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Binnington will start Tuesday in New York.

Binnington allowed two goals on 17 shots in the Blues win over the Islanders last Thursday. Binnington is on a five-game winning streak, posting a 1.58 GAA, .928 SV% and two shutouts. The 26-year-old heads into New York at 9-7-2 with a 3.22 GAA and .900 SV% on the road this year--in his first start vs. the Rangers, he allowed two goals on 23 shots in a 5-2 win (Jan.11).

Jordan Binnington
Price is expected to start Tuesday against the Islanders.

Price allowed four goals on 34 shots in the Canadiens loss to the Rangers on Thursday. Price has had identical results in back-to-back games, giving up a combined eight goals on 68 shots (.882 SV%). After getting Saturday night off, Price will face the Islanders for the second time this season on Tuesday. He made 21 saves in 4-2 win in the first meeting (Dec.3).

Carey Price
Hutton will start Tuesday in Winnipeg.

Hutton allowed three goals on 27 shots in the Sabres loss in Vegas on Friday. Hutton has lost two straight and three of his last four starts while posting 3.57 GAA and .902 SV%. With no better options, while Linus Ullmark is out, Hutton will start for the ninth time in 11 games. He gets set to face a Jets team that is 5-2-0 while scoring 3.57 goals per game in their last seven home games.

Carter Hutton
Crawford will make his sixth straight start on Tuesday.

Crawford allowed two goals on 40 shots in the Blackhawks win in Florida on Saturday. Crawford was fantastic on their Florida-swing, winning both games while stopping 74 of 78 shots (.949 SV%). He'll look to stay hot tonight vs. the Ducks, who have lost five of their last seven (2-4-1) while scoring just 2.43 goals per game.

Corey Crawford
Hellebuyck will start Tuesday vs. the Sabres.

Hellebuyck allowed three goals on 22 shots in the Jets loss in Edmonton on Saturday. Hellebuyck has been terrific this year but has lost three of his last four (1-3-0) despite posting a strong 2.31 GAA and .919 SV%. Tonight he'll face a Sabres team that has lost four of their last six (2-4-0) while averaging 2.83 goals for and 3.67 goals against per game.

Connor Hellebuyck
Koskinen will start Tuesday in Dallas.

Koskinen allowed three goals on 33 shots in the Oilers loss in Vegas last Wednesday. Koskinen has struggled recently, losing four of his last five games (1-4-0) while posting a 3.23 GAA and .901 SV%. He's gone 1-0-1 while allowing six goals on 71 shots (.915 SV%) in his first two starts vs. the Stars in 2020.

Mikko Koskinen
White (undisclosed) will return to the Senators lineup on Tuesday.

While has missed the last three games with an undisclosed injury but will play tonight in Pittsburgh. White, who has 17 points (6G / 11A) in 56 games this season, is expected to be on the third line with Nick Paul and Jayce Hawryluk and should see some time on PP1 as well.

Colin White
Stalock will make his fifth straight start on Tuesday.

Stalock surrendered four goals on 30 shots in the Wild's loss to the Capitals on Sunday. The loss snapped a four-game winning streak for Stalock, who continues to add to his career-high in starts tonight vs. Nashville. He allowed four goals on 21 shots in a 4-0 loss in his first start vs. the Predators but this one will be on home turf, where he's 11-4-2 with a 2.33 GAA and .915 SV% this season.

Alex Stalock
Vasilevskiy will likely start Tuesday vs. the Bruins.

Vasilevskiy allowed three goals on 21 shots in the Lightning's win over the Flames on Saturday. It wasn't his best performance but it was enough to snap an ugly three-game losing streak. Overall, Vasilevskiy was 7-3-0 with a 2.91 GAA and .902 SV% in February. He comes into Tuesday's game at 2-0-0 with a 2.40 GAA and .924 SV% in his first two starts vs. the Bruins this season.

Andrei Vasilevskiy
Greiss will start Tuesday vs. the Canadiens.

Greiss allowed three goals on 32 shots in the Islanders' loss in St. Louis last Thursday. Semyon Varlamov has started eight of their last 10 games, with Greiss going 0-2-0 while giving up six goals on 40 shots (.850 SV%) in his two starts. In his first start against the Canadiens, Greiss allowed three goals on 39 shots in a 4-2 loss in Montreal in early-December.

Thomas Greiss
Bernier led the Red Wings onto the ice for warmups.

Bernier stopped 36 of 39 shots in the Red Wings shootout loss in Ottawa on Saturday. Bernier finished the month of February at 3-8-1 with a 2.85 GAA and .911 SV%. Tonight he'll face a Colorado team that is on a six-game winning streak while averaging 2.50 goals for and 1.33 goals against per game.

Jonathan Bernier
Ceci (ankle) is on-track to return to the lineup next week.

Ceci has missed the last 12 games with an ankle injury but is set to return to the Maple Leafs lineup at some point last week. While Ceci is still out, a combination of Timothy Liljegren and Calle Rosen will remain on Toronto's blueline.

Cody Ceci

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