NHL Hockey Player News

Sergei Bobrovsky(G)|FLA
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Bobrovsky will start Saturday vs. the Flyers.

Bobrovsky allowed two goals on 41 shots in the Blue Jackets shootout loss in Pittsburgh on Thursday. Bobrovsky has been inconsistent as of late, going 3-5-1 with a 3.57 GAA and .889 SV% in nine December starts. Tonight he faces his former team on home-ice, where he has gone 10-5-0 with a 2.03 GAA, .933 SV% and four shutouts this season.

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@AlisonL 2017-12-23T17:53:28.000Z
Sergei Bobrovsky
John Gibson(G)|DET
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Gibson will start Saturday in Pittsburgh.

Gibson allowed four goals on 32 shots in the Ducks loss in New York on Tuesday. Gibson has gone 2-2-3 with 2.66 GAA and .915 SV% in seven December starts. Tonight he will face his hometown team in Pittsburgh and comes in at 4-4-2 with a 3.15 GAA and .907 SV% in 11 road starts.

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Eric Stephens 2017-12-23T16:33:45.000Z
John Gibson
Marc-Andre Fleury(G)|MIN
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Fleury will start Saturday vs. the Capitals.

Fleury allowed three goals on 38 shots in the Golden Knights win over the Lightning on Tuesday. Fleury has gone 2-0-1 with a 1.95 GAA and .940 SV% in three games since returning from his concussion. He draws a tough assignment tonight vs. the visiting Capitals, who come in having won eight of their last 10 (8-1-1).

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Joe Beninati 2017-12-23T16:29:02.000Z
Marc-Andre Fleury
Jake Allen(G)|NJD
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Allen will start Saturday in Vancouver.

Allen surrendered three goals on 35 shots in the Blues loss in Edmonton on Thursday. Allen has lost four in a row while posting a 3.05 GAA and .902 SV%. He will look to get back into the win column tonight in Vancouver—he stopped 20 of 24 shots in a 4-3 OT win in their first meeting of the season.

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Jim Thomas 2017-12-23T16:26:43.000Z
Jake Allen
Jacob Markstrom(G)|NJD
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Markstrom will start Saturday vs. the Blues.

Markstrom allowed five goals on 32 shots in the Canucks loss in San Jose on Thursday. Markstrom has been in a rut recently, losing four of his last five starts (1-3-1) while allowing a combined 21 goals on 137 shots (.846 SV%). Markstrom has gone 5-7-2 with a 2.61 GAA and .914 SV% in 14 starts at Rogers Arena this season.

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@Canucks 2017-12-23T16:24:44.000Z
Jacob Markstrom
Martin Jones(G)|FA
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Jones will start Saturday vs. the Kings.

Jones allowed four goals on 28 shots in the Sharks loss in Edmonton on Monday. Jones has now given up at least four goals in six consecutive games, going 1-3-2 with a 4.08 GAA and .868 SV% in the process. This will be his third start against the Kings this season—he comes in 1-1-0 with a 3.19 GAA and .911 SV% in the first two meetings.

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Kevin Kurz 2017-12-23T16:21:48.000Z
Martin Jones
Henrik Lundqvist(G)|FA
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Lundqvist will start Saturday vs. the Maple Leafs.

Lundqvist allowed three goals on 48 shots in the Rangers shootout loss in New Jersey on Thursday. The loss snapped a three-game winning streak for King Henrik, who will make his 31st start of the season tonight vs. the Maple Leafs. He faced Toronto in early October and was pulled after allowing five goals on 17 shots in the first period.

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Steve Zipay 2017-12-23T13:54:54.000Z
Henrik Lundqvist
Juuse Saros(G)|NSH
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Saros is expected to start Saturday in Dallas.

Saros stopped all 26 shots that he faced after replacing Pekka Rinne in the Predators loss to the Hurricanes on Thursday. After a rough start to the season, Saros has stopped 115 of the last 117 shots (.983 SV%) that he has faced coming into tonight’s game. One of those games came against the Stars, who he’ll face tonight—he stopped 43 of 45 shots in a 5-2 win on December 5th.

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Adam Vingan 2017-12-23T16:19:49.000Z
Juuse Saros
Jimmy Howard(G)|FA
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Howard leads the Red Wings onto the ice for warmups.

Howard allowed four goals on 31 shots in the Red Wings loss in Philadelphia on Wednesday. December has been a tough month for Howard, who is 2-2-2 with a 3.28 GAA and .877 SV% in six starts and one relief appearance. He allowed three goals on 32 shots in an OT loss to the Bruins 10 days ago.

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Jack Edwards 2017-12-23T13:23:51.000Z
Jimmy Howard
Corey Crawford(G)|FA
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Crawford will start Saturday in New Jersey.

Crawford allowed four goals on 22 shots in the Blackhawks loss in Dallas on Thursday. The win snapped an impressive five-game winning streak for Crawford, who comes into Saturday’s game sitting second in the NHL in SV% (.932) and GAA (2.20) while rankings 10th in wins (16).

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Mark Potash 2017-12-23T14:41:39.000Z
Corey Crawford

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