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After being acquired for Adam Henrique, Joseph Blandisi and a third round pick on Thursday, Vatanen will immediately draw in on the top pair and top power play unit in Colorado tonight. Vatanen will take Steven Santini's spot with Andy Greene and will quarterback the top unit with Will Butcher. Vatanen has one goal, three assists and 22 shots on goal in 15 games this season.

Kinkaid allowed three goals on 34 shots in the Devils’ win in Detroit last Saturday. With Cory Schneider starting last night, Kinkaid will make his seventh start of the season tonight in Arizona. The 28-year-old has gone 5-1-1 with a 3.05 GAA and .906 SV% this season and draws a nice matchup in the desert tonight.

O’Regan has registered two assists in six games since being called up from San Jose (AHL), but will be a healthy scratch tonight in Florida. Ryan Carpenter will take O’Regan’s spot on the fourth line and Mikkel Boedker may see some PP time with O’Regan out.

Carpenter has been a healthy scratch for the last two games, but will replace Daniel O’Regan in the lineup tonight in Florida. Carpenter has yet to record a point in 12 games with the Sharks this season.

Donskoi left Tuesday’s game in Philadelphia and will not play tonight in Florida. With Donskoi out, Kevin Labanc will draw back into the lineup and will likely play on the second line. Donskoi is considered day-to-day.

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.

Lehner allowed two goals on 26 shots in the Sabres’ loss to the Lightning on Tuesday. November was not the best month for Lehner, who went 3-7-1 with a 3.01 GAA and .903 SV% in 10 starts and one relief appearance. In his first start against the Penguins, Lehner allowed five goals on 45 shots in a 5-4 overtime loss.

Frk has missed the last eight games with a groin injury but is set to return to the lineup on Saturday. Because he’s healthy doesn’t guarantee he will be back in the lineup with Jeff Blashill behind the bench, but look for the Red Wings to go back to a traditional 12 forward, six defenseman look if he plays.

Tennyson failed to record a point in 14 games with the Sabres this season, but with Zach Bogosian set to make his season debut on Friday, Tennyson heads to the AHL. Tennyson had seven points (3G / 4A) in nine games the last time he was in the AHL (2016-17).

After being re-evaluated the Wild announced on Friday that one of their top-pairing defenseman will be out for two weeks with a groin strain. Matt Dumba filled in admirable for Spurgeon on Thursday and will be asked to do a lot for the next two weeks.

Khudobin allowed three goals on 20 shots i the Bruins win over the Penguins on November 24th. Despite riding a four-game winning streak, the Bruins went back to Tuukka Rask for the last three games but Khudobin will start tonight in Nashville. During his four-game winning streak, Khudobin has posted a 1.71 GAA and .945 SV%.

Rask allowed two goals on 21 shots in the Bruins win over the Lightning on Wednesday. Rask appears to be slowly getting back on track as he’s now stopped 51 of the last 56 shots (.911 SV%) he has faced in his last two starts. This afternoon he will make his third straight start in Philadelphia—the Flyers have lost nine in a row (0-4-5) coming into the weekend.

Blandisi was acquired as a part of the Adam Henrique-Sami Vatanen trade on Thursday and will make his Ducks debut immediately. The 23-year-old had picked up three goals and 11 assists (14 points) in 19 games with Binghamton (AHL) this season and had nine points (3G / 6A) in 27 NHL games last year. Blandisi brings some offence and grit to the Ducks bottom-6.

After being acquired from the Devils on Thursday, Henrique will draw right into the Ducks lineup tonight. The Ducks did not do line rushes at their morning skate so there is no word who he will play with in his debut. Head coach Randy Carlyle did add that Henrique will see some power play time but wasn’t sure if he’ll use him on the penalty kill right away.

Malkin has missed the last four games with an upper-body injury but it looks like he will return to the lineup tonight in Buffalo. Malkin has registered seven goals and 14 assists (21 points) in 22 games this season and should be active in all formats if he plays tonight.

Harpur was in the Senators lineup for the last four games, but he will be replaced by Thomas Chabot in the lineup tonight. Chabot brings a lot more offence to the table than Harpur and the Senators definitely could use a shot in the arm.

Chabot has been a healthy scratch for the last two games, but will replace Ben Harpur in the lineup tonight vs. the Islanders. Chabot brings a much-needed boost to the Senators offence that has gone cole recently. Chabot has picked up three assists in five games with Ottawa this season.