Ward allowed three goals on 26 shots in the Hurricanes loss to the Sharks on Sunday. The loss snapped a three-game winning streak for Ward, who is 11-5-1 in his last 17 starts, dating back to mid-December. With Scott Darling looking completely lost whenever he takes to the net, Ward will continue to start tonight vs. the Flyers.
Hanzal has missed the last five games with a lower-body injury. He has registered just eight points in 33 games this season. He is expected to play on the fourth line tonight.
Khudobin allowed two goals on 26 shots in the Bruins loss to the Ducks on January 30th. Tuukka Rask has started six of the last seven games, but Khudobin will start the tail-end of their back-to-back tonight in New York. The 31-year-old netminder has ben really good this season—he is 6-1-2 with a 2.02 GAA and .938 SV% on the road this season.
Rask allowed one goal on 24 shots in the Bruins win over the Maple Leafs on Saturday. Rask is on some kind of run right now, having gone 18-0-2 with a 1.56 GAA, .944 SV% and two shutouts in his last 20 starts. He will look to stay hot tonight vs. the Red Wings, who he is 2-0-0 with a 1.51 GAA and .953 SV% against this season.
Rinne allowed two goals on 22 shots in the Predators win over the Rangers on Saturday. Rinne has been red-hot as of late, winning his last seven starts with a 1.56 GAA, .943 SV% and one shutout. The 35-year-old enters Monday’s game at 10-5-1 with a 1.82 GAA and .944 SV% on the road this season.
Miller will make his third straight start tonight while John Gibson remains sidelined with a lower-body injury. After a strong outing against Ottawa, Miller was pulled Saturday against the Habs after allowing three goals on just four shots. He will have a hard time bouncing back tonight against the Maple Leafs, one of the league's highest scoring teams.
Carrick has been passed on the depth chart by Travis Dermott, at least temporarily so he will sit tonight with Roman Polak (illness) set to return to the lineup. Carrick has just one assist in his last six games.
Czarnik was sent down on Sunday but has been recalled ahead of Tuesday’s game in Detroit. Czarnik had one assist in 9:07 TOI on Saturday and has collected two assists in seven games this season.
Reimer has missed the last four games and is 1.5 weeks into a “multiple week” timetable so he appears to be right on schedule. Reimer will likely need a couple of practices before he’s ready to return, but with Harri Sateri playing well they don’t need to rush him.
Polak has missed the last three games with an illness but will be back on the blueline tonight vs. the Ducks. Polak will replace Connor Carrick and skate with Travis Dermott on the third pairing. Polak has just six points (2G / 4A) in 32 games this season.
Rinne allowed two goals on 22 shots in the Predators win over the Rangers on Saturday. Rinne has been red-hot as of late, winning his last seven starts with a 1.56 GAA, .943 SV% and one shutout. The 35-year-old enters Monday’s game at 10-5-1 with a 1.82 GAA and .944 SV% on the road this season.
Andersen allowed three goals on 29 shots in the Maple Leafs loss in Boston on Saturday. Despite the loss, Andersen has played well as of late, winning three of his last five while stopping 126 of 137 shots (.920 SV%) with one shutout. Tonight he will face his former team for the second time this season—he stopped 28 of 29 shots in a 3-1 win in Anaheim in early-November.
Fritz left Saturday’s game vs. the Blue Jackets with an undisclosed injury and will not be available on Monday. Fritz will be replaced by Alan Quine.
Seidenberg was in the lineup for the last two games but will be replaced by Sebastian Aho in the lineup tonight.
Quine was a healthy scratch for the last two games but will replace Tanner Fritz tonight vs. the Predators. Quine has struggled offensively this season, collecting just three assists in 20 games.
Aho has been a healthy scratch for the last two games, but will replace Dennis Seidenberg tonight vs. the Predators. Aho has one goal and one assist while averaging 17:44 TOI in 11 games with the Islanders this season.
Halak allowed three goals on 49 shots in the Islanders win over the Blue Jackets on Saturday. Halak has won three of his last five starts while facing an average of 39.8 shots per game—he has stopped 186 of the 199 shots (.935 SV%) he faced during that stretch. In his first start against the Predators, Halak stopped 28 of 30 shots in a 6-2 win in Nashville in late-October.
Bow, who has gone 15-9-1 with a 2.81 GAA and .905 SV% in 28 games with Texas, was recalled to serve as Kari Lehtonen’s backup this weekend. With Ben Bishop (face) back in net on Monday, Bow returns to the AHL.
Carrier played just 1:03 TOI before left the game in Washington and is questionable for Tuesday’s game in Pittsburgh. Head coach Gerard Gallant said postgame that he did think it’s anything serious and listed him as day-to-day.
