Dumoulin suffered a concussion on Tuesday when he was hit in the head by a Claude Giroux shot. Dumoulin will miss Thursday’s game vs. the Hurricanes, so Matt Hunwick will draw onto the top pairing with Kris Letang.
Rowney played just 4:00 TOI in the Penguins win in Philadelphia on Tuesday and will be out “longer term” with an upper-body injury. With Rowney out, Dominik Simon will draw back into the Penguins lineup.
Hutton turned aside 24 of 26 shots in the Blues win over the Devils on Tuesday. It was another great outing for Hutton, who has won his last two starts while stopping 47 of 51 shots (.922 SV%), earning him a third consecutive start tonight. Hutton enters play leading the NHL in both GAA (1.70) and SV% (.944) in 13 games.
Vasilevskiy stopped all 29 shots that he faced in the Lightning’s shutout win over the Maple Leafs on Tuesday. Vasilevskiy enters Thursday with a 164:29 shutout streak intact. The Vezina Trophy frontrunner stopped 31 of 32 shots in a 3-1 win over the Canadiens last Thursday.
Dubnyk allowed one goal on 26 shots in the Wild’s win over the Panthers on Tuesday. Dubnyk has won each of his two starts since returning from injury, stopping 66 of 69 shots (.957 SV%). He is a must-start tonight vs. the Sabres—he allowed four goals on 34 shots in a 5-4 win in Buffalo in late-November.
Bjork had a nice start to the season, but has just 12 points (4G / 8A) through 28 games so he will head to Providence to work on his craft. He has never appeared in an AHL game after going straight from the University of Notre Dame to the NHL this fall.
Dalpe has scored two goals with seven assists (nine points) in 13 games with the Monsters this season. There is no word whether he will be in the lineup on Thursday, but he has no points in 10 NHL games this season.
Murray stopped all 11 shots that he faced after replacing the banged up Tristan Jarry in the Penguins win in Philadelphia on Tuesday. Tonight he will make his first start of the season versus the Hurricanes, but his 14th start on home ice—he is 8-3-1 with a 2.63 GAA and .920 SV% in his first 13 games at PPG Paints Arena.
TONIGHT'S BRUINS VS. PANTHERS GAME HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER.
TONIGHT'S BRUINS VS. PANTHERS GAME HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER.
Aho had no points with three shots and a minus-4 rating in his first two career NHL games. He will take a seat tonight in Philadelphia with Dennis Seidenberg replacing him on the blueline.
Seidenberg was a healthy scratch for the last two games but will replace Sebastian Aho in the Islanders lineup on Thursday. Seidenberg will start on a pairing with Nick Leddy but still carries no fantasy value.
Greiss allowed one goal on 13 shots after replacing Jaroslav Halak in the Islanders 6-1 loss in Colorado on Sunday. Greiss went 1-3-0 with a 4.85 GAA and .835 SV% in five starts and two relief appearance in December. He has already faced the Flyers twice this season, going 2-0-0 with a 3.41 GAA and .897 SV% in the first two meetings.
Neuvirth allowed one goal on 11 shots after replacing Brian Elliott in the Flyers loss to the Penguins on Tuesday. Tonight he will make his first start since November 28th and ninth of the season. He will take on an Islanders team that has lost 10 of their last 14 games (4-8-2)—Neuvirth is 7-2-1 with a 1.76 GAA and .933 SV% in 10 career starts vs. the Islanders.
Bernier stopped 21 of 23 shots after replacing the injured Semyon Varlamov in Colorado’s win over the Jets on Tuesday. Bernier has won two in a row while stopping 48 of 51 shots (.941 SV%). Bernier will take on the Blue Jackets at the Pepsi Center where he is 5-4-0 with a 3.05 GAA and .898 SV% this season.
Bishop allowed two goals on 26 shots in the Stars loss to the Blue Jackets on Thursday. Despite the loss, it was still another strong performance from Bishop, who has won four of his last six with a 1.66 GAA, .943 SV% and two shutouts. Tonight he faces a quality Devils team, but Bishop has been really good at American Airlines Center this season.
Schneider gave up four goals on 34 shots in the Devils loss in Washington last Saturday. After a five game winning streak, Schneider has lost two straight while allowing a combined eight goals on 63 shots (.873 SV%). In his first start against the Stars, Schneider stopped 28 of 30 shots in a 5-2 win in mid-December.
