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Mackenzie Blackwood(G)|COL
Goalie Start
Goalie Start
Blackwood will start Friday in Pittsburgh.

Blackwood surrendered five goals on 28 shots in the Devils loss to the Bruins on Tuesday. Blackwood has gone 5-3-1 with a 2.73 GAA and .012 SV% in nine starts this month. Tonight he faces the Penguins for the second time this season--he stopped 38 of 39 shots in a 2-1 win in their first meeting.

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Amanda Stein 2019-11-22T17:55:58.924Z
Mackenzie Blackwood
Anders Nilsson(G)|FA
Goalie Start
Goalie Start
Nilsson will start Friday vs. the Rangers.

Nilsson stopped 35 of 38 shots in the Senators' win in Detroit on Tuesday. It was an outstanding effort for Nilsson, who has won five of his last six starts (5-1-0) while stopping 172 of the 185 shots (.930 SV%) that he has faced. In his first start against the Rangers, Nilsson stopped 32 of 34 shots in a 6-2 win in early-November.

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@Senators 2019-11-22T16:55:57.510Z
Anders Nilsson
J.C. Beaudin(RW)|FA
Call Up
Call Up
The Senators have recalled J.C. Beaudin from Belleville (AHL).

Beaudin has split his 2019-20 campaign between the AHL and NHL and received another call-up because Vladislav Namestnikov is on IR with a lower-body injury. Beaudin has just one assist in 10 games with the Senators this season.

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Steve Lloyd 2019-11-22T16:05:50.423Z
J.C. Beaudin
Anders Nilsson(G)|FA
Goalie Start
Goalie Start
Nilsson is in the starter's crease at the Senators morning skate.

Nilsson stopped 35 of 38 shots in the Senators' win in Detroit on Tuesday. It was an outstanding effort for Nilsson, who has won five of his last six starts (5-1-0) while stopping 172 of the 185 shots (.930 SV%) that he has faced. In his first start against the Rangers, Nilsson stopped 32 of 34 shots in a 6-2 win in early-November.

Source:
@TSN1200 2019-11-22T16:19:58.853Z
Anders Nilsson
Henrik Lundqvist(G)|FA
Goalie Start
Goalie Start
Lundqvist will start Friday in Ottawa.

Lundqvist stopped 30 of 31 shots in the Rangers' 4-1 win over the Capitals on Wednesday. The win snapped a rough three-game losing streak for Lundqvist, who will make his fourth road start on Friday night. He is 1-2-0 with a 4.02 GAA and .891 SV% in his first three starts outside of New York and gets ready to face an Ottawa team that has won six of their last eight while scoring 2.88 goals per game.

Source:
Denis Gorman 2019-11-22T16:23:35.683Z
Henrik Lundqvist
Nick Bjugstad(C)|NJD
Injury
Injury
Bjugstad underwent surgery to repair a core muscle injury and will miss at least eight weeks.

Bjugstad will miss his third straight game on Thursday and will miss at least two months after undergoing surgery today. Injuries have devastated the Penguins in the first two months of the season but they’ve continued to win games. Luckily, they’ll get Patric Hornqvist back to replace Bjugstad on Thursday.

Source:
Josh Getzoff 2019-11-21T22:27:19.615Z
Nick Bjugstad

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