NHL Player News

Lindbom will guard the road goal versus the Avalanche in Tuesday's preseason game.

Lindbom is in line for his second appearance of the preseason. He allowed a goal on 11 shots in his previous outing. Regardless of his performance, he is likely to begin the year with AHL Henderson, as Akira Schmid looks set to be the backup to Adin Hill at the NHL level.

Johansson will start in goal in Tuesday's preseason game versus the Panthers in Orlando, Erik Erlendsson of LightningInsider.com reports.

Johansson will get the nod for a neutral-site game, which will be his third start of the preseason. He's been sharp so far, allowing just two goals on 47 shots. Andrei Vasilevskiy (undisclosed) remains out during the preseason, but Johansson's workload in the regular season is expected to be fairly small as long as Vasilevskiy is healthy.

Knight will be between the pipes for Tuesday's home preseason game against Detroit, per Mario Tirabassi of CHGO Sports.

Knight stopped 31 of the 33 shots he faced in a 4-2 exhibition victory over St. Louis on Saturday. The 24-year-old will be the Blackhawks' No. 1 netminder going into the 2025-26 campaign.

Bussi will defend the cage on the road versus the Lightning on Tuesday, Jameson Olive of the Panthers' official site reports.

Bussi will likely be seeing his last preseason action, with Daniil Tarasov and Sergei Bobrovsky almost certain to feature in the final two preseason tilts, also against the Lightning. Once the Cats cut down their roster, Bussi figures to link up with AHL Charlotte for the bulk of the 2025-26 campaign.

Wolf is expected to guard the cage at home against the Jets on Friday, Pat Steinberg of Sportsnet 960 The Fan reports.

Wolf will feature in the preseason finale for the Flames and is the presumptive starter for Opening Night against Edmonton on Oct. 8. If the 24-year-old netminder can get a few extra starts this season, after playing in 53 games last year, he could top the 30-win mark after coming up one victory shy in 2024-25. As a potential workhorse option in Calgary, Wolf should be near the top of the goalie list heading into draft season.

Skinner will tend the twine on the road versus Vancouver on Friday, Tony Brar of Oilers TV reports.

Skinner will get one final tune-up before Opening Night versus the Flames on Oct. 8. The 26-year-old backstop has featured in at least 50 games in each of the last three seasons but has only reached the 30-win mark once during that stretch. While his GAA last season remained below three (2.81), it marked a career worst for the Edmonton native.

Pickard will defend the road net against the Kraken on Wednesday, per Tony Brar of Oilers TV.

Pickard earned a 22-10-1 record with a 2.71 GAA and a .900 save percentage across 36 regular-season appearances in 2024-25. If Stuart Skinner continues to have consistency issues, Pickard will remain a fantasy-relevant backup option this campaign.

Merilainen will patrol the home crease against Montreal on Tuesday.

The 23-year-old netminder posted a record of 8-3-1 with three shutouts, a 1.99 GAA and a .925 save percentage in 12 regular-season appearances with Ottawa in 2024-25. Merilainen will enter the 2025-26 campaign as Linus Ullmark's backup.

Skarek was waived by the Sharks on Tuesday, James Mirtle of The Athletic reports.

Skarek was not expected to start the year on the NHL roster after the team acquired Alex Nedeljkovic over the summer to serve as the No. 2 option behind Yaroslav Askarov. While Skarek was able to make his NHL debut last year, logging two games for the Islanders, he remains a long-term project for fantasy players -- one that may not pan out if he doesn't start getting opportunities soon.

Demko (personal) won't participate in Tuesday's practice, Brendan Batchelor of Sportsnet 650 reports.

Vancouver has two preseason games left before the start of the regular season, and it remains to be seen if Demko will be available for those contests at this time. If the 29-year-old were to miss any time to start the regular season, Kevin Lankinen would serve as the clear-cut No. 1 option between the pipes.