Lehtonen allowed three goals on 27 shots in the Stars’ loss in Chicago on December 11th. Antti Niemi started the last four games, but Lehtonen will get the nod tonight vs. the Kings. Lehtonen has gone 2-3-0 with a 2.02 GAA and .921 SV% in December and tonight will be the second time he faces Los Angeles. In the first meeting, he allowed four goals on 39 shots in a 4-3 OT loss.
Pickard allowed one goal on 13 shots after replacing Semyon Varlamov in Colorado’s blowout loss to the Maple Leafs last night. Things won’t get any easier tonight against the Blackhawks in Chicago. Pickard is 4-2-0 with a2.78 GAA and .913 SV% on the road this season, but should be avoided tonight.
Smith allowed three goals on 21 shots in the Coyotes’ loss to the Oilers on Wednesday. Smith has lost three in a row while allowing three goals in each start and posting an .883 SV%. Tonight he will face the Maple Leafs for the second time in just over a week—he allowed just two goals on 46 shots a win in Toronto on December 15th.
Talbot allowed two goals on 36 shots in the Oilers’ win in Arizona on Wednesday. Talbot has won three consecutive starts while posting a 1.92 GAA and .938 SV%. The 29-year-old netminder has gone 9-3-4 with a 2.52 GAA and .917 SV% on the road this season and will be in tough vs. the Sharks tonight.
Jones allowed one goal on 21 shots in the Sharks’ win over the Flames on Tuesday. Jones has won four of his last five starts while posting a .919 SV%. Tonight he will take on the Oilers on home-ice, where he has played great this season. Jones is 9-4-0 with a 1.63 GAA and .933 SV% at the SAP Center.
Markstrom stopped 31 of 32 shots in the Canucks’s win over the Jets on Tuesday. Ryan Miller started and lost on Thursday, so Markstrom will be back in tonight in Calgary. The 26-year-old netminder has gone 2-5-1 with a 2.41 GAA and .916 SV% in seven starts and three relief appearances on the road this season.
Montoya stopped all five shots that he faced after replacing Carey Price in the Canadiens’ loss to the Sharks last Friday. Montoya is 2-3-2 with a 3.53 GAA and .887 SV% in seven starts on the road this season. Those numbers are a tad inflated by a 10-0 loss in Columbus back on November 4th. Tonight he gets a chance to redeem himself in Columbus, against a Blue Jackets team that has won 11 in a row.
Andersen stopped all 38 shots in the Maple Leafs’ shutout win in Colorado last night. It was Andersen’s 13th win and first shutout of the season and despite the back-to-back, he will go again tonight in Arizona. Andersen lost in a shootout in his first start vs. the Coyotes and has gone 4-3-4 with a 2.51 GAA and .926 SV% on the road this season.
White has picked up five points (2G / 3A) and 60 penalty minutes in 30 games this season. He will come out of the lineup and is listed as day-to-day with a lower-body injury.
