NHL Player News
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Elias Salomonsson D | WPG
Jets' Elias Salomonsson: Set to miss out versus Blues
Salomonsson (illness) is not expected to play in Tuesday's clash with St. Louis.
Even when healthy, Salomonsson is far from a lock to play on a nightly basis and could find himself serving as a healthy scratch periodically. With the blueliner on the shelf, Isaak Phillips will play in just his second NHL game this year. If the Jets can get all of their defenseman back to 100 percent, Salomonsson will likely head back to the minors at some point.
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Tony DeAngelo D | NYI
Islanders' Tony DeAngelo: Scores, assists Monday
DeAngelo recorded a goal, an assist, three shots, two hits and two blocked shots in Monday's 4-3 win over the Canucks.
DeAngelo continues to produce despite being a blueliner, and this was the third time he's recorded a multi-point performance over his last seven contests. The 30-year-old defenseman has picked things up of late after a slow start to the campaign and is up to 21 points (three goals, 18 assists) in 49 games this season. He could be within reach of the 40-point plateau if he's able to sustain this production in the coming weeks.
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Matthew Schaefer D | NYI
Islanders' Matthew Schaefer: Two more helpers Monday
Schaefer recorded two assists in Monday's 4-3 win over the Canucks.
Schaefer has posted two assists in back-to-back games, and the 18-year-old continues to make a strong candidacy to win the Calder Trophy. He's cracked the scoresheet in six of his nine outings since the beginning of January, tallying nine points, a plus-1 rating, 16 shots, four hits and nine blocked shots. The 18-year-old blueliner ranks third in points among rookies with 34, trailing only Ivan Demidov and Beckett Sennecke.
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Andrew Peeke D | BOS
Bruins' Andrew Peeke: Deemed game-time call
Peeke (lower body) will be a game-time decision for Tuesday's clash with Dallas, Jim McBride of The Boston Globe reports.
Peeke could return after missing just one game due to his lower-body injury. The Florida native is stuck in an eight-game pointless streak, though extended droughts for the blueliner shouldn't come as a surprise, considering he has never reached the 20-point mark in his career.
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Vladislav Gavrikov D | NYR
Rangers' Vladislav Gavrikov: Scores PP goal Monday
Gavrikov scored a power-play goal in Monday's 5-3 loss to the Ducks.
Gavrikov found the back of the net for the first time since Dec. 29, when he also scored a power-play goal in a 3-2 loss to the Hurricanes. The 30-year-old blueliner has 16 points (eight goals, eight assists) in 50 contests, and he's also racked up 76 blocked shots and 31 hits. Even though Gavrikov plays in a top defensive pairing, he isn't carrying a lot of fantasy appeal in most formats, though he might be worth a look in deep leagues that value physicality stats.
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Simon Nemec D | NJ
Devils' Simon Nemec: Scores game-winning goal
Nemec scored the game-winning goal in Monday's 2-1 overtime win over the Flames.
Nemec has not featured in 14 of the Devils' last 18 games, mainly due to a 12-game absence because of a lower-body injury, but the 21-year-old blueliner came through in the clutch for the Devils in this one. Nemec has already tied his career-high mark in points with 19, as he's tallied eight goals and 11 assists in 35 contests to date. The second overall pick in the 2022 NHL Draft is making a strong case to show he deserves a bigger role in the Devils' defensive scheme.
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Quinn Hughes D | MIN
Wild's Quinn Hughes: Four points in last two games
Hughes put up two assists Monday in a 6-3 win over Toronto.
Hughes has two multi-point games in a row, and 13 points, including 12 assists, in nine games since the start of 2026. He's putting up more points in Minny (20 in 18 games) than in Vancouver (23 in 26). Hughes is fifth in the NHL in scoring from the blue line. He's third overall in assists with 39.
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Luke Hughes D | NJ
Devils' Luke Hughes: Hurt in Calgary
Head coach Sheldon Keefe relayed after Monday's 2-1 overtime win over the Flames that Hughes (undisclosed) is going to miss some time, according to Kristy Flannery of The Hockey News.
Hughes was injured during the second period and didn't return to the game. NHL Insider Frank Seravalli reported that it sounds like the initial assessment of Hughes' injury is a dislocated shoulder, but that hasn't been made official by the team. Keefe told the media that Hughes still needs further evaluation and won't be available for the remainder of the Devils' road trip, which concludes Sunday in Seattle. Johnny Kovacevic, who was a healthy scratch Monday, is poised to draw back into the lineup in the second half of the team's back-to-back Tuesday in Edmonton.
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Rasmus Dahlin D | BUF
Sabres' Rasmus Dahlin: Five-game, six-point streak
Dahlin scored a goal Monday in a 2-1 loss to the Hurricanes.
Dahlin extended his point streak to five games and six points (three goals, three assists). He has 12 shots in that span and 117 in 44 games this season. Dahlin also has 57 blocks and 38 hits this season.
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Denton Mateychuk D | CLB
Blue Jackets' Denton Mateychuk: Might be cleared later this week
Mateychuk (upper body) didn't participate in Monday's practice, but the hope is that the blueliner is cleared to return at some point later this week, per Aaron Portzline of The Athletic.
Given this latest update on Mateychuk's status, the 21-year-old probably won't be available until at least Saturday's home matchup against the Lightning. Mateychuk sustained his upper-body injury Jan. 11 in Utah and has missed three consecutive contests as a result. The 2022 first-round pick has provided decent fantasy utility in his second NHL campaign, generating eight goals, 13 helpers, 63 blocked shots and a plus-5 rating over 44 appearances.