NHL Player News

Vanecek will protect the home crease Sunday versus Colorado, Sheng Peng of San Jose Hockey Now reports.

Vanecek has posted a record of 0-2-0 in three appearances this season while surrendering eight goals on 74 shots. Despite a 1-4-0 start to the 2024-25 campaign, Colorado has accumulated 17 goals across five outings.

Nedeljkovic will defend the road net Sunday against the Jets, according to Penguins play-by-play announcer Josh Getzoff.

Nedeljkovic will make his season debut after recovering from injury. He posted a record of 18-7-7 with one shutout, a 2.97 GAA and a .902 save percentage across 38 regular-season outings in 2023-24. Winnipeg has produced 18 goals through four outings this campaign.

Comrie will patrol the home crease Sunday against Pittsburgh, Mike McIntyre of the Winnipeg Free Press reports.

Comrie had a 10-5-1 record with one shutout, a 2.58 GAA and a .920 save percentage in 19 regular-season appearances with Winnipeg in 2021-22. He will get his first start of 2024-25 after Connor Hellebuyck (4-0-0) was superb for four straight outings.

Nedeljkovic joined his teammates for the Penguins' road trip, which begins Sunday afternoon in Winnipeg, Rob Rossi of The Athletic reports.

Nedeljkovic returned to Pittsburgh on Saturday after stopping 33 of 36 shots in a 4-3 win over Lehigh Valley in an AHL conditioning assignment Friday. The Penguins brought three goalies on the four-game sojourn, which extends to Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver between now and Saturday. Nedeljkovic joined Tristan Jarry and Joel Blomqvist for the trip, and Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan didn't reveal which one will start against the Jets on Sunday.

Hofer stopped 37 of 40 shots in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Hurricanes.

Hofer had a rough showing in his season debut against the Sharks on Oct. 10, allowing four goals on 29 shots, but he's been excellent of late with back-to-back wins over the Islanders and Hurricanes while stopping a combined 71 of 74 shots over that span. It's unclear if Hofer will remain in St. Louis' crease for Tuesday's home matchup against the Jets, but he's trending in the right direction. Over three games, Hofer has gone 3-0-0 with a 2.32 GAA and a .932 save percentage.

Kochetkov stopped 15 of 19 shots in Saturday's 4-3 loss to the Blues.

Kochetkov was coming off a solid win in his season debut against the Devils on Oct. 15, but he didn't have his best outing against the Blues. The Hurricanes have been rotating goalies early in this campaign, so Frederik Andersen has a solid chance to return to the crease for Tuesday's road matchup at Edmonton.

Markstrom gave up six goals on 37 shots in Saturday's 6-5 overtime loss to the Capitals.

Markstrom was enjoying a strong start to the season up until Saturday's contest, but neither the Swede nor Logan Thompson had a performance to remember in a high-scoring affair that finished with 11 total goals. Markstrom's role as the Devils' No. 1 goaltender isn't under threat, but it remains to be seen if the 34-year-old netminder will start against the Lightning on Tuesday since he's been in the Devils' crease in the last three games. Over that span, Markstrom has gone 1-1-1 with a 3.27 GAA and an .898 save percentage.

Thompson stopped 26 of 31 shots in Saturday's 6-5 overtime win over the Devils.

This was far from Thompson's best performance, but at least he got the win to move to a 2-0-0 record. However, his 3.41 GAA and .877 save percentage are both subpar numbers compared to what he's posted over the previous two seasons in which he's made at least 35 starts, so it's safe to say the Capitals' offense has been saving him in the early stages of the season. The Capitals have rotated goalies in their first four games of the campaign, and Thompson will almost certainly split starts with Charlie Lindgren in a Tuesday-Wednesday home-and-home set against the Flyers.

Sogaard was assigned to AHL Belleville on Sunday.

Sogaard's demotion could bode well for the availability of Linus Ullmark (strain) ahead of Tuesday's road matchup against Utah. The 23-year-old Sogaard has occupied the backup role behind Anton Forsberg for the last three outings.

Varlamov stopped 21 shots through overtime and seven of nine shootout attempts in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Canadiens.

The veteran netminder wasn't too busy during the first 60 minutes, facing only three shots in the third period, but Varlamov earned his win in the shootout. He's gotten the nod in three of the Islanders' first five games, but his .868 save percentage keeps the door open for Ilya Sorokin to seize the starting job.