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Lazar is expected to make his Devils debut on Tuesday.

Lazar was dealt to the Devils at the trade deadline for a 2024 fourth-round pick and will make his Devils' debut Tuesday vs. Tampa Bay. The 28-year-old had three goals, five points, 54 SOG and 14 PIMs across 45 games with Vancouver prior to being dealt.

Curtis Lazar
Shesterkin will start Tuesday vs. the Capitals.

Shesterkin stopped 32 of 33 shots (.970 SV%) for his fourth win in five starts as he beat the Buffalo Sabres his previous time between the pipes. The 2021-22 Vezina Trophy winner will not be repeating his award win this season, but still has a decent 29-11-7 record, 2.63 GAA and .910 SV%. He will face the Washington Capitals, who snapped a two-game losing streak with a 5-1 win over the New York Islanders but are 19th in the NHL in goals per game (3.09).

Igor Shesterkin
Jarry was the first goalie off the ice at the Penguins morning skate.

Jarry allowed two goals on 29 shots (.931 SV%) to snap a two-game losing streak with a victory over the New York Rangers in his last start. The 27-year-old has battled injuries all year but is solid when healthy, as shown by his 20-7-6 record, 2.86 GAA and .913 SV%. He will face the Montreal Canadiens, who are in the midst of a seven-game losing skid after a 8-4 loss last night.

Tristan Jarry
Shesterkin was the first goalie off the ice at the Rangers morning skate.

Shesterkin stopped 32 of 33 shots (.970 SV%) for his fourth win in five starts as he beat the Buffalo Sabres his previous time between the pipes. The 2021-22 Vezina Trophy winner will not be repeating his award win this season, but still has a decent 29-11-7 record, 2.63 GAA and .910 SV%. He will face the Washington Capitals, who snapped a two-game losing streak with a 5-1 win over the New York Islanders but are 19th in the NHL in goals per game (3.09).

Igor Shesterkin
Vanecek will start Tuesday vs. the Lightning.

Vanecek was perfect, stopping 32 of 32 shots for his third shutout of the season as he shut out Carolina in his previous start the last time out. The 27-year-old has been very successful in his first season as a Devil, yet is still 20 wins off of Martin Brodeur's single-season Devils' win record as he has a 28-7-3 record, 2.48 GAA and .910 SV%. He will take on the Tampa Bay Lightning, who have lost seven of their last nine games after a 3-2 loss to Winnipeg last game.

Vitek Vanecek
Samuel Ersson has been recalled from Lehigh Valley (AHL) and will be back-up Tuesday.

Ersson had a 19-11-1 record, .907 SV%,, 2.61 GAA with Lehigh Valley (AHL) and has been recalled Tuesday to Philadelphia and will be back-up due to Carter Hart (illness) missing the game. The 23-year-old returns to the Flyers, where he was 6-1-0 with a .898 SV% and 3.07 GAA earlier in the season.

Samuel Ersson
Carter Hart will not be in the Flyers' lineup Tuesday due to illness.

Hart is 17-21-10 with a 2.96 GAA and .906 SV% but will miss Tuesday due to an illness and is considered day-to-day for the time being. Samuel Ersson has been recalled to replace the 24-year-old netminder in the meantime.

Carter Hart
Andersen is in the starter's crease at the Hurricanes morning skate.

Andersen allowed three goals on 23 shots (.870 SV%) to snap a two-game winning streak as he lost to the Vegas Golden Knights in his last start. The 33-year-old has had an up-and-down season, with his 16-7-0 record, 2.38 GAA and .904 SV%. He will take on Winnipeg, who have lost two straight after a 3-2 win over Tampa Bay last game.

Frederik Andersen
Justin Braun will be a healthy scratch Tuesday vs. Vegas.

Braun has two assists, 19 PIMs, 35 SOG and a -1 plus/minus through 44 games played this season but will be a healthy scratch Tuesday vs. Vegas. Tyson Forester was recalled from Lehigh Valley and is expected to take his spot in the Flyers' lineup Tuesday.

Justin Braun
Sandstrom will start Tuesday vs. the Golden Knights.

Sandstrom stopped 28 of 29 shots (.966 SV%) but picked up his seventh-straight loss as he was beaten by the Carolina Hurricanes in his previous start. The 26-year-old has been incredibly unsuccessful this season, as shown by his 1-9-1 record, 3.30 GAA and .888 SV%. He will take on the Vegas Golden Knights, who have won six of their last seven after a 5-3 win over St. Louis last game.

Felix Sandstrom
Tony DeAngelo will return Tuesday from his two-game spearing suspension.

DeAngelo was handed 15 PIMs for spearing Corey Perry in the Flyers' game last Tuesday night and has now served his two-game suspension and will return to the Flyers' lineup Tuesday. The 27-year-old defenseman has 10 goals, 24 assists, 144 SOG, 67 PIMs and a -28 plus/minus through 59 games this season

Tony DeAngelo
Lehkonen will miss 4-to-6 weeks with a broken finger.

Lehkonen left Colorado's game against Montreal Monday after 9:46 TOI due to a broken finger and will now be forced to miss 4-6 weeks as he recovers. The 27-year-old had just scored his 100th career goal earlier in the night and had 20 goals and 49 points across 62 games on the season prior to the injury.

Artturi Lehkonen
Joe Snively has been recalled from Hershey (AHL).

Snively had seven goals, 16 points, four PIMs and a +4 plus/minus through 20 games with Hershey (AHL) and has been recalled to Washington Tuesday with the news of Sony Milano's injury. The 27-year-old returns to the Capitals, where he had a goal and two assists across eight games earlier in the season in his previous call-up.

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