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Varlamov leads the Avalanche onto the ice for warmups.
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Dzingel (arm) is on the ice for warmups; expected to play Monday.
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Rinne leads the Predators onto the ice for warmups.
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Riikola will be a healthy scratch with Kris Letang returning to the lineup.
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Carpenter will be a healthy scratch on Monday.
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Merrill will be a healthy scratch on Monday.
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Engelland will be back in the Golden Knights lineup on Monday.
Reaves will be back in the Golden Knights lineup on Monday.
Duclair will draw back into the Blue Jackets lineup on Monday.
Panarin (lower-body) will not play Monday vs. the Golden Knights.
Letang (lower-body) will be back in the Penguins lineup on Monday.
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Subban leads the Golden Knights onto the ice for warmups.
Subban gave up seven goals on 32 shots in the Golden Knights loss in Calgary on November 19th. Marc-Andre Fleury has played the vast majority of the games so far this season, leaving Subban with just four starts in the first 35 games. He has an ugly 4.02 GAA and .859 SV% on the year, so streaming him to start the week comes with some risk.
The Blackhawks have placed Corey Crawford (concussion) on injured reserve.
Crawford was removed from Sunday’s game with a concussion after his teammate Dylan Strome collided with him, driving his head back into the net. Crawford missed most of last season and the start of this year with lingering concussion-like symptoms, so this is bad news for the Blackhawks’ No.1 netminder. With Chicago sitting last in the Central Division at 10-19-6, don’t expect them to rush Crawford back into the crease.
Klingberg (hand) will not play Tuesday; hopes to be back Thursday.
Klingberg is four weeks into what was originally a five-week timetable. It looks like Klingberg will be back a couple of days early as he appears to be on-pace to play Thursday. The 26-year-old was tied for sixth among defensemen in points with 13 (5G / 8A) in 15 games before getting hurt.
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Georgiev will start Tuesday vs. the Ducks.
Georgiev will make his first start since December 1st. Georgiev surrendered five goals on 41 shots in the Rangers loss in Montreal that night and has gone 4-4-0 with a 3.37 GAA and .899 SV% in eight games this season. He will face a Ducks team that is on the tail-end of back-to-back but have won nine of their last 10 games.
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Greiss will start Monday in Colorado.
Greiss made 18 saves on 21 shots but it was enough to earn a shootout victory over the Red Wings on Saturday. Greiss has won two straight and three of his first five starts in December while posting a 2.97 GAA and .883 SV%. Greiss draws a brutal matchup in Colorado, where the Avalanche are 35-14-5 dating back to last season.
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Halak will start Monday in Montreal.
Halak gave up four goals on 27 shots in the Bruins loss in Pittsburgh last Friday. With Tuukka Rask starting last night, the Bruins will come back to Halak tonight in Montreal. Halak has not faced the team that drafted him yet this season but has struggled a bit on the road—3-5-2, 2.77 GAA and .914 SV%.
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Bobrovsky will start Monday vs. the Golden Knights.
Bobrovsky allowed two goals on 22 shots in the Blue Jackets loss to the Ducks on Saturday. The Blue Jackets are expected to go with the same lineup tonight, including Bobrovsky, who is 2-3-1 with a 3.93 GAA and .863 SV% in six December starts. Tonight he faces a Vegas team that has won 10 of their last 13 games (10-2-1).
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Street will be a healthy scratch on Monday.
Street has been in the lineup for the last two games but will be replaced by Brian Gibbons on Monday.
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Gibbons will be back in the Ducks lineup on Monday.
Gibbons has been a healthy scratch for the last two games but will replace Ben Street Monday in Pittsburgh. Gibbons is a former Penguin, who has just two assists in 24 games this season.
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