Zadina is expected to miss two weeks with a lower-body injury.
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Lilja will be a healthy scratch on Sunday.
Milano will draw back into the Blue Jackets lineup on Sunday.
Goalie Start
Merzlikins will start Sunday in Montreal.
Dzingel will be a healthy scratch on Sunday.
Niederreiter will be back in the Hurricanes lineup on Sunday.
Goalie Start
Price will start Sunday vs. the Blue Jackets.
Goalie Start
Demko will start Sunday in Carolina.
Goalie Start
Murray will start Sunday in Washington.
Goalie Start
McElhinney led the Lightning onto the ice for warmups.
McElhinney allowed three goals on 23 shots in the Lightning's loss in Minnesota on January 16th. Andrei Vasilevskiy has started the last four games but they will turn to McElhinney on the tail-end of a back-to-back. He is 3-4-1 with a 3.16 GAA and .903 SV% on the road this year.
Goalie Start
Quick led the Kings onto the ice for warmups.
Quick allowed three goals on 23 shots in the Kings loss to the Lightning on Wednesday. Jack Campbell started three of the last four games but they will likely turn to Quick tonight vs. the Ducks. He's 8-8-1 on home-ice and stopped 36 of 37 shots in a 2-1 win in his only start against the Ducks in 2020.
Goalie Start
Miller led the Ducks onto the ice for warmups.
Miller stopped 25 of 26 shots in the Ducks win in Carolina on January 17th. John Gibson started last night, so they'll go with Miller tonight on the tail-end of a back-to-back. He is a rocky 3-3-0 with a 3.18 GAA and .894 SV% on the road this year but stopped 34 of 36 shots in a 4-2 win in his only stat vs. Los Angeles.
Ekman-Larsson (lower-body) is not on the ice for warmups; will not play on Saturday.
Goalie Start
Rinne starts Saturday vs. the Golden Knights.
Rinne allowed five goals on 32 shots in the Predators shootout win in New Hersey on Thursday. Rinne was inconsistent in January, going 4-4-0 with a 3.12 GAA and .900 SV% in eight starts. In his first start vs. the Golden Knights, Rinne stopped 33 of 35 shots in a 5-2 win in mid-October.
Goalie Start
Dubnyk led the Wild onto the ice for warmups.
Dubnyk allowed two goals on 27 shots in the Wild's win over the Red Wings on January 22nd. The win snapped a two-game losing streak for Dubnyk, who is now 6-4-2 with a 2.80 GAA and .900 SV% on home ice this season. The Bruins come in having lost three of their last four but still present a very difficult test for Dubnyk.
Line Change
Engelland will come out of the Golden Knights lineup on Saturday.
Whitecloud will make his season debut on Saturday.
Goalie Start
Fleury will start Saturday in Nashville.
Fleury allowed three goals on 37 shots in the Golden Knights loss in Boston on January 21st. Fleury has struggled in his last six starts, going 1-4-1 with a 3.18 GAA and .886 SV%. In his first start vs. the Predators, Fleury allowed five goals on 39 shots in a 5-2 loss in mid-October.
Line Change
Daley is not on the ice for warmups; will not play vs. the Rangers.
Nielsen (upper-body) will not play Saturday vs. the Rangers.
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