NHL Player News

Pietrangelo notched an assist in Saturday's 3-2 win over the Penguins.

Pietrangelo helped out on Brendan Brisson's first NHL tally, which stood as the game-winner. While Pietrangelo hasn't put together a point streak of more than three contests this season, he has contributed a goal and four assists over his last 10 outings. The defenseman is at 19 points, 100 shots on net, 97 blocked shots, 27 hits, 18 PIM and a plus-1 rating through 41 appearances in a top-four role.

Desharnais notched an assist in Saturday's 3-1 win over the Flames.

Desharnais doesn't contribute offense often -- his two assists over eight games in January already make this his second-best month of the campaign. The 27-year-old defenseman remains in a third-pairing role to provide physicality. He has six points, 49 hits, 53 blocked shots, 27 PIM, 22 shots on net and a plus-2 rating over 40 appearances.

Ceci notched an assist, two shots on goal and two blocked shots in Saturday's 3-1 win over the Flames.

Ceci has a helper in two of the last three games and five assists across his last 12 outings. The defenseman set up Sam Gagner's goal in the third period, which was the game-winner. Ceci has 12 assists without a goal this season, and he's added 47 shots on net, 58 blocked shots and a plus-9 rating through 42 contests in a top-four role.

Lindell notched an assist in Saturday's 6-2 win over the Devils.

Lindell has six helpers, 17 blocked shots, 14 shots on goal and a plus-7 rating over his last seven games. It's not unusual for the 29-year-old to have a stretch of productivity every now and then, and this one has come at a good time with the Stars missing Miro Heiskanen (lower body). Lindell has 19 points, 61 shots on net, 86 blocks, 38 hits and a plus-14 rating over 45 appearances in a top-four role this season.

Suter provided a pair of assists, two hits and four PIM in Saturday's 6-2 win over the Devils.

Suter has managed three assists with a plus-8 rating and 22 blocked shots over 10 games in January. His ice time has dropped with Miro Heiskanen (lower body) out of the lineup, as Suter moved from the top pairing to a third-pairing role. Suter is at 10 points, 58 shots on net, 64 blocked shots and a plus-5 rating through 45 contests.

Harley notched two assists, two hits and a plus-2 rating in Saturday's 6-2 win over the Devils.

Harley has maintained his steady play with four assists over his last five games. He helped out on goals by Matt Duchene and Craig Smith in Saturday's win. Harley is up to 23 points, 68 shots on net, 72 blocked shots and a plus-12 rating through 42 outings. He should continue to operate as the Stars' top blueliner until Miro Heiskanen (lower body) is able to play.

Matheson scored a power-play goal in Saturday's 9-4 loss to Boston. He also had five shots, two blocks, two hits and two PIM over 22:53 of ice time.

Matheson scored his seventh goal of the season and fifth on the power play early in the second period to tie the game at 3-3. Matheson's 32 points are two shy of the career high mark he set last season.

Toews had an assist, one shot, two blocks and one hit over 24:01 of ice time in Saturday's 7-4 win over the Flyers.

Toews managed to extend his point streak to four games, picking up an assist on Logan O'Connor's empty-net tally that sealed the win. The defenseman has two goals and three assists during his streak and is up to 29 points through 47 games.

Murphy (lower body) won't play Monday in Vancouver but could return this week during Chicago's four-game road trip, Charlie Roumeliotis of NBC Sports Chicago reports.

Murphy has already missed three games with a lower-body injury, though it sounds like he could be nearing a return later in the week. The 30-year-old blueliner has eight points (two goals, six assists) with 93 hits and 105 blocked shots this season. Jarred Tinordi will likely remain in the lineup until Murphy is ready to go.

Makar had a power-play assist, three shots and five blocks over 24:01 of ice time in Saturday's 7-4 win over the Flyers.

All those Avalanche goals and Makar had a hand in only one of them? His shot from the point dribbled through Carter Hart, and Mikko Rantanen pounced on the puck for Colorado's sixth goal. The assist extended Makar's point streak to four games, during which he has one goal and five assists (two on power play). The defenseman's 24 power-play points rank third on the Avs behind Nathan MacKinnon (29) and Rantanen (28).