This article is part of our The Daily Puck series.
Projected Goalie Starters
Pittsburgh (Marc-Andre Fleury) at Philadelphia (Sergei Bobrovsky), 6 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Mike Smith) at Florida (Tomas Vokoun), 7 p.m.
Ottawa (Brian Elliott) at Montreal (Carey Price), 7 p.m.
Boston (Tim Thomas) at New Jersey (Martin Brodeur), 7 p.m.
Colorado (Craig Anderson) at Islanders (Dwayne Roloson), 7 p.m.
Washington (Semyon Varlamov) at Nashville (Pekka Rinne), 8 p.m.
Columbus (Steve Mason) at Minnesota (Niklas Backstrom), 8 p.m.
St. Louis (Jaroslav Halak) at Dallas (Kari Lehtonen), 8:30 p.m.
Buffalo (Ryan Miller) at Chicago (Corey Crawford), 8:30 p.m.
Detroit (Jimmy Howard) at Phoenix (Ilya Bryzgalov), 9 p.m.
Edmonton (Nikolai Khabibulin) at Calgary (Miikka Kiprusoff), 10 p.m.
Atlanta (Chris Mason) at San Jose (Antti Niemi), 10:30 p.m.
Saturday Injuries by Starting Time Game Order
Day-to-Day
Brooks Orpik (D) Pittsburgh – (Groin) Missed last two games, including Friday, won't likely go Saturday.
Arron Asham (F) Pittsburgh – (Shoulder) Back skating but won't play Saturday.
Mattias Ohlund (D) Tampa Bay – (Knee) Could be back within the next week.
Pascal Leclaire (G) Ottawa – (Groin) Out for Saturday and might not play Monday against Pittsburgh.
Andrei Markov (D) Montreal – (Knee) Could make his season debut Saturday, check for updates.
Andrew Ference (D) Boston – (Thumb)
Projected Goalie Starters
Pittsburgh (Marc-Andre Fleury) at Philadelphia (Sergei Bobrovsky), 6 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Mike Smith) at Florida (Tomas Vokoun), 7 p.m.
Ottawa (Brian Elliott) at Montreal (Carey Price), 7 p.m.
Boston (Tim Thomas) at New Jersey (Martin Brodeur), 7 p.m.
Colorado (Craig Anderson) at Islanders (Dwayne Roloson), 7 p.m.
Washington (Semyon Varlamov) at Nashville (Pekka Rinne), 8 p.m.
Columbus (Steve Mason) at Minnesota (Niklas Backstrom), 8 p.m.
St. Louis (Jaroslav Halak) at Dallas (Kari Lehtonen), 8:30 p.m.
Buffalo (Ryan Miller) at Chicago (Corey Crawford), 8:30 p.m.
Detroit (Jimmy Howard) at Phoenix (Ilya Bryzgalov), 9 p.m.
Edmonton (Nikolai Khabibulin) at Calgary (Miikka Kiprusoff), 10 p.m.
Atlanta (Chris Mason) at San Jose (Antti Niemi), 10:30 p.m.
Saturday Injuries by Starting Time Game Order
Day-to-Day
Brooks Orpik (D) Pittsburgh – (Groin) Missed last two games, including Friday, won't likely go Saturday.
Arron Asham (F) Pittsburgh – (Shoulder) Back skating but won't play Saturday.
Mattias Ohlund (D) Tampa Bay – (Knee) Could be back within the next week.
Pascal Leclaire (G) Ottawa – (Groin) Out for Saturday and might not play Monday against Pittsburgh.
Andrei Markov (D) Montreal – (Knee) Could make his season debut Saturday, check for updates.
Andrew Ference (D) Boston – (Thumb) Participated in practice Thursday, should play Saturday.
Anton Volchenkov (D) New Jersey – (Various) Not expected to play over the weekend.
John Tavares (F) Islanders – (Concussion) Could return Saturday, check for updates.
