NHL Player News

Smith notched two assists, including one on the power play, in Tuesday's 3-2 overtime win over the Mammoth.

Smith had gone two games without a point before this bounce-back effort. He's yet to have a slump reach three contests this season. The 20-year-old is up to seven goals, 12 helpers, five power-play points, 43 shots on net and a plus-5 rating through 20 appearances. Smith's working on a breakout campaign and is a strong offense-only option for fantasy.

Celebrini scored three goals on four shots and added two PIM in Tuesday's 3-2 overtime win over the Mammoth.

Celebrini put two goals past Vitek Vanecek in the opening six minutes of the game. JJ Peterka answered with a pair of tallies in the third period, but Celebrini had the last word by cashing in on the power play at 2:52 of overtime. Over the last seven games, Celebrini has six goals and six assists. The 19-year-old is the third player to reach 30 points this season, doing so with 13 goals and 17 assists in 20 appearances. He's added 57 shots on net, 14 blocked shots, 13 hits, 12 PIM and a plus-4 rating.

Brodzinski scored a goal in Tuesday's 3-2 loss to the Golden Knights.

Brodzinski has been in a part-time role all season, but he impressed in this game, logging a season-high 16:13 of ice time. The 32-year-old forward has produced three points, 10 shots and a plus-2 rating over 10 appearances in 2025-26. Brodzinski can move all around the lineup, but he'll see bottom-six minutes most of the time, and his all-around production is too low to be helpful in most fantasy formats.

Trocheck scored a goal on two shots and added five hits in Tuesday's 3-2 loss to the Golden Knights.

Trocheck has three goals and two assists over five games since he returned from an upper-body injury. The center's tally got the Rangers back within a goal late in the third period Tuesday, but they couldn't get an equalizer. For the season, Trocheck has six points, nine shots on net, 27 hits and a plus-4 rating through seven appearances.

Sissons logged an assist and two shots on goal in Tuesday's 3-2 win over the Rangers.

Sissons had gone 11 games without a point, and he also missed two contests due to an undisclosed injury in that span. With the Golden Knights' forward group getting a little thinned out by injuries, Sissons has been over 11 minutes of ice time in four straight contests. This season, he's produced two helpers, 14 shots on net, 22 hits, 15 PIM and a minus-6 rating through 17 appearances.

Hertl logged two assists, including one on the power play, and added two shots on goal and four hits in Tuesday's 3-2 win over the Rangers.

Hertl's point streak is up to five games (three goals, three assists). The 32-year-old had a hand in tallies by Braeden Bowman and Ben Hutton during this contest, which was Hertl's fifth multi-point effort of the year. Through 19 contests, he's racked up eight goals, nine assists, 53 shots on net, 23 hits and a plus-2 rating while playing on the second line and first power-play unit.

Haight scored two goals in AHL Iowa's 3-1 win over Texas on Tuesday.

Haight ended a five-game point drought with the effort. The 21-year-old saw some time with the big club at the start of the year, but he's been a little slow to start on offense since returning to Iowa. Over 13 games, he has five points and 24 shots on net with the AHL team.

Hughes (finger) was placed on injured reserve Tuesday, per the NHL media site.

The Devils announced Saturday that Hughes will likely be out until at least early January after undergoing surgery on his finger. He has amassed 10 goals, 20 points, 69 shots on net and 10 blocked shots over 17 appearances this season. With Hughes landing on the IR list, the Devils opened a roster spot to activate Connor Brown (upper body) or Evgenii Dadonov (hand) ahead of Tuesday's matchup against Tampa Bay. If Brown and Dadonov are both ready to play, New Jersey will need to make an additional move.

Tomasino was waived by the Penguins on Tuesday, Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet reports.

Tomasino has struggled this season, notching just one assist in nine appearances while averaging 12:10 of ice time. Still, the 24-year-old forward notched 11 goals and 12 assists in 50 regular-season games with the Penguins last year and could draw some interest on the waiver wire. Potentially moving Tomasino to AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton could be an indication that one of the Pens' injured forwards is ready to return, or it could be a sign somebody else will be coming up from the minors.

Nugent-Hopkins (undisclosed) isn't traveling with the Oilers for their upcoming three-game road trip, per Jason Gregor of Sports 1440 Edmonton on Tuesday.

Nugent-Hopkins is expected to practice with the team Monday in Edmonton following the road trip, and Gregor speculates that a return to the lineup Nov. 29 in Seattle makes the most sense. The 32-year-old forward has missed five straight games and was placed on injured reserve Nov. 10. Nugent-Hopkins has accounted for five goals, 16 points (nine on the power play) and a minus-11 rating through 16 appearances in 2025-26.