missed the last two games with a lower-body injury but will be back tonight vs. the Wild. Roy has nine goals and 28 assists (37 points) in 67 games this season. Chris Porter will come out of the lineup with Roy returning.

Phillips missed Tuesday's game after suffering an upper-body injury in Dallas on Monday.

Zibanejad missed Tuesday's game in Florida but will return vs. the Hawks tomorrow. He has 27 points (13G / 14A) in 61 games this season.

Ribeiro was scratched on Tuesday and it looks like he will be scratched once again tonight in Jersey. This speaks volumes as to what the Coyotes think of Ribeiro's recent play. They are clinging to the final playoff spot in the West, yet are benching the veteran play-maker.

Anderson said he is ready to go if he is called upon, but with Robin Lehner leaving pracitce early with an apparent injury, one would think that Anderson will make his return to the crease after backing up the last two games. He has not played since getting hurt on March 10th, and would draw an awful matchup with the Blackhawks in town.

Bickell will miss his fourth straight game with an upper-body injury. The Blackhawks did not rule him out for Friday's meeting with the Senators.

Price stopped all 24 shots that he faced in a 2-0 win over the Sabres on Tuesday. Price has won four of five starts with a 2.62 GAA and .920 SV% since returning from a lower-body injury. Tonight, he faces a desperate Red Wings team and probably the NHL's hottest player, Gustav Nyquist.

Gudbranson has missed the last nine games, but should be back in tonight. Great timing for the Panthers as they just found out Tom Gilbert is done for the season. Although the games don't mean much anymore, Gudbranson says he’s bound and determined to finish up strong heading into the offseason. He has two goals and five assists in 56 games this season.

Khudobin stopped 21 of 23 shots he faced after replacing Cam Ward real early in Tuesday's 5-4 loss to the Isles. Khudobin has gone 2-5-0 with a 2.55 GAA and .927 SV% in March, and has only won twice in his last 11 outings. Tonight, he faces a Panthers team he is 2-0-0 against this season.

Grabovski has been out since February 27th with a sprained ankle. With the Capitals right in the middle of the playoff race, they could use their second line centreman back so that Jay Beagle can be bumped from Alex Ovechkin's line. If Grabo says he is good to go, expect him to play vs. the Bruins. He has 12 goals and 21 assists (33 points) in 50 games this season.

Gilbert, who had a hot start to the season, had been in a huge offensive rut as of late. His season will wrap up with him totalling 28 points (3G / 25A) in 73 games. With the Panthers well out of the playoffs, Gilbert will undergo the surgery now with recovery expected to be about 6 weeks.

Neither details of the repair work on a damaged finge nor a timeline for Burish's recovery and return was available. Sharks coach Todd McLellan said after Tuesday's win that Burish likely would not be in the lineup for a while. The Sharks have recalled Freddie Hamilton to round-out the roster.

With Adam Bursish suffering a grusome hand injury on Tuesday, Hamilton has been recalled to fill that spot. Hamilton has no points in 11 games with the Sharks this season. While in Worcester he has tallied 19 goals with 18 assists (37 points) in 54 games.