NHL PLAYER NEWS

Vejmelka will start in goal on the road in Friday's game versus the Canucks.

Lindgren (upper body) will not dress for Friday's game versus the Ducks.

Hart (lower body) won't suit up Friday versus the Devils and is considered day-to-day, Danny Webster of the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports.

Schmid will protect the road goal versus the Devils on Friday, Mike Morreale of NHL.com

Gibson will protect the road goal versus the Kraken on Saturday, Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press reports.

Mrazek (lower body) was put on injured reserve Friday, per the NHL media site.

Teravainen is questionable for Saturday's clash against Los Angeles after losing a few teeth when he was struck by a slap shot during Thursday's 2-1 win over the Kings, Ben Pope of the Chicago Sun-Times reports Friday.

Thompson is expected to start on the road against Anaheim on Friday, according to Bailey Johnson of The Washington Post.

Carlson (upper body) will miss Friday's game against Anaheim, per Bailey Johnson of The Washington Post.

Husso will patrol the blue paint at home against Washington on Friday, Zach Cavanagh of The Sporting Tribune reports.

Werenski logged three assists, including two on the power play, and added two shots on net with a plus-2 rating in Thursday's 6-5 shootout win over the Red Wings.

Lankinen was the first goalie to leave the ice Friday, Brendan Batchelor of Sportsnet 650 reports, indicating he'll be in goal versus the Mammoth at home.

Point (undisclosed) is questionable for Saturday's game against the Islanders, Eduardo A. Encina of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Askarov will defend the visiting net in Dallas on Friday, per Sheng Peng of San Jose Hockey Now.

Hedman (undisclosed) was labeled probable to suit up versus the Islanders on Saturday, Eduardo A. Encina of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Harley (lower body) has been ruled out of Friday's tilt versus San Jose, Stars radio analyst Bruce LeVine reports.

Oettinger will defend the cage against the Sharks at home Friday, Lia Assimakopoulos of The Dallas Morning News reports.

Luukkonen will tend the twine on the road versus Winnipeg on Friday, Mike Harrington of The Buffalo News reports.

Dobes will be between the pipes on the road against Toronto on Saturday.

Markstrom will get the starting nod at home against the Golden Knights on Friday, Kristy Flannery of The Hockey News reports.

Comrie is going through his usual starting routine at morning skate and is expected to defend the home goal versus Buffalo on Friday, Ken Wiebe of The Winnipeg Free Press reports.

Hildeby is expected to get the starting nod against the Canadiens at home Saturday, Jonas Siegel of The Athletic reports.

Panarin produced a goal and an assist in Thursday's 4-2 win over the Senators.

Miller notched three assists in Thursday's 4-2 win over the Senators.

Bouchard notched three assists, two blocked shots and a plus-2 rating in Thursday's 9-4 win over the Kraken.

Nugent-Hopkins logged three assists, including two on the power play, in Thursday's 9-4 win over the Kraken.

Savoie scored two goals, one on the power play and the other shorthanded, in Thursday's 9-4 win over the Kraken.

Teravainen (face) is expected to be fine after getting bloodied by a slap shot in the third period of Thursday's game versus the Kings, Mark Lazerus of The Athletic reports.

Draisaitl scored a goal on three shots and added three assists in Thursday's 9-4 win over the Kraken.

McDavid scored three goals on seven shots and added an assist in Thursday's 9-4 win over the Kraken.

Matthews scored a goal in Thursday's 5-1 win over Carolina.

Thomas (undisclosed) was limited in the third period of Thursday's game versus the Bruins, Matthew DeFranks of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.

Knight is set to start on the road against the Kings on Thursday, per Zach Dooley of the Kings' official site.

Kuemper will protect the home goal versus the Blackhawks on Thursday, Zach Dooley of the Kings' official site reports.

Woll (lower body) won't return to Thursday's game versus the Hurricanes.

Montour (undisclosed) is expected to play Thursday in Edmonton, per the NHL media site.

Daccord will protect the road goal versus the Oilers on Thursday, per the NHL media site.

Pinto (lower body) was injured versus the Rangers on Thursday and won't return to the game.

Seguin (knee) is on injured reserve, per the NHL media site.

Talbot will protect the road goal versus the Blue Jackets on Thursday, Mark Scheig of The Hockey Writers reports.

Saros is expected to start on the road against Florida on Thursday, per Brooks Bratten of the Predators' official site.

Shesterkin will protect the road goal versus the Senators on Thursday, Mollie Walker of the New York Post reports.

Andersen will defend the home crease against the Maple Leafs on Thursday, Walt Ruff of the Hurricanes' official site reports.

Demko (lower body) might be available to play at home against Buffalo on Dec. 11, per Brendan Batchelor of Sportsnet 650 on Thursday.

Rossi (lower body) will not join the team on its current four-game road trip, Joe Smith of The Athletic reports Thursday.

Doughty (lower body) will be back in action Thursday versus Chicago, according to Zach Dooley of the Kings' official site.

Gustavsson will defend the cage on the road versus Calgary on Thursday, Joe Smith of The Athletic reports.

Blackwood will start on the road against the Islanders on Thursday, per Brian Compton of NHL.com.

Wedgewood (back) won't be available for Thursday's road game against the Islanders, Corey Masisak of The Denver Post reports.

Wolf will tend the twine at home against Minnesota on Tuesday, Pat Steinberg of Sportsnet 960 The Fan reports.

Pickard will patrol the home crease versus Seattle on Thursday, Oilers play-by-play announcer Jack Michaels reports.

Monahan (undisclosed) will play in Thursday's game against the Red Wings, Aaron Portzline of The Athletic reports.

Jarry will guard the road net in Tampa Bay on Thursday, Jason Mackey of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.

Pastrnak (undisclosed) has been ruled out for Thursday's game against the Blues, Scott McLaughlin of WEEI reports.

Korpisalo will be between the home pipes versus St. Louis on Thursday, according to Scott McLaughlin of WEEI.

Binnington will patrol the visiting crease in Boston on Thursday, Matthew DeFranks of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.

Vasilevskiy (undisclosed) will not dress Thursday versus Pittsburgh, according to Eduardo A. Encina of the Tampa Bay Times.

Woll will start Thursday's road game against Carolina, Luke Fox of Sportsnet reports.

Head coach Travis Green said Thursday that Chabot (upper body) is expected to miss approximately 10 more days, TSN 1200 Ottawa reports.

Merilainen was the first goaltender off the ice at morning practice, per TSN 1200 Ottawa, and is expected to start at home versus the Rangers on Thursday.

Johansson will defend the home crease versus Pittsburgh on Thursday, according to Eduardo A. Encina of the Tampa Bay Times.

Sorokin was the first goalie off during Thursday's morning skate, Andrew Gross of Newsday reports, indicating that he'll draw the home start against the Avalanche.

Merzlikins will be between the pipes at home versus Detroit on Thursday, Jeff Svoboda of the Blue Jackets' official site reports.

Bobrovsky will defend the home crease against the Predators on Thursday, George Richards of Florida Hockey Now reports.

Marchenko (knee) will be in the lineup versus Detroit on Thursday, Aaron Portzline of The Athletic reports.