NHL PLAYER NEWS

Gibson (lower body) isn't available for Saturday's game in Colorado, per the NHL media site.

Tarasov will guard the road goal versus the Avalanche on Saturday, Ryan Boulding of NHL.com reports.

Rielly (lower body) won't return to Saturday's game versus the Canadiens.

Knight will protect the road goal versus the Hurricanes on Saturday, Mark Lazerus of The Athletic reports.

Vejmelka will protect the road goal against the Senators on Saturday, Catherine Bogart of the Mammoth's official site reports.

Nedeljkovic will get the start in Saturday's road game versus the Stars, Sheng Peng of San Jose Hockey Now reports.

Daccord is expected to start at home against the Rangers on Saturday, per Sound of Hockey.

Korpisalo will defend the road crease in Saturday's road clash against the Kraken, per Mollie Walker of the New York Post.

Kuemper is slated to patrol the home crease against Pittsburgh on Saturday, per Zach Dooley of the Kings' official site.

Murashov is expected to start on the road against Los Angeles on Saturday, per Josh Getzoff of SportsNet Pittsburgh.

Kochetkov is slated to start at home against Chicago on Saturday.

Allen will start Saturday's road game against the Islanders.

Merilainen will patrol the road crease in Saturday's clash against the Oilers, per Iain MacIntyre of Sportsnet.

Blackwood will defend the home crease in Saturday's game against the Red Wings, per Aarif Deen of Colorado Hockey Now.

Hyman (neck) will be activated from injured reserve ahead of his return to the lineup against Vancouver on Saturday, per Derek Van Diest of NHL.com.

Oettinger will get the nod for Saturday's home matchup against San Jose, per Lia Assimakopoulos of The Dallas Morning News.

Levi (lower body) will defend the home crease in Saturday's clash against the Canucks, per Janson Duench of The Athletic.

Fowler will guard the road net in Saturday's clash against the Maple Leafs, per Renaud Lavoie of TVA Sports.

McTavish (undisclosed) is expected to play against Nashville on Saturday, according to Lou Korac of NHL.com.

Saros will patrol the home crease in Saturday's clash against the Blues, per Brooks Bratten of the Predators' official site.

Hildeby will guard the road goal against Minnesota on Saturday, Lightning reporter Gabby Shirley reports.

Hofer will defend the road goal in Saturday's clash against the Predators, per Lou Korac of NHL.com.

McTavish (undisclosed) will be a game-time decision against Nashville on Saturday, Lou Korac of NHL.com reports.

Sorokin is expected to guard the home net in Saturday's clash against New Jersey, per Andrew Gross of Newsday.

Bobrovsky will guard the home crease in Saturday's clash against the Canadiens, per Terry Koshan of The Toronto Sun.

Nikishin (not injury related) is expected to make his 2026-27 debut against Chicago on Saturday, per Ryan Henkel of The Hockey News.

Ersson will patrol the home crease against Utah on Saturday, per Andrew Wilimek of the Senators' official site.

Tavares (lower body) was activated from injured reserve Saturday, per David Alter of The Hockey News.

Thompson will protect the home net against Florida on Saturday, according to Sammi Silber of The District Standard.

Schmid will defend the road net against Washington on Saturday, per Rob Darragh of the Panthers' official site.

Hagens (back) was put on injured reserve Saturday.

Hughes scored a goal on two shots and added two power-play assists in Friday's 4-1 win over the Sharks.

Kaprizov scored a power-play goal on three shots, added three assists and went plus-2 in Friday's 4-1 win over the Sharks.

Power notched three assists, three shots on goal, two PIM and a plus-3 rating in Friday's 5-2 win over the Blue Jackets.

Norris scored a pair of goals on three shots, added three hits and went plus-3 in Friday's 5-2 win over the Blue Jackets.

Dostal will patrol the road crease Friday versus the Flames, per Derek Lee of The Hockey News.

Korpisalo (foot) was activated off injured reserve by the Rangers on Friday, per the NHL media site.

Heiskanen (upper body) is slated to be sidelined for Saturday's game against the Sharks, Robert Tiffin of NHL.com reports.

Askarov will patrol the crease on the road versus the Wild on Friday, Sheng Peng of San Jose Hockey Now reports.

Ullmark (lower body) is not expected back for Saturday's clash with Utah, TSN 1200 Ottawa reports.

Greaves will tend the twine on the road versus Buffalo on Friday, Mark Scheig of The Hockey Writers reports.

Huberdeau (hip) took the ice in a regular jersey Friday, Pat Steinberg of QR Calgary 770 AM reports.

Pickard is slated to start Saturday's home game against the Sharks, Michael Russo of The Athletic reports.

Wallstedt will start Friday's home game against the Sharks, Michael Russo of The Athletic reports.