NHL Player News

McAvoy (upper body) won't be available for Tuesday's game in Buffalo, Joe Haggerty of Boston Sports Journal reports.

McAvoy practiced in a regular jersey Monday, but he'll be unavailable for at least one more game due to his upper-body injury. He won't travel with the Bruins to Buffalo, but it's not yet clear whether he'll be available later in the week, when Boston has home matchups against Winnipeg on Thursday and against the Rangers on Saturday.

Pulock (upper body) was placed on injured reserve Monday.

After being injured in Saturday's 3-2 overtime win over Carolina, Pulock will miss at least the next three games, starting with Tuesday's matchup versus Colorado. He has produced three goals, 13 assists, 70 shots on net, 105 blocked shots and 58 hits across 48 appearances this season. Dennis Cholowski will probably replace Pulock in Tuesday's lineup.

Jones was scratched for the 15th straight game in Sunday's 5-4 loss to the Avalanche.

Jones saw steady playing time for much of November and December, but that's dried up. The Rangers' turnaround has hinged on two trades involving defensemen -- one that swapped Jacob Trouba for Urho Vaakanainen and another that brought in Will Borgen at the expense of Kaapo Kakko. Vaakanainen has largely taken over the third-pairing spot that belonged to Jones previously, and with the Rangers finding success, there's been no need to shuffle the lineup. For the season, Jones is at eight points, 24 shots on net, 16 blocked shots, 14 hits and a plus-2 rating over 26 appearances. He's one point and five games shy of matching his totals in those categories from the 2023-24 regular season.

Borgen scored a goal in Sunday's 5-4 loss to the Avalanche.

The $20.5 million man -- thanks to the five-year extension he signed Saturday -- got on the scoresheet in his first game since putting pen to paper. Borgen has a point in each of the last two contests. While the offense is a nice bonus, it's his defensive stability that gave the Rangers confidence to keep him around for the long run. Borgen is at six points, 44 shots on net, 78 hits, 67 blocked shots and a minus-14 rating through 51 appearances this season, but he's only minus-1 while earning four points over 18 outings with the Rangers after a poor start to the year with the Kraken.

Middleton provided an assist in Sunday's 5-4 win over the Rangers.

Middleton's helper was his first NHL point, a feat that took him 26 games to achieve. He's seen a part-time role on the third pairing in 2024-25 after going three whole seasons without any action for the big club. Middleton has added 23 shots on net, 38 hits, 15 blocked shots and 13 PIM through 23 outings this season, so he doesn't need to be rostered in fantasy.

Balinskis notched an assist and blocked two shots in Sunday's 4-1 loss to the Golden Knights.

Balinskis has four points over his last nine outings, but his ice time has fluctuated quite a bit in that stretch. The 28-year-old blueliner is likely to be in a third-pairing role full-time moving forward as long as Aaron Ekblad avoids further injury concerns. Balinskis is at 14 points, 62 shots on net, 44 hits, 36 blocked shots and a minus-3 rating through 48 appearances this season.

McNabb scored a goal, dished an assist, went plus-3, added three hits and blocked four shots in Sunday's 4-1 win over the Panthers.

McNabb had an all-around excellent game, which included him scoring the opening goal and assisting on Tomas Hertl's empty-netter. With four points over his last four outings, McNabb is enjoying one of his most successful stretches of the season. He's supplied three goals, eight assists, 62 shots on net, a plus-28 rating, 88 hits and 111 blocked shots over 50 appearances this season.

Del Mastro recorded an assist, two hits and two PIM in Sunday's 4-2 loss to the Wild.

The helper on Frank Nazar's third-period tally counted as Del Mastro's first NHL point in four appearances over the last two seasons. The 22-year-old blueliner is likely to fill a bottom-four role while he's on the NHL roster, and he should challenge T.J. Brodie and Nolan Allan for playing time. Most fantasy managers are unlikely to have much interest in Del Mastro's production for now.

Jones scored a power-play goal on six shots, blocked three shots and added two hits in Sunday's 4-2 loss to the Wild.

Jones missed Friday's game versus the Lightning due to an illness. He was back in action Sunday and saw his usual workload with 24:06 of ice time. Jones also earned a point in his fifth straight outing (two goals, five assists). The 30-year-old blueliner is up to five goals, 21 points, 63 shots on net, 59 blocked shots, 42 hits and a minus-12 rating through 32 appearances this season.

Bogosian logged an assist and two PIM in Sunday's 4-2 win over the Blackhawks.

Bogosian ended a five-game point drought with the helper. He has five points over 12 outings in January, but his role has shrunk following the returns of Brock Faber and Jared Spurgeon from their respective injuries that kept them out of action earlier in the month. Bogosian is at 11 points, 53 shots on net, 54 hits, 55 blocked shots, 29 PIM and a minus-2 rating over 50 appearances. He should still be a consistent third-pairing blueliner, though that's a role that's unlikely to make him attractive to fantasy managers.