NHL Hockey Player News

Jakub Kindl(D)|FA
Injury
Injury
Defenseman Jakub Kindl left the game in the first period with an upper-body injury and will not return.

Kindl is the latest Red Wings defender to get hurt. In his second full season with the team he has a goal and 12 points. Expect the team to make a roster move if he can't play.

Source:
Mlive.com 2012-03-05T09:56:04.000Z
Jakub Kindl
Jimmy Howard(G)|FA
Injury
Injury
DETROIT -- Detroit Red Wings goaltender Jimmy Howard has left Sunday's game against the Chicago Blackhawks after the first period with a lower-body injury. He is listed as day-to-day, general manager Ken Holland said.

Sounds like Howard might miss another couple of games after recently returning from a broken finger. Expect a further update later today.

Source:
Mlive.com 2012-03-05T09:55:13.000Z
Jimmy Howard
Zach Bogosian(D)|MIN
Injury
Injury
Zach Bogosian won’t play on Monday night against the Buffalo Sabres, and he might miss Winnipeg’s two-game road trip to western Canada later this week as well.

Sounds like Bogosian re-injured his wrist in his first game back and will miss a few more games. He has three goals and 22 points through 54 games in what looked like a bounce-back season.

Source:
Winnipeg Sun 2012-03-05T09:53:27.000Z
Zach Bogosian
Travis Zajac(C)|FA
Injury
Injury
"I don't want to put a date on it but he's making very good progress and I think we're all confident he'll be back. The only time frame I'll put on it is he'll be back and he'll play for us again this year."

The Devils are hoping Zajac can be their black ace down the stretch. This season, he's been limited to only eight games.

Source:
NJ.com 2012-03-05T09:49:23.000Z
Travis Zajac
Tomas Vokoun(G)|INA
Injury
Injury
Update 12:29 p.m.: Coach Dale Hunter didn’t offer any additional information on Vokoun’s status only to say “it’s a day-to-day thing”. He did say that the veteran goaltender suffered the injury in a warmup but did not go into specifics.

Sounds like Vokoun could miss a few games. As soon as we have a better update than day-to-day, we will let you know.

Source:
Canes Now 2018-07-18T17:53:34.410Z
Braden Holtby(G)|FA
Call up / Send down
Call up / Send down
Washington recalled goaltender Braden Holtby from the AHL’s Hershey Bears and he is on the ice taking part in the morning skate ahead of Sunday’s game against the Philadelphia Flyers.

Holtby could see some action should Tomas Vokoun remain sidelined. Check the starting goalies page on a daily basis for more information.

Source:
Capitals Insider 2012-03-05T09:47:06.000Z
Braden Holtby

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