The Kings have acquired Cam Schilling from the Blackhawks for Michael Latta.
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The Blackhawks have acquired Michael Latta from the Kings for Cam Schilling.
Hedman (illness) is on the ice for warmups; expected to return to the Lightning lineup.
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Lehtonen leads the Stars onto the ice for warmups.
Lehtonen allowed two goals on 35 shots in the Stars’ loss in Brooklyn on Thursday. Lehtonen has gone 0-3-1 with a 3.44 GAA and .895 SV% in five starts and two relief appearances in January. The 33-year-old has gone 4-4-2 with a 2.56 GAA and .915 SV% on home-ice and is better left on your bench tonight vs. Washington.
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Bishop leads the Lightning onto the ice for warmups.
Bishop allowed two goals on 21 shots in the Lightning loss in Anaheim on Tuesday. Andrei Vasilevskiy started on Thursday, but Bishop is expected to get back between the pipes tonight in Arizona. He has turned aside 74 of 79 shots (.937 SV%) in three starts since returning to the Lightning net.
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Budaj leads the Kings onto the ice for warmups.
Budaj gave up three goals on 27 shots in the Kings’ loss to the Sharks on Wednesday. Budaj has lost his last two starts and is now 4-3-0 with a 2.47 GAA and .905 SV% in January. In his first start against the Islanders, Budaj turned aside 28 of 30 shots in a 4-2 win back in November.
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Leighton leads the Hurricanes onto the ice for warmups.
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Gibson will start Saturday in Minnesota.
Gibson stopped 21 of 22 shots in the Ducks’ win over the Avalanche on Thursday. Gibson has won four of his last five games while stopping 138 of 143 shots (.965 SV%) including one shutout. In his first start against the Wild, Gibson stopped 34 of 36 shots in a 2-1 loss.
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Neuvirth will start Saturday vs. the Devils.
Neuvirth stopped all five shots that he faced after replacing Steve Mason in the Flyers’ loss in Washington last Sunday. Neuvirth will start the Flyers first game back from their bye week and it will be his first start vs. the Devils. The 28-year-old has gone 3-1-0 with a 2.75 GAA and .893 SV% in four starts and two relief appearances on the road this season.
Savard (undisclosed) will not be in the lineup on Saturday.
Bouwmeester (undisclosed) left warmups and will not be in the lineup on Saturday afternoon.
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Boborvsky will start Saturday vs. the Hurricanes.
Bobrovsky allowed two goals on 28 shots in the Blue Jackets’ loss to the Senators on Thursday. Bobrovsky has stopped 50 of 53 shots (.943 SV%) since returning from a three-game absence due to an illness. One of those games was against the Hurricanes, who he’ll face again tonight—he stopped 24 of 25 shots in a 4-1 win vs. Carolina on Tuesday.
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Budaj was the first goalie off of the ice.
Budaj gave up three goals on 27 shots in the Kings’ loss to the Sharks on Wednesday. Budaj has lost his last two starts and is now 4-3-0 with a 2.47 GAA and .905 SV% in January. In his first start against the Islanders, Budaj turned aside 28 of 30 shots in a 4-2 win back in November.
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Pavelec leads the Jets onto the ice for warmups.
Pavelec allowed three goals on 33 shots in the Jets’ win over the Coyotes on Wednesday. Pavelec allowed a goal on the first shot that he faced, but was able to settle in to earn his first win of the season. Despite a solid season debut, Pavelec draws a tougher test this afternoon with Vladimir Tarasenko and the Blues in town.
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Brossoit will make his season debut in Calgary.
Brossoit, 23, was a sixth round pick of the Flames in 2011 and tonight he will face the team that drafted him for the first time. Brossoit has gone 9-8-0 with a 2.67 GAA and .908 SV% in 21 games with Bakersfield (AHL) this season. Tonight will be his seventh career NHL start—he’s gone 0-5-1 with a 3.34 GAA and .896 SV% in the first six.
Hanzal (personal) will return to the Coyotes lineup on Saturday.
Hanzal has missed the last two games due to a personal matter, but will play tonight vs. the Lightning. Hanzal is expected to centre the top line with Tobias Rieder and Radim Vrbata—he come into play with 15 points (9G / 6A) in 37 games this season.
Bourque (lower-body) will not play on Saturday.
Bourque suffered a lower-body injury in the first period of Thursday’s game and will be held out of the lineup in San Jose tonight. With Bourque day-to-day, Joe Colborne will draw back into the lineup tonight.
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