NHL Player News

Vasilevskiy will guard the road goal versus the Canadiens on Tuesday, per Gabby Shirley of FanDuel Sports Network Florida & Sun.

Vasilevskiy will get the second half of Tampa Bay's back-to-back after Jonas Johansson played in Monday's 5-3 loss to Toronto. The 30-year-old Vasilevskiy has a 20-13-2 record with two shutouts, a 2.35 GAA and a .915 save percentage across 35 appearances. Montreal is tied for 12th in the league with 3.04 goals per game in 2024-25.

Kochetkov will start on the road against the Stars on Tuesday, Walt Ruff of the Hurricanes' official site reports.

Kochetkov stopped 29 of 31 shots in a win over the Golden Knights on Friday. He has gone 3-2-1 with a 2.51 GAA and a .911 save percentage over six games in January. It appears the Hurricanes are alternating between Kochetkov and Frederik Andersen now, so the extra rest may help Kochetkov put in good performances on a more consistent basis.

Georgiev will defend the road net against Nashville on Tuesday, Sheng Peng of San Jose Hockey Now reports.

Georgiev will get the second half of San Jose's back-to-back after Yaroslav Askarov played in Monday's 6-3 loss to Boston. The 28-year-old Georgiev has a 10-15-0 record with a 3.45 GAA and an .880 save percentage across 28 appearances between San Jose and Colorado this season. Nashville is riding a three-game winning streak despite sitting 31st in the league with 2.53 goals per game in 2024-25.

Bobrovsky will be in goal on the road against the Ducks on Tuesday.

Bobrovsky will be looking to rebound from a disappointing appearance Thursday in which he was given the hook after conceding four goals on 15 shots. The veteran netminder has managed just one victory in his last six contests, going 1-4-1 with a 3.06 GAA over that stretch.

Luukkonen (undisclosed) will guard the cage on the road against Vancouver on Tuesday, Mike Harrington of The Buffalo News reports.

Luukkonen didn't dress for Monday's clash with the Kraken due to his undisclosed injury but appears to be no worse for the wear. In his last 10 outings, the 25-year-old netminder is sporting a 6-3-1 record to go with a 2.81 GAA, one shutout and a .903 save percentage. With Luukkonen cleared to play, James Reimer figures to serve as the No. 2 option after Devon Levi was shipped back to the minors.

Dostal will patrol the home crease against Florida on Tuesday, according to Derek Lee of The Hockey News.

In his last outing, Dostal stopped 32 of 35 shots in a 4-3 shootout loss to Tampa Bay on Thursday. He has posted a record of 11-12-4 with one shutout, a 2.88 GAA and a .910 save percentage in 27 appearances this season. Florida sits in the top 10 of the league with 3.17 goals per game in 2024-25.

Demko will patrol the crease for Tuesday's home clash with Buffalo, per Canucks Insider.

Demko will make his third straight start despite having posted a combined .806 save percentage over his last two outings. With Demko's injury concerns seemingly behind him, he should see the bulk of the workload for the Canucks moving forward while Kevin Lankinen is relegated to the backup role.

Thompson is set to start in Tuesday's road matchup against the Oilers, per Bailey Johnson of The Washington Post.

Thompson is at the top of his game in the new year, sporting a 6-0-1 record, .944 save percentage and 1.48 GAA through seven appearances in January. The 27-year-old has allowed just two goals while posting two shutouts during his current four-game winning streak. Thompson will face an Oilers team that sits seventh in the NHL with 3.28 goals per game, but they'll be without Connor McDavid, who was suspended for three games Monday.

Levi was shipped down to AHL Rochester on Tuesday.

Levi was disappointing in his last five outings, posting a 1-4-0 record and a 4.31 GAA along the way. The decision to send the 23-year-old netminder back to the Americans is a strong indication that Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (undisclosed) will be available to at least serve as the backup against the Canucks on Tuesday.

Nedeljkovic stopped 25 of 26 shots in Monday's 5-1 win over the Kings.

The 29-year-old netminder had another strong showing and has been playing at a high level of late. Even though he posted a dud in the loss to the Senators on Jan. 11, when he allowed five goals on 17 shots faced, he's posted a save percentage of .930 or higher in three of his last four games, going 3-1-0 with a 3.19 GAA and a .914 save percentage. Those numbers would be even better hadn't it been for the Ottawa loss.