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Sceviour will be a healthy scratch on Tuesday.
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Bjugstad (upper-body) will be in the Panthers lineup on Tuesday.
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Khudobin will start Tuesday in New Jersey.
Khudobin allowed three goals on 25 shots in the Stars win over the Ducks on Saturday. With Ben Bishop going last night in Ottawa, Khudobin will get his second start of the season tonight. The Devils have yet to lose this season and are averaging the second most goals per game (4.67) thus far.
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Hutchinson will start Tuesday in Philadelphia.
Hutchinson was 2-1-0 with a 3.26 GAA and .907 SV% in just three appearances with the Jets last year. Tonight he makes his Panthers debut and has a career 2.65 GAA and .910 SV% in 102 games. He draws an decent spot-start matchup against a banged up Flyers team.
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Buchnevich is expected to be a healthy scratch on Tuesday.
Buchnevich has two goals and one assist in five games this season and it looks like he’ll come out of the lineup for Cody McLeod on Tuesday. The Rangers have not confirmed that he’ll be scratched, but he was totally off the power-play and rotated on the fourth line in Monday’s practice.
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Lundqvist is expected to start Tuesday vs. the Avalanche.
Lundqvist allowed two goals on 27 shots in the Rangers loss to the Oilers on Saturday afternoon. Lundqvist has lost three of his first four starts despite posting a 2.03 GAA and .938 SV%. Tonight he will face an Avalanche team that is tied for eighth in the NHL in goals for per game (3.80) so far.
Galchenyuk (lower-body) has been cleared for contact.
Galchenyuk skated both Monday and Tuesday and was cleared for contact after Tuesday’s morning skate. There is still no timetable for Galchenyuk’s return, but this is a big step forward and a sign that he should be back before the end of the month.
Goalie Start
Hutton will start Tuesday in Vegas.
Hutton allowed six goals on 30 shots in the Sabres loss to the Avalanche last Thursday. Hutton has been up-and-down to start his Sabres career, posting a 3.07 GAA and .912 SV% in his first four starts. He will be in tough against a Golden Knights team that has been great on home-ice over the last calendar year.
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Lyubushkin is expected to be a healthy scratch on Tuesday.
Lyubushkin has averaging just 12:25 TOI/GM in the first three games of his NHL career. Lyubushkin will be replaced by Jordan Oesterle on the Coyotes third pairing.
Oesterle is expected to draw back into the Coyotes lineup on Tuesday.
Oesterle and Ilya Lyubushkin have been swapping in and out of the Coyotes lineup to start the season. Oesterle played just 14:05 TOI in his Coyotes debut on October 4th, so don’t expect him to carry any fatansy value on the Coyotes third pair.
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Kempe will be a healthy scratch on Tuesday.
Kempe failed to record a point in the first four games of the season and will be replaced by Josh Archibald on Tuesday.
Archibald will make his season debut on Tuesday.
Archibald will draw in for Mario Kempe for Tuesday’s game in Minnesota. Archibald brings very little offence to the Coyotes table. He had just 11 points (5G / 6A) in 39 games with Arizona last year.
Goalie Start
Fleury will start Tuesday vs. the Sabres.
Fleury stopped all 26 shots that he faced in the Golden Knights shutout win in Philadelphia on Saturday. Fleury has had a tough start to the season, but was absolutely outstanding in Philly. Fleury made a number of spectacular saves to preserve the shutout and is a great option back on home-ice tonight.
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Kuemper will start Tuesday in Minnesota.
Kuemper split last season between the Kings and Coyotes. During his time in Arizona, Kuemper was 2-6-2 with a 3.22 GAA and .899 SV%. The Coyotes are an improved team so far this season, allowing the fewest shots on goal per game (23.3) in the NHL through four games—8.4 fewer shots than Kuemper faced per game last season. He could be a decent spot-start option tonight vs. a Wild team averaging just 2.40 goals per game so far.
Andersen (knee) isn’t sure if he will be ready to start on Thursday.
Andersen was on the ice for Tuesday’s practice but left after 20-30 minutes and isn’t sure he’ll start on Thursday. Mike Babcock was expecting Andersen to be ready on Thursday, but monitor his status as the week progresses.
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Bouchard will be a healthy scratch on Tuesday.
Bouchard has yet to record a point while averaging just 12:59 TOI/GM in the first three games of his NHL career. Bouchard will be replaced by Matt Benning and take a look from the press box tonight.
Benning will be back in the Oilers lineup on Tuesday.
Benning was a healthy scratch vs. the Rangers on Saturday afternoon, but will replace Evan Bouchard tonight in Winnipeg. Benning has failed to record a point with a minus-3 rating in his first two games of the season.
Patrick (upper-body) is nearing a return but will not play on Tuesday.
Patrick is “almost ready to return” Flyers head coach Dave Hakstol told reporters on Tuesday. Patrick will sit out for his second straight game, which means Jordan Weal will continue to centre the Flyers temporary second line.
Byfuglien (upper-body) will miss a second straight game.
Byfuglien was back on the ice for Monday’s practice but is not ready to re-join the lineup tonight. With Byfuglien out, Dmitry Kulikov will remain in the lineup and Josh Morrissey figures to run the top power-play unit like he did on Sunday.
Vesalainen is expected to be a healthy scratch on Tuesday.
Vesalainen has recorded just one assist while averaging just 6:50 TOI/GM in the first five games of his NHL career. Vesalainen will be replaced by Brendan Lemieux in the lineup.
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