Jaroslav Halak Faces Los Angeles On Thursday

Vancouver Canucks goaltender Jaroslav Halak will spell Thatcher Demko on Thursday night in net. Halak will start against the Los Angeles Kings as Vancouver tries to extend their winning streak to eight games. The concern for the Canucks is that Halak has not played particularly well winning just once in six decisions (1-4-1). Even in […]

Jonathan Quick Looks To Rebound Thursday Against Vancouver

Los Angeles Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick will start again on Thursday versus the Vancouver Canucks. Quick will look to bounce back from Tuesday night's appearance where he allowed five goals on just 15 shots in 22:47 of action against the Vegas Golden Knights. On the bright side, Quick is well rested and ready to go […]

Jacob Markstrom Will Start Thursday In Seattle

Calgary Flames goaltender Jacob Markstrom will start Thursday night against the Seattle Kraken. Markstrom endured his first real rough patch of the 2021-22 season as he has lost his last three decisions (0-2-1). The road is almost his refuge as the Swedish goaltender is 6-3-1 away from home with an amazing .950 save percentage. Seattle […]

Chris Driedger Gets Start Against Calgary Thursday

Seattle Kraken goaltender Chris Driedger will start against the Calgary Flames on Thursday night. Driedger will go up against Jacob Markstrom. Calgary has lost four straight games but is 11-4-2 on the road this season. The Seattle goalie had won three consecutive contests before giving up four goals on 40 shots against the Edmonton Oilers […]

Sam Carrick Scores Lone Goal For Anaheim Wednesday

Anaheim Ducks center Sam Carrick scored the only goal against the Vancouver Canucks. The first period goal was Carrick's seventh of the season in just 25 games. Due to COVID and injuries, Carrick played 16:40 of ice time and saw a brief shift on the power play to go along with his 69 seconds of […]

John Gibson Returns Quality Performance In Loss Wednesday

Anaheim Ducks goaltender John Gibson saw a lot of pucks come his way against the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday. He nearly held the fort as Vancouver finally tied the game early in the third period. Then, the Canucks won the game just 26 seconds into overtime off an unassisted goal. It was that kind of […]

Thatcher Demko Extends Winning Streak To Six Games

Vancouver Canucks goaltender Thatcher Demko delivered another quality start and upped his run to six straight games with a win on Wednesday night. He stopped all but one shot against the Anaheim Ducks. Overall, Demko only had to stop 22 of 23 shots but after an early Sam Carrick goal, the Vancouver goalie was perfect […]

Tanner Pearson Scores On Wednesday

Vancouver Canucks left-winger Tanner Pearson helped extend the Canucks streak to seven games with a goal early in the third period on Wednesday. His fifth tally of the season tied the game at one versus the Anaheim Ducks. What may have been more impressive was the fact that Pearson fired seven shots on John Gibson […]

J.T. Miller Delivers Game-Winning Goal Wednesday

Vancouver Canucks center J.T. Miller raised his point streak to seven games on Wednesday night with a goal and assist against the Anaheim Ducks. Miller took advantage of a few Anaheim miscues and helped set up Tanner Pearson's goal early in the third period to tie the game at 1. Then, during the first shift […]

Jeremy Lauzon Surprises With First Goal Of Season Wednesday

Seattle Kraken defenseman Jeremy Lauzon is not known for scoring goals. In 101 career NHL games, Lauzon had scored just three times. It is why Wednesday was such a shock to some. The defenseman had three shots on goal and several scoring chances in the overtime loss to the Philadelphia Flyers. Furthermore, his goal gave […]

Yanni Gourde Returns With A Goal In Overtime Loss

Seattle Kraken center Yanni Gourde returned after missing a total of three weeks with a goal against the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday. He tied the game at 1 on the power play with a little over seven minutes remaining in the opening stanza. Carson Soucy and Morgan Geekie set him up on the goal. Gourde, […]

Martin Jones Stands Tall In Overtime Win Wednesday

Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Martin Jones benefitted from the long break and it showed on Wednesday night versus the Seattle Kraken. Jones flashed the form fantasy owners saw in the first month of the regular season during the 3-2 overtime win. He stopped 34 of 36 shots including some quality saves in the final moments. This […]

Ivan Provorov Ends Game Wednesday

Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Ivan Provorov saved his best moment for last against the Seattle Kraken on Wednesday night. Provorov converted on a play made by Kevin Hayes as he scored the game winning goal 2:14 into overtime. That gave the Philadelphia Flyers a 3-2 win. This was Provorov's only shot of the game. He did […]

James van Riemsdyk Scores Twice In Win Wednesday

Philadelphia Flyers left-winger James van Riemsdyk netted two goals on Wednesday night against the Seattle Kraken. The first goal opened the scoring just 4:44 into the game on the power play. The second was a clutch game-tying goal just seconds after Jeremy Lauzon made the game 2-1 for Seattle. It has been a nice run […]

NHL DFS Lineup Picks for DraftKings, FanDuel (12/29/21): Value Plays, Goalies, Stacks

Welcome back RotoBallers! For those first-time readers, my name is Chris and I write a ton on RotoBaller. The sports universe of writing here spans from NASCAR to football to college sports to of course, hockey. If you have not checked some of those articles out then make sure you do! It is the return […]