Trent Hunter (F) Islanders – (Undisclosed) Missed part of Friday, came back. Isn't he always day-to-day?
James Wisniewski (D) Islanders – (Suspension) Eligible to return Saturday after sitting out two games.
Matt Bradley (F) Washington – (Lower Body) Missed Wednesday's game, not known for Saturday.
Mike Green (D) Washington – (Upper Body) Out Saturday. Favored shoulder late in Wednesday game.
Martin Erat (F) Nashville – (Back) Could return Saturday, better hurry, Preds not missing him.
Matthew Lombardi (F) Nashville – (Upper Body) Close, might play Saturday, check for updates.
Pekka Rinne (G) Nashville – (Back) Fantasy darling says he's 100 percent, will likely play Saturday.
Vladimir Sobotka (F) St. Louis – (Shoulder) Rejoined team Friday and might play Saturday.
Jamie Benn (F) Dallas – (Concussion) Out until early next week.
Shaone Morrisonn (D) Buffalo – (Groin) Expected to miss Saturday, could return Wednesday.
Patrick Kane (F) Chicago – (Illness) Missed Friday, he's hoping to play Saturday, check for updates.
Niklas Hjalmarsson (D) Chicago – (Suspension) Eligible to return Saturday against guess which team?
Justin Abdelkader (F) Detroit – (Ribs) Unlikely to play, leaving Red Wing short one winger.
Kris Draper (F) Detroit – (Groin) Won't be in the lineup Saturday against Coyotes.
Johan Franzen (F) Detroit – (Concussion) Missed Thursday and is likely out Saturday, too.
Derek Morris (D) Phoenix – (Lower Body) Could make his season debut Saturday against Detroit.
Ray Whitney (D) Phoenix – (Upper Body) Day-to-day, expect more of this from 38 year-old.
Rene Bourque (F) Calgary – (Concussion) Hurt Sunday, missed Thursday's game, likely out Saturday.
Adam Pardy (D) Calgary – (Shoulder) Missed Thursday's game, questionable for Saturday.
Raitis Ivanans (F) Calgary – (Concussion) Missed Thursday's game, questionable for Saturday.
Zach Bogosian (D) Atlanta – (Shoulder) Missed Friday's tilt, could return Saturday, check updates.
Ondrej Pavelec (G) Atlanta – (Concussion) No timetable for a return after scary collapse.
Ron Hainsey (D) Atlanta – (Personal) Played against Anaheim Friday night, fine for Saturday.
Long-Term Injuries
Jordan Staal (F) Pittsburgh – (Infection) Skating but not practicing w/team. Earliest back from IR 10-24.
Zbynek Michalek (D) Pittsburgh – (Shoulder) Out for two weeks but has avoided surgery.
Matt Walker D) Philadelphia – (Hip) May have to undergo hip surgery.
Ian Laperriere (F) Philadelphia – (Concussion) Out indefinitely, perhaps for the season.
Michael Leighton (G) Philadelphia – (Back) Out indefinitely for at least another month.
Byron Bitz (F) Florida – (Groin) Placed on the injured list on Oct. 7.
Filip Kuba (D) Ottawa – (Broken Leg) Likely out until the beginning of November.
Marc Savard (F) Boston – (Concussion) Out indefinitely, no recent news updates.
Marco Sturm (F) Boston – (Knee) Out for another month with possible mid-November return.
Brian Rolston (F) New Jersey – (Sports Hernia Surgery) Out for at least the next month.
Anssi Salmela (D) New Jersey – (Knee) Could miss entire season after September surgery.
Bryce Salvador (D) New Jersey – (Concussion) On long term injured reserve, out indefinitely.
Mark Fraser (D) New Jersey – (Broken Hand) Expected to miss the next four-to six weeks.
David Koci (F) Colorado – (Jaw) Skating but still out for a couple weeks.
