NHL Player News

Binnington is expected to start on the road against Nashville on Thursday, per Brooks Bratten of the Predators' official site.

Binnington has surrendered at least three goals in four of his past five outings, going 2-2-1 across that span. He's now 7-7-5 with a 3.29 GAA and an .876 save percentage in 20 appearances this season. Nashville ranks 28th in goals per game with 2.62.

Saros will guard the home goal versus the Blues on Thursday, Brooks Bratten of the Predators' official site reports.

Saros is set for his fifth straight start. He has gone 3-1-0 with 11 goals allowed on 139 shots over his last four outings. That's a big improvement compared to where he was at early in the year. The Blues have scored just 12 goals over their last six games, though they've managed a 3-3-0 record in that span.

Husso is set to start on the road against the Islanders on Thursday, per Andrew Gross of Newsday.

Husso has won three straight starts while turning aside 81 of 88 shots (.920 save percentage). He's improved to 5-2-0 with a 2.83 GAA and an .893 save percentage through seven appearances this year. The Islanders are tied for 20th in goals per game with 2.90.

Rittich will guard the home goal versus the Ducks on Thursday, Andrew Gross of Newsday reports.

Rittich will make his second start in three games. The Ducks are an intimidating opponent, having scored 19 goals over their last five contests while going 4-1-0 in that span. With Rittich making this start, Ilya Sorokin should be expected to face the Lightning on Saturday.

Johansson will protect the road goal versus the Devils on Thursday, Eduardo A. Encina of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Johansson has allowed just seven goals over his last four games, but he's unfortunate to be 1-3-0 in that span. He snapped his losing streak with a 26-save effort in Tuesday's 6-1 win over the Canadiens. Johansson continues to see a hefty workload due to Andrei Vasilevskiy (undisclosed) being sidelined, though Encina reports Vasilevskiy is still considered to be in the day-to-day range.

Tarasov is expected to start on the road against Colorado on Thursday, per George Richards of Florida Hockey Now.

Tarasov has a 3-4-1 record, 2.47 GAA and .911 save percentage in nine appearances with Florida in 2025-26. He stopped 20 of 21 shots en route to a 4-1 victory over the Islanders in his last start Sunday. Utah is in a four-way tie for 15th in goals per game with 3.00.

Lyon was the first goalie off during Thursday's morning skate, Matthew Fairburn of The Athletic reports, indicating that he'll draw the road start against Vancouver.

Lyon was in the starter's crease during Thursday's morning skate, and although he briefly left the ice with an apparent injury, he returned shortly later and should serve as the starting netminder against Vancouver. The Canucks are scoring 2.77 goals per game this season, which is tied for the eighth-worst mark in the league.

Tolopilo was reassigned to AHL Abbotsford on Thursday.

Tolopilo was 2-1-0 with a 2.74 GAA and a .911 save percentage across four NHL appearances this season. The Canucks will get Thatcher Demko back in net Thursday for the first time in 12 contests.

Demko (lower body) will patrol the home crease versus Buffalo on Thursday, Brendan Batchelor of Sportsnet 650 reports.

Demko has missed the last 12 games due to his lower-body injury. He is 5-4-0 with a 2.80 GAA and a .903 save percentage across 10 appearances. The Sabres are tied for 15th in NHL scoring, generating 3.00 goals per game.

Oettinger will start Thursday's road game against Minnesota, Mike Heika of the Stars' official site reports.

Oettinger is in the midst of a six-game winning streak in which he's posted a 1.82 GAA and .934 save percentage. He made a home start against the Wild on Oct. 14 and turned aside 39 of 41 shots (.951 save percentage) in a 5-2 win.