Coburn (upper-body) is on the ice for warmups; expected to play Tuesday.
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Backstrom (illness) is not on the ice for warmups; will not play Tuesday vs. the Flyers.
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Vasilevskiy leads the Lightning onto the ice for warmups.
Vasilevskiy allowed five goals on 33 shots in the Lightning’s loss in San Jose on Saturday. The loss snapped a six-game winning streak for Vasilevskiy, who has gone 7-1-1 with a 3.20 GAA and .911 SV% in nine starts since returning from a fractured foot. In his first start vs. the Blue Jackets, Vasilevskiy stopped 30 of 32 shots in an 8-2 win (Oct.13).
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Allen will start Tuesday vs. the Stars.
Allen allowed four goals on just 14 shots in the Blues loss to the Islanders on Saturday. Jordan Binnington gave him the night off last night and recorded a shutout in his first career NHL start but they’ll come back to Allen tonight vs. the Stars. Allen is 8-8-2 with a 3.67 GAA and .880 SV% on home-ice this year.
Reinhart (illness) is on the ice for warmups; expected to play on Tuesday.
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McElhinney leads the Hurricanes onto the ice for warmups.
McElhinney allowed two goals on 24 shots in the Hurricanes win over the Blue Jackets last Friday. McElhinney has won two straight and is 2-2-0 with a 1.76 GAA and .935 SV% in his last four outings. The veteran netminder enters play on Tuesday at 3-3-0 with a 2.50 GAA and .914 SV% on the road this season.
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Greiss leads the Islanders onto the ice for warmups.
Greiss was pulled after he allowed three goals on 17 shots in the Islanders win over the Senators on December 28th. Greiss hasn’t played much recently because Robin Lehner has been the hottest goalie in the NHL but Greiss will get a crack at the Hurricanes tonight. He is 3-0-0 with a 1.00 GAA and .973 SV% vs. the Hurricanes this season.
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McKenna will start Tuesday in Washington.
McKenna has gone 1-4-1 with a 3.96 GAA and .897 SV% in six starts and four relief appearances with the Senators so far this season. McKenna spent a few days with the Canucks before being claimed by the Flyers and will make his debut with his seventh NHL team tonight. He has a 3.58 GAA and .892 SV% in 34 career NHL appearances.
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Stalock will start Tuesday in Boston.
Stalock allowed one goal on nine shots after replacing Devan Dubnyk in Chicago on December 27th. Stalock has started just seven games with three relief appearances, going 5-3-0 with a 2.60 GAA and .903 SV% overall this season. Tonight he faces a Bruins team that has won four straight and seven of their last nine.
Hudon will draw into the Canadiens lineup on Tuesday.
Hudon has been a healthy scratch for the last seven games but will replace Nicolas Deslauriers on Tuesday. Hudon has just three gaols and one assist in 23 games this season.
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Peca will draw into the Canadiens lineup on Tuesday.
Peca has been a healthy scratch for the last four games but will replace Michael Chaput on Tuesday. Peca has 10 points (3G / 7A) in 26 games this season.
The Blues have placed Alex Steen on IR with a shoulder injury.
Steen was hurt by a Radko Gudas hit on Monday and will miss at least two weeks with a shoulder injury. The Blues have not recalled a forward at this time but Robby Fabbri will replace him in the lineup on Tuesday.
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Niemi will start Tuesday in Detroit.
Niemi allowed two goals on 47 shots in the Canadiens win in Dallas on New Year’s Eve. It was Niemi’s best outing of the season and tonight he gets his second crack at the Red Wings—Niemi stopped 25 of 28 shots in a 7-3 win in their first meeting of the season (Oct.15).
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Grubauer was the first goalie off of the ice at the morning skate.
Grubauer allowed one goal on 25 shots in Colorado’s win over the Rangers last Friday. The victory snapped a four-game losing skid for Grubauer, who will make his 20th appearance of the season this evening. The matchup is rough and his road numbers haven’t been pretty this season—5-2-2, 3.25 GAA and .906 SV%.
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The Islanders have assigned Josh Ho-Sang to Bridgeport (AHL).
Ho-Sang had just one goal and one assist in 10 games during his call-up. His return to AHL means that Valtteri Filppula will return to the lineup on Tuesday. Ho-Sang has 22 points (2G / 20A) in 26 games with the Sound Tigers this season.
Filppula (upper-body) has been activated from IR; will play on Tuesday.
Filppula has missed the last two games with an upper-body injury he suffered in the first period in Buffalo on New Year’s Eve. Filppula’s return means that Josh Ho-Sang has been returned to Bridgeport (AHL).
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Jones will likely start for the second straight night.
Jones allowed one goal on 23 shots in the Sharks win over the Kings last night. Despite playing yesterday it looks like Jones will start again tonight with Aaron Dell skating this morning. Dell is riding a five-game winning streak despite giving up 13 goals on 130 shots (.900 SV%).
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Schlemko cleared waivers and was assigned to Laval (AHL).
Schlemko has been a healthy scratch for the last seven games and heads to the AHL after being leapfrogged on the Canadiens depth chart. Schlemko has just two assists in 18 contests this season.
The Hurricanes have recalled Dan Renouf from Charlotte (AHL).
Renouf has registered one goal and 10 assists in 36 games with Charlotte this season. This is Renouf’s first season in the Hurricanes organization after playing with the Red Wings affiliate in Grand Rapids since 2015. Renouf has just one career NHL games under his belt.
Smith (undisclosed) will not play on Tuesday.
As expected, Smith remains day-to-day with an undisclosed injury that he suffered vs. the Devils on Sunday. Max Pacioretty will fill in for him on the Vegas top-line and Brandon Pirri will draw back in on the second line.
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