Jonathan Quick Comes Up Snake Eyes Against Vegas

Los Angeles Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick wished his night was not less than 23 minutes long on Tuesday. The Vegas Golden Knights scored three goals in 76 seconds midway through the first period on Tuesday. Then, Vegas added two more goals in the first 2:47 of the second stanza. That chased Quick as he gave […]

Adrian Kempe Scores Again On Tuesday

Los Angeles Kings left-winger Adrian Kempe scored another goal on Tuesday versus the Vegas Golden Knights. Kempe struck midway through the first period during the Vegas flurry of three goals in 76 seconds. The winger also had three shots on goal with four hits on Tuesday night in 18:32 of ice time. Kempe then picked […]

Reilly Smith Opens Scoring, Adds Assist Tuesday

Vegas Golden Knights right-winger Reilly Smith is well on his way to proving last year was just a blip. Smith opened the scoring via the power play on Tuesday against the Los Angeles Kings. His goal midway through the first period set off a flurry of scoring. Jonathan Marchessault and Shea Theodore helped on the […]

Chandler Stephenson Enjoys Two-Point Second Period Tuesday

Vegas Golden Knights center Chandler Stephenson finally scored a goal on Tuesday night versus the Los Angeles Kings. That ended an eight-game goal drought for the Vegas forward. Stephenson waited until the second period to get on the board. Nicolas Roy set up the center just 1:21 into the second period for Stephenson's tenth goal […]

Jonathan Marchessault's Three Points Help Defeat Kings

Vegas Golden Knights center Jonathan Marchessault scored twice and added an assist Tuesday night against Los Angeles. Marchessault played just 16:12 but more than four minutes on the man advantage. The forward fired three shots on goal with three scoring chances. His primary assist on the power play set up Reilly Smith to open the […]

Cody Glass Sent Back To Milwaukee Tuesday

Nashville Predators center Cody Glass was sent down to the Milwaukee Admirals of the AHL on Tuesday. The move is likely to give Glass more consistent playing time in the AHL. Also, it likely paves the way for the return of Matt Duchene. Duchene had missed four games due to a lower-body injury. In four […]

Travis Boyd Enters COVID-19 Protocols

Arizona Coyotes center Travis Boyd has entered the NHL's COVID protocol and will not play Tuesday night against the San Jose Sharks. Boyd had been enjoying a breakout season for the Coyotes with 13 points in 22 games. That included five points in his previous six contests. Boyd had been seeing more and more power-play […]

Scott Wedgewood Gets The Start Against San Jose Tuesday

Arizona Coyotes goaltender Scott Wedgewood will be in goal for Arizona versus the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday night. Wedgewood last played on December 17th where he managed to defeat the Anaheim Ducks despite allowing five goals on 37 shots. The Arizona goalie has allowed three or more goals in five straight contests and has […]

James Reimer Starts Versus Arizona On Tuesday

San Jose Sharks goaltender James Reimer gets the start on Tuesday night versus the Arizona Coyotes. Due to the early Christmas break, this will be the first game action Reimer has seen in two weeks. His last contest saw him allow two goals in a loss to the Seattle Kraken on December 14th. Since a […]

Jonathan Quick Likely To Start Tuesday For Los Angeles

Los Angeles Kings goaltender is the expected starter in goal for the Kings at home against the Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday night. Quick had a bit of a dud in his last start versus the Carolina Hurricanes giving up five goals on 33 shots. In his last five games, Quick is 3-1-1 however while […]

Tomas Hertl Expected To Play Tuesday For San Jose

San Jose Sharks center Tomas Hertl is expected to play Tuesday versus the Arizona Coyotes. The forward last played on Dec. 16 against the Vancouver Canucks when he was enjoying an excellent point streak. His run featured nine points and six goals in the previous six games. That brought Hertl's totals up to 14 goals […]

Is Odell Beckham Jr. Playing Tonight? Rams WR COVID-19 Updates vs. Seahawks

As fantasy football managers are finalizing their lineups for Week 15, there are a huge amount of fluid situations with players being put on the COVID-19 list. Be sure to stay on top of the latest news and make the optimal lineup decisions. Let's check in on the injuries/COVID-19 protocol lists for the Los Angeles […]

Chris Driedger Has Long Night In Goal Saturday

Seattle Kraken goaltender Chris Driedger tried to stop all the scoring chances from the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday night. In the end, he gave up four goals on 40 shots during the 5-3 home loss. Driedger had won his three previous decisions giving up only six goals on 104 shots faced. However, the Edmonton power […]

Ryan Donato Extends Goal Streak To Three Games Saturday

Seattle Kraken center Ryan Donato plays mostly a bottom-six role but on occasion can provide a good amount of offense. He did it again on Saturday night as Donato opened the scoring just 4:18 into the first period. Now, the forward only played 11:01 on Saturday but it was an impactful time. Donato fired four […]

Warren Foegele Scores Two More Goals Saturday

Edmonton Oilers left-winger Warren Foegele got to play on the top line again on Saturday and took advantage of the situation. He scored twice as the Oilers won via a dominating road performance Saturday. Foegele scored on the second power-play unit late in the first period thanks to a nice play by Kailer Yamamoto. Then, […]