Vasilevskiy allowed three goals on 36 shots in the Lightning’s 3-2 loss in Boston on Wednesday. After a rough start, Vasilevskiy was able to give the Lightning a chance at winning, but the comeback fell short. In 11 starts at Amalie Arena, Vasilevskiy has gone 9-1-1 with a 2.42 GAA and .923 SV%. Tonight he faces a Sharks team that ranks 28th in the NHL in scoring (2.58 GF/PG).
Holtby allowed three goals on 25 shots in the Capitals’ 5-2 loss to the Kings. The boxscore made Holtby’s night looks worse than it was, but the Kings added two late empty netters to seal Holtby’s third loss in six starts. Holtby finished November at 8-3-0 with a 2.51 GAA and .919 SV% and tonight he starts vs. the Blue Jackets on home ice, where he has seven wins in 11 starts.
Fasching has picked up six goals and three assists (nine points) in 21 games with Rochester. Fasching has just three points (1G / 2A) in his first 17 career NHL games and likely won’t be the answer the Sabres are searching for after being shutout for the third straight game.
Price allowed three goals on 31 shots in the Canadiens win in Detroit on Thursday. Since returning from injury, Price has won four straight while posting a 1.25 GAA, .962 SV% and one shutout. Tonight he will face the Red Wings again, this time on home-ice and is back to being a must-start whenever he gets the nod.
Miller allowed three goals on 13 shots after replacing John Gibson in the Ducks’ loss in Chicago on Monday. With Gibson starting last night, Miller is expected to go tonight in Nashville. The Predators are one of the best home teams in the NHL and Miller comes in at 1-0-2 with a 2.10 GAA and .938 SV% on the road.
McKenzie has been red-hot in the AHL, scoring 10 goals and nine assists (19 points) in 19 games with Texas. The 26-year-old has just 10 goals and 11 assists (21 points) in 92 career NHL games.
Alt has picked up five goals and four assists (nine points) in 16 games with the Phantoms this season. Alt has not picked up a point in six games with the Flyers and he has been recalled before Samuel Morin because Morin is dealing with an injury.
Bobrovsky allowed two goals on 27 shots in the Blue Jackets loss in Montreal on Monday. With two back-to-backs this week, Joonas Korpisalo has started the last two contests, so Bobrovsky will obviously start tonight in Washington. Bobrovsky wrapped up November at 7-3-1 with a 1.88 GAA, .936 SV% and two shutouts. He’s one of the top netminders in the NHL and is a must-start whenever he gets the nod.
Lundqvist was pulled after he gave up three goals on six shots in the Rangers’ loss to the Panthers on Tuesday. The rough outing snapped a nice four-game winning streak for Lundqvist, who is expected to make his 23rd start of the season tonight. In his first start vs. the Hurricanes, Lundqvist stopped 32 of 33 shots in a 6-1 win in Carolina.
After a one-game absence with a hyperextended elbow, Montour is expected to replace the traded Sami Vatanen in the lineup on Friday. Vatanen’s exit makes Montour a more appealing fantasy asset and he comes into tonight with 13 points (6G / 7A) in 24 games this season.
Kase was back at practice on Thursday and it looks like he may play in his first game since November 7th. Kase is projected to return on the Ducks third line and comes in with five goals and three assists (eight points) in 12 games this season.
Corey Crawford was placed on IR on Friday afternoon, so Berube has been recalled to serve as the Blackhawks’ No.2 behind Anton Forsberg. Chicago has a back-to-back on Saturday and Sunday, so Berube, who is 6-6-0 with a 2.54 GAA and .913 SV% in 12 AHL starts could make his Blackhawks debut this weekend.
The hits keep coming of the struggling Oilers, who lost their No.1 goaltender earlier in the week and now lose a top-pairing D-man. It’s unclear when Larsson sustained the injury, but for the time being they will re-insert Eric Gryba into the lineup and not recall anyone from the AHL.
Heed, who had a nice start to the season, will be out of the lineup for the fourth time in five games tonight in Florida. With Heed out, Joakim Ryan will remain on the third pairing next to Dylan DeMelo.
There is no indication what happened to Crawford, who finished last night’s overtime loss to the Stars. Crawford’s move to IR allowed the Blackhawks to recall J-F Berube, who will serve as their No.2 behind Anton Forsberg while Crawford is out. Crawford will have to miss at least the next three games.
Yakupov, who played just 7:49 TOI on Wednesday, will swap places with Sven Andrighetto tonight and play with Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen. Yakupov has two goals in his last eight games, but his promotion makes him an interesting daily play tonight.
Santini has been played well on the Devils’ top pairing but with the addition of Sami Vatanen on Thursday, Santini will be the first victim of a numbers game tonight. Vatanen will take his spot next to Andy Greene and brings a lot more offence so the table than Santini.
