Howard allowed four goals on 36 shots in the Red Wings loss in Pittsburgh on Saturday. The loss snapped a four-game winning streak for Howard, who will make his 34th start of the season tonight. Howard has played well as of late and comes in at 10-6-5 with a 2.63 GAA and .915 SV% in 20 starts at Little Caesars Arena this season.
Howard allowed four goals on 36 shots in the Red Wings loss in Pittsburgh on Saturday. The loss snapped a four-game winning streak for Howard, who will likely make his 34th start of the season tonight. Howard has played well as of late and comes in at 10-6-5 with a 2.63 GAA and .915 SV% in 20 starts at Little Caesars Arena this season.
Andersen allowed four goals on 32 shots in the Maple Leafs loss to the Senators last Wednesday. Following the Maple Leafs bye week, look for their workhorse netminder to face the Blues tonight. Andersen has dropped four of his last six starts (2-3-1) while posting a 2.94 GAA and .911 SV%.
Nieves failed to record a point in his last four games and had nine points (1G / 8A) and plus-6 rating in 28 games during his time with the Rangers. Peter Holland will take his spot on the roster as Nieves returns to Hartford, where he has two goal and one assist in seven games.
Holland, who has appeared in 243 career NHL games with the Ducks, Maple Leafs and Coyotes has spent the entire 2017-18 season in the AHL to this point. He started the year in Laval before being acquired by the Rangers and going to Hartford—overall he has 13 goals and 20 assists (33 points) in 36 AHL contests and could make his Rangers debut on Tuesday.
Price allowed three goals on 32 shots in the Canadiens loss to the Bruins on Saturday. Tonight he will make his eighth consecutive start and comes in having lost five of his last seven starts with a 2.40 GAA and .931 SV%. Tonight he will be in tough against an Islanders team that ranks second in the NHL in scoring (3.41 GF/PG).
Bernier turned away 27 of 28 shots in Colorado’s win in Dallas on Saturday. Bernier is riding a five-game winning streak, while posting an impressive 1.33 GAA, .960 SV% and one shutout. In his first start against the Ducks this season, Bernier stopped 17 of 18 shots in a 3-1 win, but that was when the Ducks were banged up.
This is far from surprising considering Danault was hospitalized after getting hit in the head by a Zdeno Chara slapshot on Saturday. With Danault out, Daniel Carr will draw into the Canadiens lineup vs. the Islanders.
Schneider surrendered five goals on 25 shots in the Devils loss to the Flyers on Saturday. Nothing changed for Schneider after their bye week as he’s now lost five in a row while allowing at least four goals in every start—he has allowed a combined 21 goals on 159 shots (.868 SV%). One of those losses came against the Islanders, who he’ll face again tonight—he stopped 34 of 38 shots in a 5-4 shootout loss in Brooklyn on January 7th.
Arvidsson reportedly had to be helped off of the ice this afternoon, which doesn’t bode well for his availability for Tuesday’s game vs. the Golden Knights. Arvidsson will likely be evaluated this afternoon and the Predators will likely release a timetable prior to tomorrow’s game if he is going to miss any time.
Forsberg has missed the last five games and missed Monday’s practice, but was able to get on the ice and skate by himself after the team session. Forsberg is just about two weeks into a four-week timetable so don’t expect him to be back for a few more weeks.
