Jamie Drysdale Provides Only Ducks Goal In Sunday's Loss

Anaheim Ducks defenseman Jamie Drysdale scored the team's only goal in Sunday's 4-1 home loss to Colorado with Troy Terry and Sam Carrick collecting the assists. It's Drysdale's second career goal in 11 games. The highly-rated blueliner has so far picked up five points with 13 shots, adding seven blocks and three hits. The 18-year-old […]

Vancouver Canucks Return To Action Next Week

The Vancouver Canucks will be back in action next week after being idle for nearly two weeks due to a COVID-19 outbreak. It's great news for fantasy managers who have been hanging on the Canucks players, although it must be noted that they are scheduled to play just twice. The team had over 20 players […]

Edmonton Oilers Have Slow Week Coming Up With Two Games

The Edmonton Oilers will be in action just twice next week, which should make fantasy managers consider their options. The only two games are late in the week as well, with a game against Vancouver scheduled for Friday and a matchup with Winnipeg coming on Saturday. If you are hanging on to the likes of […]

Matt Grzelcyk Sits Out On Sunday With Injury

Boston Bruins defenseman Matt Grzelcyk will miss Sunday's contest against Washington after sustaining an upper-body injury in Saturday's 3-2 loss to Philadelphia. It's been an injury-riddled season for the 27-year-old as he's already been forced to sit out 13 games. Grzelcyk has been a solid member of the Bruins blue line when healthy, collecting 13 […]

Shayne Gostisbehere Continues In Good Form

Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere had a goal and an assist in Sunday's 5-3 loss against Buffalo. Joel Farabee also enjoyed a two-point outing with a power-play goal and an assist. Gostisbehere has not had a good time for most of the season, and he even got waived at the end of last month, but […]

Mark Giordano Provides Two Points in Flames Win

Calgary Flames defenseman Mark Giordano helped his team win on Saturday in a 5-0 victory over the Edmonton Oilers. The Toronto, Ontario native added a goal and a helper on Saturday. In 41 Flames contests, Giordano has compiled seven goals and 12 assists. He averages just over 22:00 minutes of ice time per contest. Chris […]

Devan Dubnyk Joins Colorado Via Trade

San Jose Sharks goaltender Devan Dubnyk was traded to the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday for defenseman Greg Pateryn and a 2021 fifth-round draft pick. San Jose picked up Dubnyk from Minnesota for this season, but he made only 13 starts for the team, going a miserable 3-9-2 with a 3.18 goals-against average and a .898 […]

Ryan Ellis Gets Activated From Injured Reserve

Nashville Predators defenseman Ryan Ellis (upper body) looks set to rejoin the lineup for Saturday's clash with Tampa after he was activated from Injured Reserve. The 32-year-old hasn't played since Feb. 28. The Predators have seen skaters drop like flies lately, so this is a big boost for a playoff-chasing team. Filip Forsberg, Eeli Tolvanen, […]

Zach Werenski Out For Rest Of The Season For Columbus

Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Zach Werenski won't play on Saturday against Chicago and will miss the rest of the season due to an inguinal/sports hernia. The 23-year-old finishes the campaign with 20 points in 35 games. According to general manager Jarmo Kekalainen, Werenski played through the injury for most of the season. He had impressed […]

David Savard Heads To Tampa In Three-Team Trade

Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman David Savard was traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday in a three-team trade that also included the Detroit Red Wings. Columbus received Tampa's first-round draft pick in 2021 and a third-round pick in 2022, Detroit picked up a fourth-rounder in 2021 from the Lightning, who also added defenseman Brian […]

Brett Burns Contributes To Sharks Victory Over The Kings

San Jose Sharks veteran defenseman Brett Burns produced three assists for his team on Friday against Los Angeles. San Jose beat Los Angeles 5-2 for their fifth win in their last six contests. In 2021, Brett Burns has tallied five goals and 19 helpers in 29 Sharks games. He has had an average season thus […]

Alec Martinez Set To Return Versus Coyotes

Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Alec Martinez (undisclosed) is expected to be back in the lineup for Friday's home game against Arizona. The veteran blueliner didn't feature in Wednesday's 3-1 loss to St. Louis. Martinez has put up very solid numbers in 37 appearances, notching 22 points, 58 shots and a massive 118 blocks with a […]

Jacob MacDonald Starts Suspension On Friday Night

Colorado Avalanche defenseman Jacob MacDonald will start a two-game suspension with Friday's road outing at Anaheim. The 27-year-old was suspended for an illegal check to the head he delivered to Minnesota's Ryan Hartman in Wednesday's 8-3 loss. MacDonald had just found some offensive flow with four points in five games. He has, however, been irrelevant […]

Rasmus Dahlin Extends Point Streak

Buffalo Sabres defenseman Rasmus Dahlin finished Thursday's 6-3 loss to New Jersey with one assist. Victor Olofsson, Tage Thompson and Jeff Skinner had the goals. Dahlin has started to build himself a point streak as this was his third consecutive productive outing on the offensive end. He's had an awful time throughout the campaign with […]

Charlie McAvoy Sidelined For Boston

Boston Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy at the very least, will miss the next three games with an (upper body) injury. McAvoy has been an essential piece for the Bruins' success over several years. He averages just over 24:00 minutes of ice time per game while recording four goals and 18 assists in 35 contests. Steve […]

