NHL Hockey Player News

Jack Hillen is playing in his first game of the season in-place of Schilling.

Allen has been awesome since getting recalled. He is 4-0-0 with a 1.99 GAA and .933 SV% since coming up from Peoria. He has a tough matchup tomorrow against Anaheim.

Miller has lost three straight starts with a 3.00 GAA and .893 SV%. He has a decent matchup tonight vs. Ben Bishop and the Ottawa Senators. He has a chance to break that three game losing streak with Tyler Ennis and Ville Leino returning to the lineup.

Hiller has won four straight games with a 1.00 GAA, .965 SV% and one shutout. He has been great lately but could have a hard time extending his winning streak to five against Jake Allen and the Blues.

Khudobin allowed three goals on 34 shots in a late 3-2 comeback loss to the Penguins in his last start. He will get the nod this afternoon vs. a mediocre Capitals team, could make for a good spot start.

Benn skated again this morning and looked good according to Mike Heika of the Dallas Morning News. Benn will be a game-time decision.

Hall will have an easy travel because the Lightning play the Hurricanes tonight so all he has to do is switch locker rooms. He has four assists in 20 games this season. He is not fantasy relevant.

Nikitin missed Columbus' last game with an undisclosed injury but will return tonight. Nikitin had a great season last year posting 32 points in 61 games, but he has struggled to find his way this season. He has two goals and two assists in 23 games this season.

Tarasenko was skating on a line with Jaden Schwartz and Vladamir Sobotka today at practice. It appears as if he will return to the lineup tonight after missing the Blues last 10 games with a concussion. Check back for confirmation.

Moore missed the Blue Jackets last eight games with a shoulder injury. He is not fantasy relevant having recorded just one assist in 13 games this season.

Pyatt missed the Lightning's last game with an upper-body injury, but he will be back in the lineup tonight. He has 10 points in 26 games.

Lupul will return to the Maple Leafs lineup tonight and will likely play on a line with Nazem Kadri and Nikolai Kulemin.

Nabokov stopped all 18 shots that he faced, recording his second shutout of the season on Thursday vs. the Lightning. He will get his ninth straight start tonight vs. the Panthers. It is a good matchup for Nabokov, so he should make for a good starts.

Clemmensen allowed three goals on 31 shots in a 4-1 loss on Thursday vs. the Bruins. It was enough to earn Clemmensen another start tonight vs. the Islanders. It his a good matchup but it is tough to put trust in Clemmensen and his 4.15 GAA and .858 SV%.

Neuvirth played very well in his first start in a month. He stopped 36 of the 38 shots that the Hurricanes threw at him. He has a much more difficult today when the Capitals take on the Bruins.

Fleury has posted very similar numbers as Kari Lehtonen over the last three games (2.27 GAA and .901 SV%) but the only difference is Fleury has had goal support and won all three and Lehtonen lost all three. Playing for the Penguins makes Fleury a good start regardless of matchup.

Lehtonen has lost his three starts while posting a 2.28 GAA and .903 SV%. He has a tough matchup tonight vs. the Blackhawks.

Scrivens played well stopping 25 of 27 shots vs. Pittsburgh on Thursday. He had a shutout going in the third until Sidney Crosby made a ridiculous back-door pass to Pascal Dupuis. Scrivens has a much easier matchup tonight vs. the Jets. However the Leafs just lost to Winnipeg 5-2 on Tuesday.

Bobrovsky is yet to lose in regulation this month. He is 5-0-2 with an outstanding 0.85 GAA and .971 SV%, and has a chance to build off of that with a good matchup vs. Phoenix. The Blue Jackets are in 14th in a stacked Western Conference. However are only four points out of the playoffs, so a win vs. the ninth place Coyotes would go a long way.

Lundqvist has lost his last three starts against sub-par opponents (OTT, BUF, WPG) so you can't help but be worried about him this afternoon against a great Penguins team. He has two starts vs. Pittsburgh this season, he is 0-2-0 with a 4.71 GAA and .851 SV% in those games.