NHL Player News

Jarry will defend the road crease during Monday's preseason game against the Red Wings, Matt Vensel of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.

Jarry made his preseason debut Friday against Detroit, and he's expected to play the full game during Monday's matchup. Jarry turned aside 11 of 13 shots during Friday's home game against the Red Wings while playing just over half of the matchup. The 30-year-old will likely begin the regular season as the Penguins' No. 1 netminder, but Arturs Silovs could push for playing time if Jarry struggles at some point.

Swayman will defend the home crease during Monday's preseason game against the Flyers, Joe Haggerty of Boston Sports Journal reports.

The Bruins are planning for Swayman to play the entirety of Monday's matchup with just over a week remaining before the start of the regular season. Swayman will attempt to bounce back this year after he went 22-29-7 with a 3.11 GAA and .892 save percentage over 58 regular-season appearances during the 2024-25 campaign.

Wolf will be between the pipes on the road for Monday's preseason game in Seattle, Pat Steinberg of Sportsnet 960 The Fan reports.

Wolf may feature only once more during the preseason as he likely prepares to be the starter for Opening Night against the Oilers on Oct. 8. In 53 regular-season appearances last year, the young backstop went 29-16-8 with a 2.64 GAA and three shutouts. Looking ahead to 2025-26, Wolf could push for closer to 60 games, which could see him break the 30-win threshold this time around.

Commesso was assigned to AHL Rockford on Monday.

Commesso spent some time with the Blackhawks during training camp, but he'll officially head back to the minors ahead of the regular season. The 23-year-old made 39 regular-season appearances for Rockford last year and went 18-15-4 with a 2.54 GAA and .911 save percentage. He'll be a candidate to be called up by Chicago if Spencer Knight or Arvid Soderblom deal with injuries.

Rittich was the first goalie off during Monday's morning skate, Andrew Gross of Newsday reports, signaling that he'll get the preseason start at home against the Rangers.

The Islanders are playing their penultimate preseason game Monday, so it could be Rittich's final opportunity to make his case for the No. 2 netminder job behind Ilya Sorokin. Rittich wasn't particularly effective during his preseason debut against the Rangers on Thursday, as he turned aside 20 of 24 shots while playing two periods. He may need to have a stronger performance Monday if he hopes to stave off Marcus Hogberg for the backup job while Semyon Varlamov (knee) remains out, even though Hogberg has also had some struggles during preseason play.

Bobrovsky will defend the home crease in Monday's preseason game against the Hurricanes, George Richards of Florida Hockey Now reports.

After winning a second consecutive Stanley Cup last year, Bobrovsky will continue to serve as the Panthers' No. 1 netminder during his age-37 season. He made 54 regular-season appearances during the 2024-25 campaign, going 33-19-2 with a 2.44 GAA and .906 save percentage.

Kochetkov (undisclosed) skated with the non-game group Monday, Walt Ruff of the Hurricanes' official site reports.

Carolina has been extremely cautious with injuries during training camp, and Kochetkov had been off the ice since Thursday due to a minor issue. If he doesn't return to the lineup for Saturday's preseason finale in Nashville, he still could be an option for Opening Night on Oct. 9 versus New Jersey.

Vladar will defend the road net in Monday's preseason game versus Boston, according to Jordan Hall of NBC Sports Philadelphia.

Vladar will play the entire game against the Bruins. He stopped eight of the nine shots he faced in one period of work in a 5-1 loss to Washington on Thursday. Vladar could compete with Samuel Ersson for playing time this campaign.

Demko is projected to start in Sunday's preseason matchup against the Oilers, Brendan Batchelor of Sportsnet 650 reports.

Demko will make his second start of the preseason after stopping 11 of 12 shots in Wednesday's tune-up game versus the Flames. The San Diego native is No. 1 on Vancouver's goaltending depth chart, but Kevin Lankinen should see his fair share of starts in 2025-26 when taking into account Demko's lengthy injury history. The 29-year-old Demko inked a three-year, $25.5 million contract extension with the Canucks in the offseason.

Skinner is expected to start Sunday's exhibition game versus the Canucks.

The plan is for Skinner to play all three periods in Sunday's tune-up game against a divisional foe. The 26-year-old conceded three goals on 18 shots in Wednesday's 4-1 loss to the Kraken. Skinner posted a 26-18-4 record with three shutouts, an .896 save percentage and a 2.81 GAA over 51 regular-season outings in 2024-25.