NHL Hockey Player News

Helm has been dealing with a back injury all season but it appears as if he is getting closer to a return. Helm is more useful to a real hockey team than a fantasy team.

The 24-year-old has 11 goals and 15 assists in 54 games in the AHL this season.

Tallinder has only one goal and two assists in 14 games this season.

Dubnyk left when the Oilers still had the lead over Chicago but the win went to Yann Danis. He has now failed to record a win in his last six starts. His record is now 0-5-1 with a 3.53 GAA and .896 SV% in March. He will look to get back in the win column tonight vs. Colorado.

Enstrom hasn't played since injuring his shoulder vs. Pittsburgh. Enstrom had an awesome season going before getting hurt, he had two goals and 11 assists in 13 games. He is still at least a week away from returning, but this is good news that he should be back on the Jets blueline in the near future.

Desjardins allowed four goals on 29 shots in his only start while Mathieu Garon was hurt. He will return to the AHL for further conditioning.

Yes you read that right, the Sharks are experimenting playing Burns at forward. This will certainly help Burns' fantasy value as he will likely get more scoring chances playing forward and he will still be able to be used as a defenceman. However he as had a hard time staying healthy so he is always an injury risk.

Steen hasn't played since February 23rd because of a shoulder injury. Steen had a good start to the season going scoring four goals and 12 assists in 18 games before getting hurt. He will likely play on a line with David Backes and Chris Stewart.

Green has missed eight of the past 10 games with the groin injury that he originally suffered Feb. 14 at the Tampa Bay Lightning. He aggravated it Feb. 27 at the Philadelphia Flyers in his second game of back-to-backs. There is still no timetable for Green's return.

Coach Julien said "No, nothing yet," when asked if there was an update on Kelly. "He's been looked at. We'll bring him with us to Pittsburgh and see how things pan out. Nothing more than that." The Bruins did not hold a morning skate so more news on Kelly's injury will be available a few hours prior to their game tonight.

The highly touted Finn and 2010 first-round pick had been scratched in four of the past eight games and needed to get playing. He hasn't scored a goal since opening night and had six points in 19 games.

Filppula hasn't played since February 24th because of a shoulder injury. He will likely play on a line with Henrik Zetterberg and Damien Brunner. Filppula had four goal and six assists in 19 games before getting hurt.

Tatar played well for the Red Wings posting four goals, three assists with a plus-4 in 18 games this season.

Nyquist is the AHL's leading scorer right now with 60 points in 57 games. He failed to register a point in two games for the Red Wings this season. He will likely play alongside Pavel Datsyuk and Johan Franzen.

Benn does not have a broken wrist or concussion but he is still unlikely for tonight's game vs. Minnesota. Consider him day-to-day.

Whitney hasn't played since February 1st because of a broken foot, he had two goals and four assists in eight games before getting hurt. He will likely play on a line with fellow veterans Derek Roy and Erik Cole.

Backstrom has been great lately, he has won five of his last six starts while posting a 2.40 GAA and .906 SV%. He has a tough matchup against the Ducks who are only one spot ahead of the WIld in the standings, but are separated by 11 points.

The Predators struggling offense have hurt Rinne's fantasy value. He has posted a 2.02 GAA and .924 SV% in March but he still has a losing record (1-2-1). He has a good matchup vs. a Stars team that will likely be missing Jamie Benn tonight.

Lehtonen has won two of his last four starts while posting a 2.51 GAA and .915 SV%. He has a good matchup tonight vs. a struggling Predators offense, but he will still need to outplay Rinne if he is going to record a win.

Pavelec was on his game in February but he haas struggled so far in March. He is 1-2-1 with a 2.65 GAA and .904 SV% this month, and has a fairly tough matchup against a Maple Leafs team motivated to make the playoffs.