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Nedeljkovic (lower body) is considered week-to-week, Rob Rossi of The Athletic reports Wednesday.

If there was a goalie controversy in Pittsburgh heading into Opening Night against the Rangers, Nedeljkovic's lower-body injury certainly puts that to rest. At this point, fantasy managers can expect a heavy dose of Tristan Jarry for the Penguins to open the season. Still, once Nedeljkovic is back to 100 percent, he should continue to push for more opportunities throughout the season -- much like he did last year when he started the final 14 games of the 2023-24 campaign.

Shepard wasn't on the ice for Wednesday's practice session due to a lower-body injury, Bailey Johnson of The Washington Post reports.

The severity of Shepard's injury isn't clear, but he was being evaluated by the Capitals' medical staff during Wednesday's practice. The 28-year-old started in Washington's preseason loss to the Bruins on Sept. 24, but if he's healthy for the start of the regular season, he'll likely head to the AHL, where he's had plenty of success.

Grosenick underwent surgery Tuesday to repair a torn ACL and will miss the 2024-25 campaign, the team announced Wednesday.

Grosenick was listed as injured when the Wild released their initial training camp roster Sept. 18. The 35-year-old netminder had a 2.56 GAA and a .907 save percentage in 30appearances with AHL Milwaukee in 2023-24. He also has a 2-2-0 record, 2.27 GAA and .933 save percentage in four career NHL starts.

Hellebuyck is expected to be between the pipes at home versus Calgary on Wednesday, Mitchell Clinton of the Jets' official site reports.

Hellebuyck has reached the 60-game mark in each of the last three seasons, including posting 37 wins last year on his way to the Vezina Trophy. The 31-year-old backstop figures to be near the top of the list of the NHL games-played list at the end of the season, and he should be capable of challenging for the 40-win threshold.

Vasilevsky was the first goalie off Wednesday, Eduardo A. Encina of the Tampa Bay Times reports, indicating he'll start in goal in the team's preseason home matchup against Florida.

Matt Tomkins started in Tampa Bay's preseason opener, while Jonas Johansson has been between the pipes during the team's last three matchups. However, Vasilevsky will make his first preseason start during Wednesday's exhibition game. Heading into the 2024-25 regular season, Vasilevsky is seven wins away from reaching 300 in his career.

Bussi turned aside 13 shots in Tuesday's 4-1 preseason win over the Flyers.

A second-period wrister from Travis Konecny was the only puck to beat Bussi on the night. The 26-year-old netminder is getting a long look in camp due to Jeremy Swayman's contract dispute, and while Bussi has yet to make his NHL debut, he's making a solid case to open the season as the Bruins' No. 2 goalie behind Joonas Korpisalo if Swayman remains unsigned when the games begin to count next week.

Ersson stopped 30 of 32 shots in Tuesday's 4-1 preseason loss to the Bruins.

The 24-year-old netminder battled to a 1-1 tie through two periods, but Ersson gave up a power-play tally to Tyler Johnson midway through the third, and Boston then piled on two empty-netters after he left the crease. Ersson had a roller-coaster 2023-24 campaign once he took over as the Flyers' starter, winning a career-high 23 games but posting a 2.82 GAA and .890 save percentage. While he heads into the current season at the top of the depth chart, he could face a stiff challenge from Ivan Fedotov if the towering Russian adapts quickly to the speed of the NHL.

Primeau made 12 saves in Tuesday's 4-3 preseason loss to the Senators.

The 25-year-old netminder was done in by his special teams Tuesday -- in a penalty-filled game, all four of Ottawa's tallies came on the power play. Primeau is coming off a 2023-24 campaign in which he posted a very passable .910 save percentage over 23 appearances, and he's expected to see his workload increase as the backup to Sam Montembeault this season.

Ullmark turned aside 29 of 32 shots in Tuesday's 4-3 preseason win over the Canadiens.

Montreal jumped out to a 2-0 lead early in the second period, and Ottawa proceeded to watch Brady Tkachuk (upper body), Tim Stutzle (upper body) and Thomas Chabot (undisclosed) all leave the game due to injuries, but Ullmark came up big down the stretch for his undermanned club. The veteran netminder won't enjoy the benefit of working behind the Bruins' stingy defensive scheme this season, but he also won't have to worry about sharing starting duties. Ullmark has a strong chance of topping the 22 wins he recorded last season in his first campaign with the Senators.

Shesterkin stopped 16 of 18 shots over two periods in Tuesday's 5-4 preseason win over the Devils.

Both goals against Shesterkin came on juicy rebounds, giving him something to work on ahead of the Rangers' regular-season opener in Pittsburgh on Oct. 9. The 28-year-old netminder has won at least 36 games in three straight seasons, but he might need better defensive play in front of him to reverse the downward trend in his ratios -- he's gone from an elite 2.07 GAA and .935 save percentage in 2021-22 to merely good marks of 2.58 and .912 last season.