Ward was beat three times on 21 shots in a 3-2 loss to the Devils on Sunday. He has just two wins in his last six starts with an .898 SV% over that span. He draws a brutal matchup tonight at home against the Penguins.
Berube has appeared in just one game this season. He stopped 12 of 14 shots in relief of Anton Forsberg in a 6-2 loss to the Capitals on December 6th. Berube has a career 3.09 GAA and .899 SV% across 22 appearances. He draws a tough home matchup tonight against the Sharks, but does get the benefit of facing them on the tail end of a back-to-back.
Ward was beat three times on 21 shots in a 3-2 loss to the Devils on Sunday. He has just two wins in his last six starts with an .898 SV% over that span. He draws a brutal matchup tonight at home against the Penguins.
Dubnyk stopped 32 of 35 shots en route to a 5-3 Wild victory over the Islanders on Monday. Dubnyk is 6-1-2 over his last nine starts with a .930 SV%. He draws a great matchup on the road tonight against the tanking Rangers.
Rinne stopped 36 of 38 shots in the Predators’ 5-2 win over the Senators on Monday. He’s won three of his last four starts, posting a .926 SV% over that span. Tonight he’ll go for his 300th career win in a tough home matchup against the Sharks.
Holtby turned in another disappointing effort on Tuesday, allowing four goals on just 19 shots in a 4-2 loss to the Lightning. He is currently enduring one of the worst stretches of his season, going winless in his last four starts with 19 goals against and an .848 SV%. He’ll look to get back on track tonight in a decent matchup against the Panthers.
Anderson stopped 36 of 41 shots in the Senators’ 5-2 loss to the Rangers on Monday. He’ll return to the crease tonight after conceding last night’s start to backup Mike Condon. He draws potentially the worst matchup on the slate tonight with his team, on the tail-end of a back-to-back, playing host to the Lightning.
Niemi was lit up for three goals on six shots in a 6-3 loss to the Golden Knights on Saturday. He now sports an unappealing 4.18 GAA and .880 SV% on the season. Despite his poor play, Niemi could be in line for an increased workload in the interim, as the Habs announced today Carey Price is out indefinitely with a concussion. He draws a pretty good matchup at home tonight against the Rangers.
The Rangers are reportedly close to moving Grabner so they will sit him tonight as a precautionary measure.
The Rangers are reportedly close to moving Nash so they will sit him tonight as a precautionary measure.
Gillies is set to make just his second career start and first of the season for the Flames. In two appearances so far for the Flames this season, he has allowed five goals on just 27 shots (.815 SV%). In 31 games with Stockton (AHL) Gillies has a 14-12-2 record and a .915 SV%. He draws a solid matchup tonight against the Coyotes.
