NHL Player News

MacKinnon (undisclosed) won't travel with the Avalanche ahead of their upcoming two-game road trip to close out the regular season, Evan Rawal of the Denver Gazette reports Friday.

MacKinnon missed Thursday's game against the Canucks due to an undisclosed injury, and he was already deemed doubtful for Colorado's final two regular-season games. He'll officially be sidelined for the back-to-back set over the weekend and will shift his focus toward getting healthy ahead of the postseason. The Avalanche have already clinched a playoff berth, so it seems likely that MacKinnon's absence is precautionary, and it wouldn't be surprising to see him return once postseason play begins.

Rempe notched an assist, three hits and a plus-2 rating in Thursday's 9-2 win over the Islanders.

This was Rempe's first point in three contests since returning from a four-game absence due to an upper-body injury. The 22-year-old ended his seven-game point drought with the helper. He's up to six points, 26 shots on net, 112 hits, 63 PIM and a plus-6 rating over 39 appearances. He'll be in the mix for bottom-six minutes again in 2025-26, though he'll need a new contract as a pending restricted free agent.

Carrick notched two assists and a plus-2 rating in Thursday's 9-2 win over the Islanders.

Carrick was one of 10 Rangers to log multiple points. He got involved later in the game, assisting on both of Brett Berard's third-period goals. This ended a 15-game point drought for Carrick, who has largely stayed in a bottom-six role despite the lack of offense. For the season, the 33-year-old center is at a career-best 20 points (six goals, 14 assists) while adding 81 shots on net, 136 hits, 42 blocked shots, 58 PIM and a plus-6 rating over 78 appearances.

Hayden was put on waivers by Seattle on Friday.

Hayden has a goal and two points in 19 appearances with the Kraken this campaign. If he goes unclaimed on waivers, he'll presumably be sent to AHL Coachella Valley, where he's provided 11 goals and 27 points across 43 outings in 2024-25.

Miller recorded two assists, three blocked shots and a plus-2 rating in Thursday's 9-2 win over the Islanders.

Miller stayed hot by assisting on goals from linemates Mika Zibanejad and Will Cuylle in the first period. The 32-year-old Miller has four goals and eight assists over his last nine outings while staying firmly in the top six. The center has 65 points (21 on the power play), 130 shots on net, 167 hits, 50 blocked shots and a minus-6 rating over 69 appearances between the Rangers and the Canucks this season. While it's not much compared to his 103-point campaign a year ago, Miller remains a good source of all-around production in fantasy.

Trocheck scored a power-play goal on three shots and added an assist in Thursday's 9-2 win over the Islanders.

Trocheck has four goals and two assists over his last six outings. He was involved in the last two tallies of the Rangers' four-goal first period, with his goal standing as the game-winner. The center is up to 24 goals, 55 points (11 on the power play), 194 shots on net, 212 hits, 76 blocked shots, 42 PIM and a plus-2 rating across 79 appearances this season.

Zibanejad scored a goal on three shots, added an assist and went plus-2 in Thursday's 9-2 win over the Islanders.

Fantasy managers who have stuck with Zibanejad this long have gotten a reward in the form of seven points over his last three games. The 31-year-old was involved in the Rangers' first two goals Thursday. He's now at 18 tallies, 40 assists, 179 shots on net, 45 blocked shots, 44 hits and a minus-21 rating over 79 appearances. There are three games left on the Rangers' schedule for Zibanejad to make an attempt to reach the 20-goal and 60-point marks, but it'll still be his worst full-length season since 2017-18.

Beecher was held off the scoresheet for the 13th straight game in Thursday's 5-2 loss to the Blackhawks.

Beecher has added nine shots on net, 14 hits, 13 blocked shots and a minus-5 rating during his point drought. The Bruins play just twice more in 2024-25, and while Beecher should be able to stay in the lineup, he's failed to put together a positive finish to the year. He's at 11 points, 44 shots on net, 85 hits, 71 blocked shots and a minus-9 rating over 78 appearances in a bottom-six role, so he still has some on-ice appeal to the Bruins as a defensive forward.

Draisaitl (undisclosed) will not be in the lineup versus San Jose on Friday, according to Daniel Nugent-Bowman of The Athletic.

Draisaitl will miss his fourth straight game and eighth contest in Edmonton's last 11 outings. He struck for three goals and two assists in three games between injuries, giving him 52 goals and 54 assists over 71 games. He has surpassed the 100-point mark in six of his last seven seasons, with 84 points coming in 56 appearances during the COVID-shortened 2020-21 campaign.

Frederic (ankle) has been ruled out for Friday's game against the Sharks, Daniel Nugent-Bowman of The Athletic reports.

The 27-year-old will be unavailable for a third consecutive game, and head coach Kris Knoblauch said Friday that Frederic might not be available for the start of the playoffs, suggesting that he could be forced to miss more time to close out the regular season. Over 58 appearances between Boston and Edmonton this year, Frederic has logged eight goals, seven assists, 157 hits and 44 PIM while averaging 13:43 of ice time.