More Player Notes in the Draft (Feb 21)

A total of 11 games in the NHL this morning/afternoon/evening, including the NHL Stadium Series game, which is the only late game of the night from Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California.  The early games today start at 10:30am MT, so we'll have an early update with a lot of probables and not a lot of confirmed starters.

The 10:30am game, we'll have the Islanders taking on the Capitals in Washington and in this one, we'll see Braden Holtby for the Caps, taking on Chad Johnson and the Isles.  Both are confirmed this morning and getting started here right away.  It'll be Stacey C. versus Mike, respectively, in this one, which is a bottom half battle in the pool standings.

At 11am, the Flyers will play host to the Predators and we know that Philadelphia will send Rob Zepp out against one of the best teams in the league, taking minutes away from the pool, while the Predators...

Other confirmed match-ups this evening... Michael Hutchinson in net for Cam and the Jets, taking on Jonathan Bernier for Troy and the Leafs, which is a good battle in the top half of the standings; while Carey Price and the Habs host Curtis McElhinney and the Blue Jackets in a Wes versus Stuart crease battle.

There is one goalie match-up that sees pool goalie versus pool goalie on the same team, as Brian Elliott is the confirmed starter for the Blues, projected to go up against pool teammate Marc-Andre Fleury for the Penguins, in a battle of Clayton's goalies.  A shutout either way would be a good result, right?

Non pool goalies expected to go tonight... Andrew Hammond for the Senators, Anton Khudobin for the Hurricanes, Keith Kinkaid for the Devils and anyone the Ducks throw out there against the Oilers.

In the late game, we'll see Antti Niemi as a confirmed starter for the home side, which is the Sharks, while it is expected that he'll see the Kings' number one goalie, Jonathan Quick on the other side.  If we were relying on the pool teams to decide this game, Grant S.'s keeper, Quick, would have a cake walk through Allan's keeper, Niemi.  Thankfully, it isn't and that's why we play the game... to see how all the if's and but's play out.

An updated list of injuries can be found here.