NHL Player News

Garand will patrol the home crease against Winnipeg on Sunday, per Peter Baugh of The Athletic.

With Jonathan Quick (upper body) unavailable, Garand will make his NHL debut in Sunday's matchup. The 23-year-old Garand has a 16-15-2 record with a 2.83 GAA and an .896 save percentage across 36 appearances for AHL Hartford this season. Winnipeg is tied for 23rd in the NHL this campaign with 2.83 goals per game.

Cooley will start Sunday's game against the Lightning in net, Pat Steinberg of Sportsnet 960 The Fan reports.

Cooley will attempt to build on a strong performance in his previous start, in which he stopped 25 of 26 shots against the Blues on Wednesday. The 28-year-old is 8-9-4 on the season with a 2.47 GAA and a .915 save percentage. It will be a challenge to limit the potent Lightning offense, as they are second in the league at 3.59 goals per game.

Blackwood will defend the road net against Washington on Sunday, according to Tom Gulitti of NHL.com.

Blackwood will make his second straight start after he stopped 19 shots in Friday's 4-1 win over Chicago. He has a 19-8-1 record this campaign with three shutouts, a 2.43 GAA and a .905 save percentage through 30 appearances. Washington is tied for 16th in the league this season with 3.10 goals per game.

Landeskog (lower body) will return to the lineup Sunday against the Capitals, Tom Gulitti of NHL.com reports.

Landeskog has missed the last seven games due to injury and has 21 total absences this season, but the Avalanche will get him back for the stretch run of the regular season. The 33-year-old has 29 points (nine goals, 20 assists) in 47 games on the year. He will likely reprise his role as a top-six forward and power-play fixture starting with Sunday's battle with the Capitals.

Kampf (personal) could join the Capitals during the team's upcoming three-game road trip, Sammi Silber of The Hockey News reports Sunday.

Washington's road swing begins against St. Louis on Tuesday and ends against Vegas on Saturday. Kampf will miss his eighth straight game against Colorado on Sunday. He hasn't played yet for the Capitals after being acquired from Vancouver on March 6. Kampf needed his work visa situation resolved, and now he is away from the team while awaiting the birth of his child.

Thompson will get the start in goal Sunday against the Avalanche, Tarik El-Bashir of Monumental Sports Network reports.

Thompson's in line to start for the ninth time in Washington's last 10 games. Over his last three appearances, he has been razor-sharp, stopping 96 of 100 shots faced. Overall, the 29-year-old is 24-19-5 with a 2.36 GAA and a .915 save percentage. He'll face a tough test Sunday against Colorado's league-best offense.

Tarasenko scored the overtime winner in Saturday's 2-1 victory over Dallas.

The veteran winger took a cross-ice pass from Bobby Brink and made no mistake as Tarasenko wired the pack past Jake Oettinger. Tarasenko has four goals in his last four games to reach 20 on the season -- the ninth time in 14 NHL regular seasons that he's reached that milestone.

Hughes notched two assists in Saturday's 2-1 overtime win over the Stars.

The star blueliner drove play once again, setting up Bobby Brink for Minnesota's first goal midway through the second period before initiating the sequence that resulted in Vladimir Tarasenko's OT winner. Hughes snapped a rare three-game point drought with the performance, and in 39 games since being traded from the Canucks he's delivered four goals and 46 points.

Brink scored a goal and added an assist in Saturday's 2-1 overtime win over the Stars.

The former Flyer got the Wild on the board midway through the second period before feeding Vladimir Tarasenko for the OT winner. It was Brink's first multi-point performance since the trade that sent him west. In five games for Minnesota, he has two goals and three points.

Gustavsson stopped 28 shots in Saturday's 2-1 overtime win over Dallas.

The only puck that got past him came on a Stars power play late in the first period, and it had to deflect off two Wild players along the way. Gustavsson has allowed more than three goals only once in eight starts since the Olympic break, going 6-2-0 with a dazzling 1.76 GAA and .936 save percentage.