NHL Player News

Gaudreau scored a goal in Tuesday's 3-2 overtime win over the Canucks.

Gaudreau went five straight games without scoring a goal between Nov. 23 and Nov. 30, but he snapped that drought with his first appearance of December. That said, he has only five goals and 14 points across 25 appearances this season, so he hasn't been productive or consistent enough to warrant being rostered in most formats. At least he's set to surpass the 15-point season he had in 2023-24, so the lone bright spot so far is that he's leaving a woeful season in the rearview.

Necas scored a power-play goal and delivered an even-strength assist in Tuesday's 4-2 loss to the Kraken.

Necas set up Eric Robinson's first-period goal and found twine in the early stages of the third frame. However, Seattle responded with two goals in the final 10 minutes to steal the win. Regardless of the final result, this was another strong performance from Necas, who's now posted four multi-point performances across Carolina's last six games. The center has 39 points in just 25 games this season, and he remains one of the most productive forwards in fantasy regardless of format.

Beniers recorded two assists, a plus-3 rating and two shots in Tuesday's 4-2 win over the Hurricanes.

Beniers set up Jaden Schwartz's opening goal just 19 seconds into the game, and he doubled his helpers tally by delivering one of the assists in Yanni Gourde's third-period strike. Beniers went through a seven-game pointless slump between Nov. 16 and Nov. 29, but he's bounced back admirably with three assists over his last two outings. The 22-year-old has four goals and nine assists across 26 contests this season, but he remains behind the pace of the numbers he posted in his previous two campaigns with the Kraken.

Seguin will be out of action for 4-6 months when he undergoes surgery Thursday for a left-side femoral acetabular impingement and hip labrum, per Lia Assimakopoulos of The Dallas Morning News on Wednesday.

Even on the shortest end of his timeframe, Seguin at best would return for the very last games of the regular season, but fantasy managers can probably bank on him being shut down until at least the playoffs, if not longer. Given that timeline, the veteran forward will almost certainly be placed on long-term injured reserve in the coming days to give the Stars some relief from his $9.85 million cap hit. Despite playing through his injury, Seguin still managed to rack up 20 points in 19 appearances this season, including a trio of power-play goals.

Thompson scored two goals on a team-high five shots on net in Tuesday's 5-4 loss to the Avalanche.

The 27-year-old center gave Buffalo a 2-0 lead early in the first period, his first points in four games since returning from a lower-body injury. After a disappointing 2023-24 campaign, Thompson has been back in form this season when he's been healthy, collecting 13 goals and 20 points in 20 contests.

MacKinnon scored two goals and added an assist in Tuesday's 5-4 win over the Sabres.

With the Avs staring at a 4-0 deficit, MacKinnon got the comeback started early in the second period by stealing the puck in the Sabres zone and then rifling it past Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen. The 29-year-old superstar then tipped home the tying goal midway through the third before helping to set up Artturi Lehkonen for the winner. MacKinnon had gone eight straight games without a multi-point performance, an uncharacteristic dry spell for him, but on the season he's still racked up 39 points (nine goals and 30 assists) in 26 contests, tying him with Kirill Kaprizov and Martin Necas atop the NHL leaderboard.

Bennett scored a goal on three shots in Tuesday's 5-4 overtime loss to the Penguins.

Bennett had the first of three goals in a span of 4:32 for the Panthers in the middle of the third period. That was enough to help them salvage a standings point. This was Bennett's fourth straight game with a goal and fifth in a row with a point. He's up to 13 tallies, 11 helpers, 77 shots on net, 53 hits, 28 PIM and a minus-5 rating while filling the second-line center role in a strong offense.

Dowd scored a goal on two shots, added 10 PIM, logged two hits and blocked three shots in Tuesday's 2-1 overtime loss to the Sharks.

Dowd's second-period tally was enough to get the game to overtime. He's scored three times over the last eight contests, but he went six games without a point before that stretch. The 34-year-old center is at seven goals, two helpers, 35 shots on net, 52 hits, 32 PIM and 23 blocked shots across 25 appearances in a fourth-line role this season.

Lizotte had two assists in a 5-4 overtime win over the Panthers on Tuesday.

Lizotte has four points (two goals, two assists) over his last two games, and he's off to a roaring start with seven points, including four goals, in 11 games so far. Unfortunately, he has fired only 13 shots in those 11 games, and his 30.8 shooting percentage is unsustainable. Lizotte is on a nice run, but it's unlikely to last -- his career-best point total is 34 (2022-23).

Malkin scored a goal and added an assist in Tuesday's 5-4 overtime win over Florida.

Malkin has 24 points, including six goals, in 27 games in what is clearly a bounce-back year. He can also say that he's in the record books after beating Spencer Knight on Tuesday. Malkin has now scored on 150 different goalies in his long career. Alex Ovechkin (178 games) and teammate Sidney Crosby (150) are the only active players who have scored on as many goalies.