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Campbell will start Monday in Arizona.

Campbell allowed three goals on 33 shots in the Kings loss in Ottawa on November 7th. Jonathan Quick has started the last four games but Campbell will make his eighth start of the season on Monday. He is 1-1-1 with a 3.61 GAA and .875 SV% on the road this season and was 1-1 while stopping 77 of 82 shots (.939 SV%) vs. Arizona last season.

Jack Campbell
Nilsson will start Tuesday in Detroit.

Nilsson allowed one goal on 27 shots in the Senators' win over the Flyers last Friday. Nilsson has played well recently, winning four of his last five games while posting a 2.18 GAA and .932 SV%. In his first start against the Red Wings, Nilsson stopped 34 of 36 shots in a 5-2 win.

Anders Nilsson
Raanta will start Monday vs. the Kings.

Raanta allowed three goals on 34 shots in the Coyotes loss in Minnesota last Thursday. Darcy Kuemper shutout the Flames on Saturday but the Coyotes will go with Raanta on Monday night. Raanta's last five starts haven't gone very well, as he's posted a 3.32 GAA and .907 SV% while going 2-2-1. The Kings have won three in a row but have lost six in a row on the road while scoring just 1.50 goals per game.

Antti Raanta
Rask will start Tuesday in New Jersey.

Rask allowed two goals on 31 shots in the Bruins win in Toronto last Friday. The win snapped an ugly three-game losing streak for Rask, who is now 3-2-0 with a 2.82 GAA and .910 SV%. In his first start against the Devils, Rask stopped all 31 shots that he faced in a 3-0 shutout win.

Tuukka Rask
Ritchie (upper-body) will be a game-time decision on Tuesday.

Ritchie has missed the last five games with an upper-body injury but skated on the third-line in Monday's practice and head coach Bruce Cassidy anticipates him playing on Tuesday. However, he is still listed as a game-time decision so monitor his status during tomorrow's morning skate in New Jersey.

Brett Ritchie
DeBrusk (lower-body) will be a game-time decision on Tuesday.

DeBrusk has missed the last five games with a lower-body injury but skated on the third-line in Monday's practice and head coach Bruce Cassidy anticipates him playing on Tuesday. However, he is still listed as a game-time decision so monitor his status during tomorrow's morning skate in New Jersey.

Jake DeBrusk
Gibson is expected to start Monday in Washington.

Gibson stopped 37 of the 38 shots that he faced in the Ducks win in St. Louis on Saturday. The win snapped an ugly three-game losing streak for Gibson, who is now 2-5-0 with a 2.90 GAA and .913 SV% in seven road starts. The Capitals come into Monday's game having won four of their last six (4-1-1) in Washington while scoring 4.14 goals per game.

John Gibson
Byron will undergo knee surgery on Tuesday and is out indefinitely.

Byron suffered a knee injury in Washington on Friday and it will require surgery on Tuesday. Bryon will miss several weeks and will likely be moved to IR so Montreal can call-up reinforcements from Laval (AHL). Someone like Ryan Poehling is a logical replacement for Byron.

Paul Byron
Drouin will have wrist surgery on Monday and is out indefinitely.

Drouin suffered a wrist injury during Friday's game in Washington, was placed on IR on Saturday and will miss several weeks after undergoing surgery on Monday. Tomas Tatar moved back to the top-line with Drouin out and Charles Hudon will likely remain with the team while he is out.

Jonathan Drouin
The Devils have recalled Louis Domingue from Binghamton (AHL).

Domingue has gone 2-1-1 with a 2.25 GAA and .918 SV% in four games since joining the Binghamton Devils. He was great for the Lightning last season, going 21-5-0 with a .908 SV% but was relegated to the AHL after the Lightning signed Curtis McElhinney. He was acquired by the Devils and has been called up with no one going the other way, a sign New Jersey will carry three goalies for the time being.

Louis Domingue
The Hurricanes have recalled Eetu Luostarinen from Charlotte (AHL).

Luostarinen, 21, appeared in three games with the Hurricanes while Erik Haula was out. He will likely head out to Chicago to serve as an extra forward and will head back to the AHL when the Hurricanes return home. Luostarinen has five goals and three assists (eight points) in 12 AHL games.

Eetu Luostarinen
Holtby will start Monday vs. the Ducks.

Holtby allowed two goals on 23 shots in the Capitals win in Boston on Saturday. Holtby is riding a six-game winning streak while posting a stellar 2.09 GAA and .929 SV%. He draws a great matchup to start the week with Anaheim in town. The Ducks have gone 4-5-0 while scoring 2.33 goals per game on the road this season.

Braden Holtby

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