NHL Player News

Hellebuyck will not be in the lineup against the Canucks on Wednesday.

Hellebuyck was designated as a non-roster player by the Jets to free up a roster spot. It will be Eric Comrie who gets the road start against Vancouver, while Domenic DiVincentiis serves as the backup. After his phenomenal performance at the Olympics, Hellebuyck should continue to see the bulk of the workload for Winnipeg, which could start with Friday's road game against Anaheim.

Ersson (lower body) will serve as the backup goaltender for Wednesday's road game against Washington.

Ersson missed Philadelphia's final three games before the Olympic break due to the injury. Dan Vladar is set to start against the Capitals. Ersson has an 8-10-5 record, 3.51 GAA and .856 save percentage in 24 outings in 2025-26.

Jarry will defend the road crease against Anaheim on Wednesday, Zach Cavanagh of The Sporting Tribune reports.

Jarry wasn't particularly effective leading up to the Olympic break, as he went 2-3-0 with a 5.28 GAA and .831 save percentage across his last five outings. However, he'll draw the start in the Oilers' first game following the layoff against the Ducks, who are scoring 3.20 goals per game this year, which ranks 16th in the league.

Hill is expected to start on the road against the Kings on Wednesday, per Danny Webster of the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Hill has a 4-3-3 record, 3.28 GAA and .870 save percentage in 12 appearances in 2025-26. This will be a rematch against the Kings after he turned aside 32 of 33 shots en route to a 4-1 victory over the Kings on Feb. 5. The match was Vegas' final game before the Olympic break. Los Angeles is tied for 29th in goals per game with 2.54 this season. The Kings are welcoming Artemi Panarin to the lineup after acquiring him from the Rangers, but they're now without Kevin Fiala, who sustained a leg injury during the Olympics.

Dostal is expected to start at home against Edmonton on Wednesday, per Derek Lee of The Hockey News.

Dostal was red hot before the Olympic break, posting an 8-1-0 record, 1.96 GAA and .930 save percentage across nine appearances. That's a huge difference from how the 2025-26 campaign has gone overall. He has a 21-13-2 record, 2.92 GAA and .897 save percentage in 38 outings with Anaheim this season. Edmonton is tied for fourth in goals per game with 3.41 in 2025-26.

Forsberg was the first goalie to leave the ice Wednesday, Zach Dooley of the Kings' official site reports, indicating he'll be between the pipes at home versus Vegas.

In his last five outings, Forsberg is 2-1-2 with a 2.31 GAA and a .924 save percentage. The Swede figures to serve primarily as the No. 2 option behind Darcy Kuemper the rest of the way, but he should still see a decent amount of work outside of back-to-backs. Look for Kuemper to get the nod at home against Edmonton on Thursday.

Lankinen (not injury related) will serve as the backup netminder during Wednesday's home game against Winnipeg, Jeff Paterson of CanucksArmy.com reports.

Lankinen was initially poised to miss Wednesday's matchup while making his way back from the 2026 Winter Olympics. However, he has rejoined the team and will be Nikita Tolopilo's understudy against the Jets.

Tolopilo is set to start at home against Winnipeg on Wednesday, per Jeff Paterson of CanucksArmy.com.

Tolopilo is 3-3-1 with a 3.04 GAA and a .910 save percentage in nine appearances with Vancouver in 2025-26. He also has a 3.07 GAA and an .897 save percentage in 19 outings with AHL Abbotsford this campaign. Winnipeg was struggling with a 3-4-3 record across its last 10 games before the Olympic break, but Vancouver has fared even worse with a 2-7-1 record in its past 10 outings.

Wedgewood is slated to start Wednesday's road game against Utah, Evan Rawal of the Denver Gazette reports.

Wedgewood started in just one of Colorado's seven games leading up to the Olympic break, but he'll start in the first half of a back-to-back set following the layoff. Across seven outings since the start of the calendar year, he's gone 3-3-1 with a 2.86 GAA and .888 save percentage.

Hofer will patrol the crease at home versus Seattle on Thursday, Lou Korac of NHL.com reports.

Hofer and Jordan Binnington were splitting the workload ahead of the Olympic break, and that trend figures to continue now that the NHL is back in action. In his last four outings, the 25-year-old Hofer went 1-2-1 with a 3.97 GAA and .824 save percentage.