NHL Player News

Comrie will patrol the home crease against Columbus on Tuesday.

Comrie has a 3-1-0 record this season while surrendering 11 goals on 119 shots. The Blue Jackets earned a 4-3 shootout win over Montreal on Monday, and Columbus is tied for 19th in the league with 3.00 goals per game this campaign.

Markstrom will protect the road goal versus the Lightning on Tuesday, Sam Kasan of the Devils' official site reports.

Markstrom is 3-1-1 over his last five games, and he's allowed three goals in each of his last three outings. The Lightning have just one win in their last four games, scoring 11 goals in that span, which gives Markstrom a decent matchup for this contest.

Talbot will guard the home goal versus the Kraken on Tuesday, Michael Whitaker of The Hockey News reports.

Talbot will make consecutive starts for the first time since Oct. 11-15. The Red Wings had been alternating goalies, but Talbot has gone 4-1-0 over his last five games while allowing just 11 goals in that span. The Kraken are a bit of a tough matchup, having won three of their last five games with 15 goals scored in that span.

Schmid will draw the home start Tuesday versus the Rangers, according to Jesse Granger of The Athletic.

Schmid heads into Tuesday's contest with a 7-1-2 record, 2.50 GAA and .900 save percentage through 10 outings this year. Schmid is currently operating as the team's No. 1 netminder, but that will change once Adin Hill (lower body) and Carter Hart (suspension) are in the lineup. The Rangers have found the back of the net 15 times across their last five games, a span in which they are 3-2-0, but 13 of those goals came in back-to-back wins over the Predators and Lightning.

Shesterkin was the first goalie off the ice at the morning skate, Peter Baugh of The Athletic reports, indicating he will defend the road net against the Golden Knights on Tuesday.

Shesterkin has surrendered only seven goals on 93 shots during his three-game winning streak. He has a 7-6-2 record with one shutout, a 2.39 GAA and a .913 save percentage through 15 appearances this season. Vegas ranks 14th in the league with 3.17 goals per game this campaign.

D'Aigle was named the QMJHL Player of the Week on Monday.

D'Aigle won both of his games for QMJHL Victoriaville last week, allowing three goals on 66 shots in wins over Shawinigan and Gatineau. For the season, D'Aigle hasn't done all that well with a 4.28 GAA and an .886 save percentage, but this past week was a flash of what made the Penguins elect him 84th overall in the 2025 NHL Entry Draft. Victoriaville is just 8-10-3 through 21 games this season, ranking at the bottom of the QMJHL's Eastern Conference, which will explain a large portion of D'Aigle's struggles so far.

Askarov was the first netminder off at morning skate, Curtis Pashelka of The San Jose Mercury News reports, which indicates he'll guard the home cage Tuesday versus the Mammoth.

Askarov has been tremendous lately after a slow start to the campaign, but his four-game winning streak was snapped during his last start in Calgary on Thursday. Still, he stopped 34 of 35 shots in that game but didn't receive any offensive support in a 2-0 loss. To put things in perspective, the 2020 first-round pick has a 1.19 GAA and an otherworldly .965 save percentage across his last five outings, so he'll look to get back in the win column Tuesday after receiving the night off Saturday in Seattle. The Mammoth are coming off a 3-2 overtime loss to the Ducks on Monday, so the Sharks have the clear rest advantage.

Sorokin will start in Detroit on Thursday, per Andrew Gross of Newsday on Tuesday.

Sorokin is getting the night off Tuesday, as David Rittich will be between the pipes in Dallas. Head coach Patrick Roy confirmed that Sorokin will get the start in the final game of the Islanders' road trip, which concludes Thursday in Detroit. The Russian netminder has cleaned up his game lately, delivering a 4-1-1 record, .931 save percentage and 1.96 GAA across his last six appearances.

Rittich is scheduled to patrol the road blue paint Tuesday versus the Stars, according to Andrew Gross of Newsday.

Rittich was sharp in his last start, stopping 27 of 29 shots in a 3-2 overtime win over the Mammoth on Friday. The 33-year-old owns a 4-2-0 record, 3.15 GAA and .893 save percentage across six appearances in 2025-26. As for the Stars, they have scored 22 goals during their active five-game winning streak.

Dostal stopped 16 of 18 shots in Monday's 3-2 overtime win over the Mammoth.

Dostal was beaten late in the second period and midway through the third frame, but a late equalizer from Troy Terry and an overtime goal from Olen Zellweger allowed Anaheim to mount the comeback. Dostal bounced back from two straight defeats in this win, and he owns a 5-2-0 record with a 2.87 GAA and an .894 save percentage in seven appearances this month.