NHL Hockey Player News

Fleury will start Tuesday in Minnesota.

Fleury allowed five goals on 34 shots in the Golden Knights loss to the Hurricanes on Saturday. Fleury has struggled recently, going 3-5-2 with a 2.90 GAA and .889 SV% in his last 10 starts. Tonight he faces the Wild for the second time this season--he stopped 24 of 26 shots in a 3-2 win in mid-December.

Marc-Andre Fleury
Hellebuyck will start Tuesday vs. the Rangers.

Hellebuyck allowed two goals on 26 shots in the Jets win over the Blackhawks on Sunday. Hellebuyck is off to a great start in February, going 3-0-1 with a 1.99 GAA and .942 SV%. Tonight he faces the Rangers for the first time since the season opener, where he gave up five goals on 31 shots in a 6-4 loss. The Rangers have lost six of their last nine road games (3-5-1) while scoring 2.67 goals per game.

Connor Hellebuyck
Galchenyuk will make his Wild debut on Tuesday.

Galchenyuk was acquired from the Penguins on Monday night and will slot in for Jason Zucker in his debut. Galchenyuk, who is now with his fourth team in less than two years, had 17 points (5G / 12A) in 45 games with the Penguins this season. He'll skate with Luke Kunin and Mats Zuccarello at even strength and could see time on the second power-play unit.

Alex Galchenyuk
Zucker will make his Penguins debut on Tuesday.

Zucker, who was acquired from the Wild on Monday night, will make his debut on the Penguins' top line with Sidney Crosby. Zucker, who has scored 14 goals with 15 assists in 45 games this season, brings a ton of energy and skill to Crosby's wing, a spot where many have posted career years.

Jason Zucker
Stalock will start Tuesday vs. the Golden Knights.

Stalock allowed two goals on 26 shots inn the Wild's win over the Canucks last Thursday. Devan Dubnyk started the last two games but Stalock will make his 26th start of the season tonight. Stalock has won four of his last five starts (4-1-0) while posting a 2.20 GAA, .913 SV% and one shutout. As well as he's played, he draws a terrible matchup with Vegas in town--they've scored 3.88 goals per game in their last eight games and will get William Karlsson back tonight.

Alex Stalock
Johansson (illness) will be back in the Sabres lineup on Tuesday.

Johansson missed Monday's game vs. the Ducks but will be back in the lineup tonight vs. the Red Wings. Johansson, who has 22 points (6G / 16A) in 48 games this season, will start on the second line with Curtis Lazar and Conor Sheary and return to his spot on the top-PP unit.

Marcus Johansson
Khudobin will start Tuesday vs. the Hurricanes.

Khudobin allowed two goals on 25 shots in the Stars win in St. Louis on Saturday. Khudobin has won his last two starts while allowing just five goals on 61 shots (.918 SV%). Tonight he faces the Hurricanes on home ice, where he is 4-1-0 with a 1.49 GAA and .941 SV%. Carolina has won five of their last seven games (5-2-0) while averaging 3.86 goals per game.

Anton Khudobin
Campbell will start Tuesday vs. the Coyotes.

Campbell stopped 28 of 30 shots in the Maple Leafs overtime loss in Montreal on Saturday. Campbell has gone 1-0-1 while giving up six goals on 60 shots (.900 SV%) in his first two starts with the Maple Leafs. Tonight he makes his third straight start and gets set to face an Arizona team that is 1-6-0 while scoring just 1.57 goals per game in their last seven road contests.

Jack Campbell
Hutton (personal) back in the Sabres net Tuesday vs. Detroit.

Hutton allowed two goals on 39 shots in the Sabres win in New York last Friday. He missed Sunday's game with a personal matter but will return to the crease tonight vs. the Red Wings. Hutton has won two of his last three starts while stopping 67 of 75 shots (.893 SV%) and draws a solid matchup with the Red Wings in town. However, they did beat the Sabres in a shootout last Thursday and are coming off of a 3-1 win over the Bruins.

Carter Hutton

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