NHL Hockey Player News

Welsh is not fantasy relevant. Riley Nash is sick and might miss tonight's game so this call-up is just precautionary.

Monitor Tyutin's status after pre-game warmups. He has one goal and 11 assists in 23 games this season.

Bourque has only one goal and three assists as well as a minus-6 in 18 games this season.

Malone hasn't played since February 7th, and will enter the lineup in place of Adam Hall. Malone has four goals and one assist in 10 games this season.

It is no surprise that Quick is getting the start after Bernier was pulled on Tuesday. Quick is 4-1-1 with a 2.07 GAA and .896 SV% at home this season. He has a good matchup tonight vs. Dallas, start him with confidence.

Pronger also stated that he still gets dizzy, gets headaches and has blurred vision from time-to-time. Pronger has been dealing with concussion and vision issues since being highsticked by Maple Leafs forward Nikolai Kulemin on October 24, 2011.

Martin (lower-body) has sat out the last two games but will be back in the lineup tonight when the Penguins take on their rivals from Philadelphia. Martin will be back on the power-play as he was before he was hurt. He is having a career year offensively having posted four goals and 11 assists in 21 games.

Ballard re-entered the Canucks lineup on Tuesday but suffered a charley-horse that will cause him to miss tonight's game vs. Columbus. Andrew Alberts will enter the lineup for the injured Ballard.

Bieksa (groin) will miss his third straight game tonight when the Canucks play the Blue Jackets. Consider him day-to-day.

Richards has ruled out a concussion and says that he is just dealing with general body soreness. He will be out tonight when the Rangers face the Islanders. Consider Richards as day-to-day for now.

No surprise that Fleury is starting because he played well last time he faced Philadelphia. He stopped 26 out of 27 shots he faced in a winning effort, compared to the six goals Vokoun allowed in his start vs. the Flyers. It still is not an ideal matchup for Fleury but he has been great this season so it would be tough to bench him.

Markstrom will make his second consecutive start since Jose Theodore got hurt. He played very well in his last outing, allowing one goal on 31 shots vs. Winnipeg. He has a tougher test tonight against a Washington team that has won seven on their last 10 games.

Lindback has been great at home this season with six of his eight wins coming at Tampa Bay Times Forum. He has a good matchup against a Jets team starting their backup Al Montoya. Lindback should be able to record the win in this one.

Price has allowed 12 goals in his last two starts. It won't be an easy game tonight for Price as he will play the Carolina Hurricanes and their red-hot first line of Eric Staal, Alex Semin and Jiri Tlusty who have combined for nine goals and 15 assists in their last four games.

Schneider has been good on the road so far this season, posting a 3-1-1 record, 2.17 GAA and .926 SV%. He has a good chance to improve on those numbers tonight against a weak Blue Jackets team. Start Schneider with confidence.

Lundqvist is off to a good start in March with a 2-0-0, 1.92 GAA and .927 SV%. He faces an Islanders team tonight that he beat last time out, stopping 27 of 28 shots in the process. It is a good matchup for 'King Henrik' as he looks to move to 3-0-0 in March.

Enroth is 0-2-0 with a 4.74 GAA and .847 SV% this season. Those are not numbers that instill confidence to use him as a fantasy starter. However he has a good matchup vs. Johan Hedberg and the Devils who have lost six in a row.

This will be Montoya's first start since returning from injury. He is 2-0-0 with a 2.74 GAA and .889 SV% in two starts this season. He has a tough matchup vs. the Lightning who's 3.52 goals per game leads the NHL.

Read was expected to be out 5-6 weeks with torn rib cage muscles, but is has only been two weeks since he's suffered the injury. Read is way ahead of schedule but it appears as if he will be in the lineup tonight despite the discomfort he feels while shooting. However nothing has been confirmed so monitor his status throughout the afternoon.

Howard is off to a great start in March, he is 1-0-1 with a 0.96 GAA and .971 SV%, but could have had two shutouts in those two games but late third period breakdowns by the Red Wings ruined that for Howard's fantasy owners. Last time he faced Edmonton he stopped 23 of the 24 shots he faced in a 2-1 Wings win. Start Howie with confidence tonight.