Domingue allowed three goals on 36 shots in the Lightning’s win in Ottawa last Thursday. The Lightning come in on the tail-end of a back-to-back. With Andrei Vasilevskiy losing last night vs. the Sabres, look for Domingue to go tonight in Dallas. Since joining the Lightning, the 25-year-old has gone 3-2-0 with a 3.20 GAA and .907 SV% in five starts and one relief appearance.
Rask surrendered three goals on 32 shots in the Bruins overtime win over the Hurricanes on Tuesday. Rask has won three of his last five starts despite allowing a combined 14 goals on 135 shots (.896 SV%). Tonight he takes on the Penguins for the second time this season—he gave up six goals on 35 shots in a 6-5 OT loss in the first meeting.
Quick allowed two goals on 39 shots in the Kings win over the Golden Knights on Monday. He was given Tuesday night off, but will start tonight vs. the Blue Jackets. He allowed four goals in a winning effort in his first start vs. Columbus and catches a break with Joonas Korpisalo starting instead of Sergei Bobrovsky.
Rask surrendered three goals on 32 shots in the Bruins overtime win over the Hurricanes on Tuesday. Rask has won three of his last five starts despite allowing a combined 14 goals on 135 shots (.896 SV%). Tonight he takes on the Penguins for the second time this season—he gave up six goals on 35 shots in a 6-5 OT loss in the first meeting.
Talbot allowed four goals on 36 shots in the Oilers loss in San Jose on Tuesday. In his last five starts, Talbot has gone 3-2-0 while allowing 14 goals on 170 shots (.918 SV%). He draws a tough test with the Predators in town, especially since his has a 3.20 GAA on home ice this season.
Lack went 1-2-0 with a 3.18 GAA and .903 SV% in four games with the Devils. With Cory Schneider (groin) set to return to the crease on Thursday, Lack goes back to Binghamton where he is 1-2-2 with a 2.14 GAA and .915 SV%.
After a one-game conditioning stint with Binghamton (AHL), Schneider is ready to start in the NHL for the first time since January 23rd. He will face a familiar foe, as he goes head-to-head with former teammate Roberto Luongo in Florida.
There’s no word on what happened to Schmidt but his status for Friday’s game appears to be in question, according to head coach Gerrard Gallant. The Golden Knights have also lost Luca Sbisa, who will be sidelined long-term with an undisclosed injury of his own.
Sbisa left Wednesday’s game vs. the Kings early and head coach Gerrard Gallant said that he is going to be out for a while. Shea Theodore will replace the veteran defenseman on Friday.
Panik has missed the last two games with a lower-body injury but is expected to skate on the third line with Freddie Hamilton and Josh Archibald vs. the Wild. Panik has just four assists in 15 games since being traded to the Coyotes.
Theodore has missed the last six games with an illness, but will play on Friday. Theodore will replace Luca Sbisa, who is heading to IR. The young defenseman has picked up four goals and 14 assists (18 points) in 42 games in his first year with Vegas.
Warsofsky will be replaced by Anton Lindholm (upper-body) in the lineup on Friday, so Warsofsky returns to the Rampage, where he has 20 points (4G / 16A) in 44 games this season.
Lindholm has missed the last five games with an upper-body injury but will play vs. the Wild on Friday. Lindholm has no fantasy value at all as he’s collected just three assists in 43 games this season.
Varlamov allowed two goals on 32 shots in Colorado’s win over the Flames on Wednesday. Varlamov has won his last two outings while stopping 61 of 64 shots (.953 SV%) and will make his ninth consecutive start tonight vs. the Wild. The 29-year-old netminder has gone 11-4-1 with a 2.29 GAA and .933 SV% at the Pepsi Center this season.
Korpisalo allowed five goals on 27 shots in the Blue Jackets’ loss in Toronto on February 14th. Korpisalo will start the front-end of Columbus’ back-to-back tonight in Los Angeles. Korpisalo has gone 1-4-0 with a 4.04 GAA and .877 SV% on the road this season and he has a stiff test vs. a Kings team that has won five of their last seven.
Bernier has missed the last six games with a concussion but was back at practice facing shots on Thursday. As is always the case with concussions, there is no firm timetable for Bernier’s return to Colorado’s crease, but Thursday was a big step.
Dubnyk allowed three goals on 25 shots in the Wild’s win over the Blues on Tuesday. He was given last night, so he will start tonight in Colorado. Dubnyk is riding a four-game winning streak while posting a 2.21 GAA and .919 SV%. The 31-year-old was pulled in his first start vs. the Avalanche—he allowed six goals on 32 shots before being pulled.
Fehr has one assist in four games since joining the Sharks but will not play tonight vs. the Blackhawks. Fehr will be replaced by either Marcus Sorensen or Jannik Hansen in the lineup tonight.
Jones allowed two goals on 26 shots in the Sharks win over the Oilers on Tuesday. Jones has now won four of his last six starts while posting a strong 1.98 GAA and .942 SV%. One of those losses came against the Blackhawks, who he will take on again tonight—he allowed two goals on 35 shots in 3-1 loss last Friday.
Mason has been out with a concussion since January 9th and will play with Manitoba this weekend. After his conditioning stint he should re-join the Jets and once again serve as Connor Hellebuyck’s backup.
