NHL Player News

Silovs is expected to guard the road goal for Wednesday's preseason game against Buffalo, per Matt Vensel of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Silovs is expected to stay in net for the full game. This will be his third appearance of the preseason after stopping 19 of 21 shots over his previous two outings. He's projected to open the season as Tristan Jarry's understudy, but Silovs might play more than a typical backup if Jarry struggles like he did for significant stretches of 2024-25.

Ingram was acquired by Edmonton from Utah on Wednesday in exchange for future considerations. Utah will retain $800,000 of his $1.95 million cap hit.

Ingram, who is in the final season of his three-year, $5.85 million contract, had a 9-8-4 record, 3.27 GAA and an .882 save percentage across 22 appearances with Utah in 2024-25. While those numbers aren't great, he had a solid .907 save percentage across 77 outings with Arizona during the 2022-23 and 2023-24 regular seasons. Ingram was in the NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance Program before being cleared to return to on-ice activities in August. He's already cleared waivers, and Edmonton plans to have him start in AHL Bakersfield, per Jason Gregor of Sports 1440 Edmonton. However, it wouldn't be surprising to see him earn an opportunity with the Oilers as the season progresses.

Copley will guard the road goal in Tuesday's preseason game versus the Mammoth in Boise, Zach Dooley of the Kings' official site reports.

Copley will get the nod for a neutral-site game. The 33-year-old has not yet played in the preseason. He is likely to miss out on the NHL roster and will need to pass through waivers to be assigned to AHL Ontario.

Talbot will guard the road goal versus the Blackhawks in Tuesday's preseason game, per the NHL media site.

Talbot will get his second start of the preseason. His first outing was a bit rough, as he allowed two goals on eight shots in just over half of a game. The 38-year-old netminder is projected to handle a backup role to John Gibson this season, though it could become a timeshare if neither goalie gets in a rhythm.

Miner will patrol the home crease in Tuesday's preseason game versus Vegas, according to Bailey Curtis of The Hockey News.

With Mackenzie Blackwood (lower body) dealing with an injury, Miner could begin the 2025-26 campaign as Scott Wedgewood's backup. The 24-year-old Miner posted a 22-10-6 record with a 2.12 GAA and a .918 save percentage across 38 regular-season appearances for AHL Colorado in 2024-25.

DeSmith will defend the road net in preseason action against the Blues on Tuesday, per Matthew DeFranks of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

As Jake Oettinger's backup in the 2024-25 regular season, DeSmith posted a 14-8-2 record with two shutouts, a 2.59 GAA and a .915 save percentage across 27 appearances. The 34-year-old DeSmith will occupy the same role this campaign.

Lindbom will guard the road goal versus the Avalanche in Tuesday's preseason game.

Lindbom is in line for his second appearance of the preseason. He allowed a goal on 11 shots in his previous outing. Regardless of his performance, he is likely to begin the year with AHL Henderson, as Akira Schmid looks set to be the backup to Adin Hill at the NHL level.

Johansson will start in goal in Tuesday's preseason game versus the Panthers in Orlando, Erik Erlendsson of LightningInsider.com reports.

Johansson will get the nod for a neutral-site game, which will be his third start of the preseason. He's been sharp so far, allowing just two goals on 47 shots. Andrei Vasilevskiy (undisclosed) remains out during the preseason, but Johansson's workload in the regular season is expected to be fairly small as long as Vasilevskiy is healthy.

Knight will be between the pipes for Tuesday's home preseason game against Detroit, per Mario Tirabassi of CHGO Sports.

Knight stopped 31 of the 33 shots he faced in a 4-2 exhibition victory over St. Louis on Saturday. The 24-year-old will be the Blackhawks' No. 1 netminder going into the 2025-26 campaign.

Bussi will defend the cage on the road versus the Lightning on Tuesday, Jameson Olive of the Panthers' official site reports.

Bussi will likely be seeing his last preseason action, with Daniil Tarasov and Sergei Bobrovsky almost certain to feature in the final two preseason tilts, also against the Lightning. Once the Cats cut down their roster, Bussi figures to link up with AHL Charlotte for the bulk of the 2025-26 campaign.