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Condon will start Tuesday vs. the Lightning.

Condon allowed two goals on 41 shots in the Senators’ win in Arizona last Thursday. Craig Anderson was not on the ice this morning, so it looks like Condon will face the Lightning tonight. Condon has gone 1-1-0 with a 3.50 GAA and .873 SV% in two starts vs. Tampa Bay.

Mike Condon
Condon was the first goalie off of the ice.

Condon allowed two goals on 41 shots in the Senators’ win in Arizona last Thursday. Craig Anderson was not on the ice this morning, so it looks like Condon will face the Lightning tonight. Condon has gone 1-1-0 with a 3.50 GAA and .873 SV% in two starts vs. Tampa Bay.

Mike Condon
Price will start Tuesday vs. the Blackhawks.

Price allowed one goal on 25 shots in the Canadiens’ win in Edmonton on Sunday. Price extended his winning streak to six games while posting a 0.99 GAA, .964 SV% and one shutout in the process. Tonight he’ll take on the Blackhawks on home-ice—he is 19-8-3 with a 2.07 GAA and .931 SV% at the Bell Centre.

Carey Price
The Rangers have sent Magnus Hellberg to Hartford (AHL).

The Rangers are off until Friday, so they are likely sending Hellberg back to the AHL to save money and he should be called back up before Friday’s game. Nothing has changed on Henrik Lundqvist’s timetable.

Magnus Hellberg
Price will likely start Tuesday vs. the Blackhawks.

Price allowed one goal on 25 shots in the Canadiens’ win in Edmonton on Sunday. Price extended his winning streak to six games while posting a 0.99 GAA, .964 SV% and one shutout in the process. Tonight he’ll take on the Blackhawks on home-ice—he is 19-8-3 with a 2.07 GAA and .931 SV% at the Bell Centre.

Carey Price
Reimer is expected to start Tuesday vs. the Maple Leafs.

Reimer allowed three goals on 34 shots i the Panthers’loss in Tampa Bay on Saturday. Reimer as not recorded a win since February 20th, posting a 3.40 GAA and .911 SV% in his last seven outings. Tonight he will face his former team for the second time—he gave up six goals on 30 shots in a 6-1 loss back in November.

James Reimer
Holtby is in the starter's net at the morning skate.

Holtby allowed five goals on 32 shots in the Capitals’ loss in Anaheim on Sunday. After a lengthy winning streak, Holtby has come crashing back to earth losing three in a row with a 5.00 GAA and .821 SV%. Tonight he will face a Wild team that is also struggling—they’ve lost three of their last four.

Braden Holtby
The Senators have recalled Chris Driedger from Binghamton (AHL).

Driedger, 22, is on the ice for the Senators morning skate and Craig Anderson is not. This suggests something is up with Anderson and Driedger will serve as Mike Condon’s backup tonight. Stay tuned.

Chris Driedger
Quick leads the Kings onto the ice for warmups.

Quick stopped 17 of 19 shots in the Kings’ win over the Capitals. Quick has won three consecutive starts while posting a 1.91 GAA and .918 SV%. Quick hasn’t missed a beat in his return to the Kings’ crease and will look to extend his winning streak tonight vs. the Blues.

Jonathan Quick
Rask leads the Bruins onto the ice for warmups.

Rask allowed one goal on 27 shots in the Bruins’ win over the Flyers on Saturday. Rask has won two in a row while turning away 52 of 54 shots (.963 SV%). It looks like he will make his fourth straight start tonight in Vancouver—Rask is 16-8-4 with a 2.25 GAA and .918 SV% on the road this season.

Tuukka Rask
Rinne leads the Predators onto the ice for warmups.

Rinne allowed three goals on 34 shots in the Predators’ overtime loss to the Kings on Thursday. Despite Juuse Saros getting the win on Saturday, look for Rinne to be between the pipes tonight vs. the Jets. Rinne is 16-5-4 with a 2.37 GAA and .915 SV% on home ice this season.

Pekka Rinne
Bobrovsky will start Monday in Philadelphia.

Bobrovsky allowed three goals on 32 shots in the Blue Jackets’ win over the Sabres on Friday. His shoutout streak was snapped at three games, but was his fourth straight win and is expected to start tonight after getting Saturday night off. He stopped 25 of 26 shots in a 2-1 OT win in his first start vs. his former team

Sergei Bobrovsky
Pickard will start Monday in Arizona.

Pickard gave up four goals on 31 shots in Colorado’s loss to the Senators on Saturday. The loss snapped a brief two-game winning streak for Pickard, who has just 12 wins on the season. Tonight he’ll face the Coyotes for the third time this season—he is 1-1-0 with a 3.03 GAA and .882 SV% in the first two.

Calvin Pickard
Rask is the Bruins projected starter on Monday.

Rask allowed one goal on 27 shots in the Bruins’ win over the Flyers on Saturday. Rask has won two in a row while turning away 52 of 54 shots (.963 SV%). It looks like he will make his fourth straight start tonight in Vancouver—Rask is 16-8-4 with a 2.25 GAA and .918 SV% on the road this season.

Tuukka Rask
Raanta will start Monday vs. the Lightning.

Raanta allowed one goal on 24 shots in the Rangers’ win in Detroit last night. It was a nice bounce-back performance from the Rangers’ new No.1 netminder while Henrik Lundqvist is out. Raanta is an impressive 2-0-0 with a 0.49 GAA, .986 SV% and one shutout in two starts vs. the Lightning this season.

Antti Raanta

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