Peter Mueller (F) Colorado – (Concussion) Out indefinitely, something that's hurting Avs' PP.
Kyle Okposo (F) Islanders – (Shoulder) Expected to be out until December.
Robbie Schremp (F) Islanders – (Back) Could return in the next couple weeks.
Mark Streit (D) Islanders – (Shoulder) Nothing new to report, could return in February.
Marcus Johansson (F) Washington – (Foot) Classified as week-to-week on Tuesday.
Jared Boll (F) Columbus – (Back Spasms) Missed Friday's game and is out indefinitely.
Josh Harding (G) Minnesota – (Knee) Still waiting to undergo surgery and is out indefinitely.
Pierre-Marc Bouchard (F) Minnesota – (Concussion) Skating but still not cleared for contact.
Cam Janssen (F) St. Louis – (Concussion) Out at least for the next two weeks.
Jason Pominville (F) Buffalo – (Concussion) Out for the next couple weeks courtesy Hjalmarsson.
Brian Campbell (D) Chicago – (Knee) Out at least until early November, no new news.
Brian Rafalski (D) Detroit – (Knee) Out approximately three weeks after arthroscopic surgery.
Jean-Francois Jacques (F) Edmonton – (Back) Sent on rehab assignment in the AHL.
Ales Kotalik (F) Calgary – (Knee) Currently on the long term injured reserve list.
Daymond Langkow (F) Calgary – (Neck) No new news on Langkow, who hasn't yet played this year.
David Moss (F) Calgary – (Shoulder) Has yet to play in any of Calgary's three games.
Ryan Stone (F) Calgary – (Knee) Underwent extensive knee surgery in March, still not back.
Ondrej Pavelec (G) Atlanta – (Concussion) No timetable for a return after scary collapse.
Jamal Mayers (F) San Jose – (Upper Body) Didn't play in Europe, missed practice, questionable.
Transactions
Jassen Cullimore (D) Chicago – Recalled from AHL.
Hot
John-Michael Liles (D) Colorado – The forward heavy Avs need someone to take shots and Liles leads the NHL with six assists in four games. He's a good play until he gets hurt, which he always seems to do.
Clarke MacArthur (F) Toronto – Averaged better than a point per game in Buffalo's AHL system, but never seemed to get consistent ice with the Sabres. After a 21-game layover with Atlanta, MacArthur is lighting it up in Toronto. It will be interesting to see how much rope he's given with the Maple Leafs, once he cools off, but for now he's a good play. His production is not a total mirage.
Patrick Sharp (F) Chicago – Sharp scored two goals on 13 shots Friday night – that's more shots than Joe Thornton takes in a month. Sharp collected 66 points last year and should revisit those numbers.
Kari Lehtonen (G) Dallas – Lehtonen has three wins in three starts as the Stars have surprised just about everyone. If you can deal with the potential for injury, then Lehtonen's your man.
Jonathan Quick (G) Los Angeles – Quick isn't ceding the starter's job to fellow Jonathan (Bernier), leading the NHL with three wins, 0.97 GAA and .963 save percentage.
Cold
Marc-Andre Fleury (G) Pittsburgh – Fleury sports a well-deserved 0-3 record. On the bright side, he holds a 19-7 career mark against Saturday's opponent, the Flyers. He had a decent preseason, but it looks like his confidence is still shaken following a disappointing playoff performance. Fleury is good bet to get 35-40 wins with mediocre peripherals. He might be an affordable buy-low candidate.
Tim Connolly (F) Buffalo – He rode the bench for a portion of Friday's game and has only two points through five games and four home losses. Connolly's always been money when healthy and he might also become a buy-low candidate.
Recommended Pickup
Dustin Brown (F) Los Angeles – Get him before the rest of your league realizes his added value in the hits category. Brown finished second in hits last year with 287. He was the only player to record 50 points to finish among the top 14 hitters in the league. He also took 248 shots, good for 28th most in the NHL.
