NHL Player News
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Adin Hill G | LV
Golden Knights' Adin Hill: Guarding goal in Toronto
Hill is set to start on the road versus the Maple Leafs on Friday, Danny Webster of the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports.
Hill has allowed seven goals on 45 shots while going 1-1-0 in two games since he returned from a lower-body injury. The Maple Leafs have lost four of their last five games (1-2-2), scoring 14 goals in that span. Hill was between the pipes for Vegas' 6-5 overtime win over Toronto on Jan. 15.
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Arvid Soderblom G | CHI
Blackhawks' Arvid Soderblom: Set to start Friday
Soderblom will protect the home goal versus the Lightning on Friday, Tracey Myers of NHL.com reports.
Soderblom has gone 2-4-0 over his last seven games, allowing 29 goals in that span. The 26-year-old's getting the starting nod in the second half of a back-to-back after Spencer Knight won in a shootout, 4-3, over the Hurricanes on Thursday. The Lightning have scored 23 goals over their last six games, winning five of them.
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Andrei Vasilevskiy G | TB
Lightning's Andrei Vasilevskiy: Starting Friday
Vasilevskiy will guard the road goal versus the Blackhawks on Friday, Tracey Myers of NHL.com reports.
Vasilevskiy is 10-0-1 with a 1.97 GAA and a .917 save percentage over his last 11 games. The Blackhawks have won three of their last six games while scoring 12 goals in that span.
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Kevin Lankinen G | VAN
Canucks' Kevin Lankinen: Starting against New Jersey
Lankinen will defend the home crease against the Devils on Friday, Olivia McDonald of CanucksInsider.com reports.
Lankinen hasn't been particularly sharp since the start of the calendar year, going 1-4-1 with a 3.32 GAA and .893 save percentage over his last seven outings. He'll have a favorable matchup against the Devils, who are scoring 2.56 goals per game this season, which is the third-worst mark in the NHL.
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Dennis Hildeby G | TOR
Maple Leafs' Dennis Hildeby: Shipped down to minors
Hildeby was reassigned to AHL Toronto on Friday.
Hildeby's demotion comes as Anthony Stolarz (upper body) returns to the crease against Vegas on Friday. With Toronto having a full complement of healthy backstops for the first time this season, the 24-year-old Hildeby was the odd man out, and he figures to spend the rest of the season in the minors -- unless another problem comes up for one of the Leafs' backstops.
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Lukas Dostal G | ANA
Ducks' Lukas Dostal: Guarding road goal
Dostal is set to start on the road against Seattle on Friday, Mike Benton of the Kraken Audio Network reports.
Dostal has won his past four games while stopping 109 of 116 shots (.940 save percentage). It's a good stretch in what has been an underwhelming campaign for him overall. Dostal has a 17-12-2 record, 3.04 GAA and .894 save percentage in 33 outings this season. Seattle is 2-4-2 over its past eight games to drop to 22-18-9 overall, but the Kraken are coming off a 4-1 victory over the Islanders on Wednesday.
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Spencer Martin G | NYR
Rangers' Spencer Martin: First off ice Friday
Martin was the first goaltender off the ice at morning skate and is slated to patrol the road crease in San Jose on Friday, Mollie Walker of the New York Post reports.
Martin will get the start in net for the third time in the Rangers' last four games. He is 1-1-0 with a 4.11 GAA and an .848 save percentage over four outings this season. The Rangers are struggling without Igor Shesterkin (lower body), who has been out of action since Jan. 5. The Sharks are generating 3.08 goals per game, tied for 17th in the league this season.
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Philipp Grubauer G | SEA
Kraken's Philipp Grubauer: Expected to face Anaheim
Grubauer is expected to start at home against Anaheim on Friday, per Mike Benton of the Kraken Audio Network.
Grubauer stopped 24 of 25 shots in a 4-1 win over the Islanders on Wednesday. He improved to 10-4-3 with a 2.37 GAA and a .919 save percentage in 19 outings this campaign. He'll be facing Anaheim at a time when the squad is hot. The Ducks have won their past five games, though they've averaged a modest 2.60 goals per game over that stretch.
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Jacob Markstrom G | NJ
Devils' Jacob Markstrom: Slated to start Friday
Markstrom is in the starter's crease at morning practice and is expected to defend the road cage in Vancouver on Friday, Amanda Stein of the Devils' official site reports.
Markstrom is 3-1-0 over his last four starts, allowing nine goals on 97 shots. He is 13-11-1 with a 3.27 GAA and an .882 save percentage across 26 appearances this season. The Canucks are having trouble finding the back of the net this season, averaging 2.58 goals per game, 28th in the NHL.
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Alex Nedeljkovic G | SJ
Sharks' Alex Nedeljkovic: Tending twine Friday
Nedeljkovic is slated to guard the home cage versus the Rangers on Friday, Max Miller of NHL.com reports.
Nedeljkovic is sharing the net with Yaroslav Askarov, and it's doing Nedeljkovic a world of good, as he has won his last four starts, giving up nine goals on 115 shots (.922 save percentage) during that stretch. Overall, he is 9-8-2 with a 2.96 GAA and an .896 save percentage in 22 appearances this season. The Rangers are 27th in NHL scoring, generating 2.67 goals per game.