Chandler Stephenson Deals Out Four Helpers Sunday

Vegas Golden Knights center Chandler Stephenson was in a very helpful mood on Sunday night. He dished out four assists in all during the 6-4 victory over the Minnesota Wild. Stephenson only had one shot on goal, two blocked shots, and a couple of takeaways. Two of those assists were on the power play. The […]

Michael Raffl Gets One Past James Reimer Saturday

Dallas Stars left-winger Michael Raffl found a way to score on Saturday night against the San Jose Sharks. It was Raffl's third goal of the 2021-22 season. The winger is up to seven points overall. He scored a little over eight minutes into the third period. Raffl continues to play mostly middle-six minutes. Fantasy wise, […]

Braden Holtby Plays Well Enough On Saturday

Dallas Stars goaltender Braden Holtby turned aside 23 of 25 shots on Saturday night in the road defeat to the San Jose Sharks. Dallas completed a winless road trip that could not be pinned on Holtby. Holtby kept San Jose in the game for the most part. It will be interesting to see if Jake […]

Erik Karlsson Snipes Game Winner On Saturday

San Jose Sharks defenseman Erik Karlsson found the back of the net on Saturday night against the Dallas Stars. Was it a goal? Well, the referees and Toronto thought so. In the end, Karlsson got credit for his eighth goal of the season. The defenseman fired five pucks on the net and blocked a couple […]

Timo Meier Dishes Two Primary Assists On Saturday

San Jose Sharks right-winger Timo Meier played a role in both San Jose goals on Saturday against the Dallas Stars. Meier has enjoyed a return to prominence and he had two primary helpers. He set up Tomas Hertl midway through the first period. Then, Meier paved the way for Erik Karlsson's game winner that found […]

James Reimer Returns And Wins At Home

San Jose Sharks goaltender James Reimer was minutes away from a shutout on Saturday night. He stopped 34 of 35 shots in the 2-1 win over the Dallas Stars. It sent Dallas to their second loss in a row. Meanwhile, Reimer now has five wins in his last six starts. Also, after an illness kept […]

Marcus Foligno Tallies On Man Advantage Saturday

Minnesota Wild left-winger Marcus Foligno opened the scoring on Saturday night against the Los Angeles Kings. Foligno scores on the power play as he got a shot past Jonathan Quick 13:11 into the second period. The lead did not last long, just 78 seconds, but Foligno's goal was his 12th of the season. in 27 […]

Kaapo Kahkonen Gets Little Support In Defeat

Minnesota Wild goaltender Kaapo Kahkonen delivered another quality start on Saturday night against the Los Angeles Kings. This time it was in a loss but that gives Kahkonen five quality starts in his last six appearances. He yielded two goals on 37 shots as Los Angeles peppered the Finnish goalie. Now, the Minnesota winning streak […]

Brendan Lemieux Returns And Scores Game Winning Goal

Los Angeles Kings right-winger Brendan Lemieux played a hair less than ten minutes on Saturday. Despite that, he still made an impact on the game. Lemieux had just one shot on goal but made it count late in the third period. He was able to get the puck past Kaapo Kahkonen and give Los Angeles […]

Phillip Danault Lights Lamp On Saturday

Los Angeles Kings center Phillip Danault had quite a night against the Minnesota Wild. He played more than four minutes on the power play and piled up seven shots on goal. If that was not enough, he opened the scoring for Los Angeles just 1:18 after Minnesota took a 1-0 lead. Drew Doughty was the […]

Jonathan Quick Stops Minnesota Wild Streak

Los Angeles Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick stopped 30 of 31 shots as Los Angeles held on for a 2-1 win on Saturday night. Quick only allowed an early second period power play goal. The goaltender now has allowed just two goals in his last three starts. Furthermore, he was able to withstand a furious Minnesota […]

Roope Hintz Will Miss Saturday Game In San Jose

Dallas Stars left-winger Roope Hintz will miss Saturday's game in San Jose due to an illness. This is not COVID-19 related but Hintz was feeling under the weather for most of the last day. The forward had six points in his last five games and 11 goals overall in 24 contests this season. Hintz was […]

Braden Holtby Gets Start After All In San Jose

Dallas Stars goaltender Braden Holtby will start in San Jose against the Sharks on Saturday. There had been some rumors that Jake Oettinger may get the nod. That was not the case. Holtby was in goal for that third period barrage by the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday night. He gave up five goals on […]

James Reimer Starts Versus Dallas On Saturday

San Jose Sharks goaltender James Reimer will start at home versus the Dallas Stars. Reimer has won four of his last five starts but this will be his appearance in December. It appears the goaltender was run down and suffering from an illness of some sort. Either way, getting work against Dallas was the plan […]

Jonathan Quick Likely Starts Again on Saturday

Los Angeles Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick is likely to start on Saturday at home versus the Minnesota Wild. The Wild are streaking winners of seven straight games. Quick has stopped 48 of the last 49 shots faced including a 27-save shutout of the Dallas Stars on Thursday night. His 6-5-3 record features three shutouts and […]

