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Ritchie will be a healthy scratch on Saturday.
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Backes will be back in the Bruins lineup on Saturday.
Ekholm (illness) will not play Saturday vs. Dallas.
Granlund (lower-body) will not play on Saturday.
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Halak will start Saturday in Florida.
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Rinne led the Predators onto the ice for warmups.
Rinne allowed four goals on 33 shots in the Predators' win over the Devils last Saturday. Rinne has won two of his last three and is 7-2-3 with a 2.99 GAA and .890 SV% on home ice. The Stars played last night and have a slightly early start tonight, which could help Nashville. Rinne was 1-2-0 against the Stars a season ago.
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Bobrovsky will start Saturday vs. the Bruins.
Bobrovsky allowed two goals on 29 shots in the Panthers' loss to the Islanders. Despite the loss, it was another terrific outing for Bobrovsky, who has allowed just six goals on the last 142 shots (.958 SV%) that he has faced. He was pulled after allowing four goals on 23 shots in his first start vs. Boston.
The Devils have recalled Evan Cormier from Binghamton (AHL).
The Devils have placed Louis Domingue (lower-body) on IR.
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Hart will start Saturday in Minnesota.
Hart allowed three goals on 27 shots in the Flyers' loss in Colorado on Wednesday. Hart has won four of his last five starts while posting an impressive 1.83 GAA and .933 SV%. Tonight he faces a Wild team that is heating up, having won six of their last eight games while scoring 4.00 goals per game.
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Janmark will be scratched Saturday in Nashville.
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Dowling will draw into the Stars lineup on Saturday.
Klingberg (personal) will draw back into the Stars lineup on Saturday.
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Khudobin will start Saturday in Nashville.
Khudobin allowed five goals on 30 shots in the Stars loss in Winnipeg on December 3rd. Khudobin has lost two straight and is 3-4-1 with a 2.77 GAA and .917 SV% on the road this year and gets set to face a Predators team that is on a five-game point streak (3-0-2) on home-ice.
Malkin (illness) will miss his second straight game.
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Jarry starts Saturday vs. the Kings.
Jarry stopped all 17 shots that he faced in the Blue Jackets' shutout win over the Blue Jackets on Thursday. Jarry has posted three shutouts in his last four starts, going 3-1-0 with a 0.74 GAA and .971 SV% over that span. Overall, he is 7-2-0 with a 1.19 GAA and .958 SV% on home-ice this season.
The Red Wings have activated Anthony Mantha (lower-body) from IR.
Mantha will return to the Red Wings lineup on Saturday, so they've sent Dylan McIlrath back to Grand Rapids to make room for Mantha to be activated. Mantha, who has 12 goals and 11 assists in 25 games this season, will skate with Valtteri Filppula and Filip Zadina in Montreal.
Lemieux will be back in the Rangers lineup on Saturday.
Lemieux missed the Rangers game in San Jose on Thursday but is set to play in Anaheim this afternoon. Lemieux, who has been up and down the Rangers lineup all season, will play on the fourth line today. He has 12 points (5G / 7A) in 29 games.
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Reimer led the Hurricanes onto the ice for warmups.
Reimer allowed three goals on 36 shots in the Hurricanes win in Edmonton on Tuesday. Reimer has won four of his last five starts while posting a 2.01 GAA, .938 SV% and one shutout. He has gone 6-3-0 with a 2.41 GAA and .924 SV% on the road this year but the Flames come in riding a seven-game winning streak, so Reimer is a risky option.
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Gibson led the Ducks onto the ice for warmups.
Gibson allowed two goals on 27 shots in the Ducks loss to the Kings on Thursday. Quick will be making his fourth consecutive start on Saturday but comes in having lost four of this last five (1-3-1) while posting a 2.55 GAA and .902 SV%. Today he faces a Rangers team that ranks eighth in the NHL in goal-scoring (3.23 GF/gm).
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