Jakob Chychrun Achieves Rare Feat Wednesday Night

Arizona Coyotes defenseman Jakob Chychrun became only the third blue-liner in franchise history to register three consecutive multi-point outings when he had two assists in Wednesday's 4-3 loss to Los Angeles. Keith Yandle was the last one to do it in 2013-14. Chychrun started the streak with his first career hat trick in Sunday's 3-2 […]

Drew Doughty Has Two Assists In Impressive Comeback

Los Angeles Kings defenseman Drew Doughty delivered two assists in Wednesday's impressive comeback victory versus Arizona when the Kings pulled off a 4-3 win despite heading into the third period in a 3-1 deficit. Los Angeles erased a multi-goal deficit in the third period to win for the first time this season. Doughty had his […]

Kris Letang Gets To 30 Points With Two Assists

Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang reached the 30-point plateau in Tuesday's 8-4 loss to the Rangers, finishing with two assists, four shots, and three hits. He's now tied with Colorado's Samuel Girard for the sixth spot in the scoring list among defensemen. Letang boasts three multi-point efforts in his last six games, and he has […]

Charlie McAvoy Sits Out Tuesday With Injury

Boston Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy (upper body) will miss Tuesday's clash with the Flyers. He logged his usual 24 minutes of action in Monday's 3-2 overtime loss to Philadelphia, so it appears that McAvoy's injury isn't very serious, but it's still serious enough to make him miss his first game of the season. The talented […]

Alec Martinez Records Two Points In Knights Win

Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Alec Martinez netted two goals on Monday as the Golden Knights knocked off the struggling St. Louis Blues 6-1. Martinez scored his 6th and 7th marker of the season that were both even-strength goals. The 33-year-olds play has been excellent for Vegas in 2021 as he has produced 22 points in […]

Drew Doughty Nets On Power Play In Monday's Loss

Los Angeles Kings defenseman Drew Doughty finished Monday's 5-2 loss against Arizona with a power-play goal, three shots, two blocks and two hits. He played nearly half of the game, leading all skaters with 29:31 of ice time. The Kings got their second goal from Andreas Athanasiou. Doughty has endured a couple of mediocre seasons, […]

Ivan Provorov Delivers Two Assists In Monday's Win

Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Ivan Provorov set up two goals in Monday's 3-2 overtime victory at Boston. He helped Travis Konecny on the board in the opening frame and recorded a power-play assist on Sean Couturier's goal in the third. Travis Sanheim finished off the game in overtime with an unassisted marker. Sitting on 20 points, […]

Darnell Nurse Scores 13th Goal Of The Season

Edmonton Oilers defenseman Darnell Nurse recorded his 13th goal of the season in Monday's 3-2 overtime loss to Montreal, striking on a power play in the dying seconds of the second period. Devin Shore also scored for the Oilers, who blew a two-goal lead. Nurse has been a big force all over the ice this […]

Colton Parayko Returns From Injury On Monday

St. Louis Blues defenseman Colton Parayko (upper body) is set for his first appearance since Feb. 15 in Monday's home game against the Golden Knights. He is among St. Louis' best blueliners and logs over 22 minutes a night. Parayko hasn't found much success offensively this season but should be able to up his productivity […]

Jakob Chychrun Records First Hat Trick On Sunday

Arizona Coyotes defenseman Jakob Chychrun registered his first career NHL hat trick as his team edged the Anaheim Ducks 3-2 in overtime on Sunday. In addition to singlehandedly providing all of Arizona's offense, Chychrun also logged a plus-three rating, a game-high seven shots and a blocked shot in 25:50 of ice time in the victory. […]

Gustav Forsling Takes Point Streak To Four Games

Florida Panthers defenseman Gustav Forsling finished off the scoring in Sunday's 3-0 win over the Blue Jackets, stretching his point streak to four games. Aleksander Barkov had a goal and an assist while Frank Vatrano also scored for the Panthers, who have won all four games since Aaron Ekblad (leg) went down with a nasty […]

Ryan Murray Delivers Three Assists On Sunday

New Jersey Devils defenseman Ryan Murray had three assists in Sunday's 5-4 loss to Washington. Travis Zajac scored half of the team's goals. Murray has been sleepwalking in 2020-21, but he's suddenly found some very good form by racking up six points -- all assists -- in three games. He's never been a great fantasy […]

Victor Hedman Celebrates 800th Game With A Goal

Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman reached 800 career regular-season games on Sunday and celebrated it with his seventh goal of the season in a 5-1 loss to Detroit. He also registered a game-high four shots in the contest. Hedman has started April with a three-game point streak, and he's close to averaging a point […]

Over Half Of Canucks Players Are Infected With COVID-19

The Vancouver Canucks were struck by COVID-19 this week and the situation is much worse than first thought. According to ESPN sources, over half of the team has tested positive for the virus and multiple coaches have been infected as well, along with family members of many players. The team has already had four games […]

Dougie Hamilton Nets Fourth Goal Of The Season

Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Dougie Hamilton found the back of the net for the fourth time this season in Saturday's 3-2 loss to Dallas. Fellow blueliner Haydn Fleury also scored to open his account for the year. Hamilton recorded a game-high nine shots in the loss with two blocks and two hits. The 27-year-old has set […]