Frederik Andersen Starts Front End Of Back To Back Saturday

Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Frederik Andersen gets the start in Edmonton tonight against the Oilers. Andersen has already won the first two legs of this road trip and stopped 26 of 27 shots in his last start. He has not been worked heavily as the starting goaltender has faced 27 or fewer shots in his past […]

John Gibson Exits Pittsburgh Start With Lower Body Injury

Anaheim Ducks goaltender John Gibson did not start the third period in Pittsburgh on Saturday. He left the game after two periods trailing just 1-0. The only thing that was mentioned is this was a lower-body injury and little else. Expect more tests to be done either Sunday or Monday. Gibson stopped 15 of 16 […]

Linus Ullmark Gets Road Start Against Calgary On Saturday

Boston Bruins goaltender Linus Ullmark draws the assignment of starting on the road in Calgary on Saturday night. Ullmark has won three of his last four starts while enjoying quality starts in each appearance. He gave up just eight goals in that span on 128 shots faced. Ullmark may have enjoyed his best game of […]

Ryan Dzingel Will Miss Saturday Game Versus Philadelphia

Arizona Coyotes center Ryan Dzingel will miss Saturday night's game against the Philadelphia Flyers due to an upper-body injury. It is believed Dzingel suffered the injury during the third period of Arizona's 3-1 loss to the Florida Panthers. He played just 9:49 in the game on Friday (14 shifts). Dzingel was mostly playing on the […]

Jakob Chychrun Out Saturday Against Philadelphia

Arizona Coyotes defenseman Jakob Chychrun suffered an upper-body injury last night and will not play at home against the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday. It is unknown how much more time he will miss. Chychrun played just 18:36 against Florida and did have five shots on goal before the injury. He is Arizona's number one defenseman. […]

Philipp Grubauer Hopes For Home Rebound Saturday

Seattle Kraken goaltender Philipp Grubauer hopes for better fortune on Saturday against the Columbus Blue Jackets. The starting goalie gave up three goals on 33 shots in Thursday's loss to the Winnipeg Jets. That was an improvement over Monday's ambush where he stopped just one of four shots in a quick night against the Pittsburgh […]

Riley Sheahan Also In COVID-19 Protocol Saturday

Seattle Kraken fourth-line center Riley Sheahan was also placed in COVID-19 protocol on Saturday. That means he, along with Jay Leach and Yanni Gourde, will not be with the team. Sheahan had a goal and three assists in 19 games so far this season with the Kraken. The defensive center played just 11:25 a night […]

Yanni Gourde Enters COVID-19 Protocol Saturday

Seattle Kraken center Yanni Gourde will not play on Saturday night against the Columbus Blue Jackets. This comes just a few days after Mark Giordano returned after his bout with COVID. Gourde will be out at least for this game and maybe more. The center has been one of Seattle's best players all season with […]

Martin Jones Gets Start Saturday Versus Arizona

Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Martin Jones will start in Arizona on Saturday night against the Coyotes. Carter Hart was able to outlast the Vegas Golden Knights on Friday but needed a rest after seeing more than 40 shots on goal. It is safe to say that Jones has been roughed up allowing 18 goals in his […]

Karel Vejmelka Is In Starter's Cage For Arizona Saturday

Arizona goaltender Karel Vejmelka starts for the Arizona Coyotes against the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday night. The good news is that Vejmelka faces a Flyers team that just played in Vegas on Friday. The bad news is that the goaltender is trying to pick up the pieces from his last start. Vejmelka gave up seven […]

Laurent Brossoit Stumbles In Loss On Friday

Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Laurent Brossoit was giving Robin Lehner the night off. Brossoit was not at his best as he could not stop a couple savable shots. In all, the goalie yielded four goals on 25 shots. He had won four straight games allowing just six goals coming into the night. Maybe it was […]

Max Pacioretty Puts Vegas Offense On His Back Friday

Vegas Golden Knights left-winger Max Pacioretty did the heavy lifting on Friday night against the Philadelphia Flyers. Pacioretty attempted more than a dozen shots and put ten on Carter Hart. Two of those shots went by the Philadelphia goaltender as Pacioretty continued his streak. Pacioretty's first goal tied the game at two and his second […]

Mark Stone Continues To Roll Even In Defeat Friday

Vegas Golden Knights right-winger Mark Stone extended his point streak to seven games with another assist on Friday night. He set up Max Pacioretty's first goal late in the second period to tie the game at two. Now, Alex Pietrangelo would go on to notch two assists but Stone helped set up many scoring chances […]

James van Riemsdyk Scores On Power Play Friday

Philadelphia Flyers left-winger James van Riemsdyk converted on a feed from Travis Konecny to score a goal on Friday night. The goal proved to be the game winner in the Flyers' 4-3 triumph over the Vegas Golden Knights. It has been a brutal season for the New Jersey native. The goal snapped an 11 game […]

Kevin Hayes Sets Tone With Opening Goal Friday

Philadelphia Flyers center Kevin Hayes helped the team and led by example on Friday night. He scored early on a shot that got past Laurent Brossoit. The goal came at 4:20 of the first and was just Hayes' second goal of the season. Also, he fired five shots on goal. Now, the center has been […]