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Talbot will start Wednesday in Colorado.

Talbot stopped all 31 shots that he faced in the Oilers’ shutout win vs. Chicago on Monday. It was an excellent outing for Talbot, who has won his last two starts while stopping 62 of 64 shots (.969 SV%). Tonight he will take on an Avalanche team that has won four of their last six games.

Cam Talbot
Talbot was the first goalie off of the ice at the Oilers' morning skate.

Talbot stopped all 31 shots that he faced in the Oilers’ shutout win vs. Chicago on Monday. It was an excellent outing for Talbot, who has won his last two starts while stopping 62 of 64 shots (.969 SV%). Tonight he will take on an Avalanche team that has won four of their last six games.

Cam Talbot
Jones will start Wednesday against the Blackhawks.

Jones stopped all 26 shots that he faced in the Sharks’ shutout win over the Devils’ on Monday. Jones has won four of his last six starts while posting a 1.50 GAA, .940 SV% and two shutouts. Despite his hot couple of weeks, Jones will be in tough against a Blackhawks team that is 13-5-2 on the year.

Martin Jones
Smith will be back in the Red Wings’ lineup on Wednesday.

Smith was a healthy scratch for the last two games, but he will re-enter the lineup tonight with Alexey Marchenko out with an upper-body injury. Smith has had a tough season so far, collecting just four points (2G / 2A) in 17 games.

Brendan Smith
Miller will start Wednesday in Arizona.

Miller allowed four goal on 21 shots in the Canucks’ win vs. the Stars on November 13th. Jacob Markstrom started the last three games, but Miller will go tonight in Arizona. Miller has gone 0-5-0 with a 3.93 GAA and .881 SV% in five starts on the road and tonight he faces a Coyotes team that is 1-2-2 in their last five.

Ryan Miller
Colborne will be back in the Avalanche lineup on Wednesday.

Colborne was a healthy scratch on Monday, but will return to the lineup tonight vs. Edmonton. Colborne will replace Mikhail Grigorenko and skate on the fourth line. He has three goals and one assist in 17 games this season.

Joe Colborne
Miller is expected to start Wednesday in Arizona.

Miller allowed four goal on 21 shots in the Canucks’ win vs. the Stars on November 13th. Jacob Markstrom started the last three games, but Miller will go tonight in Arizona. Miller has gone 0-5-0 with a 3.93 GAA and .881 SV% in five starts on the road and tonight he faces a Coyotes team that is 1-2-2 in their last five.

Ryan Miller
Smith will start Wednesday vs. the Canucks.

Smith stopped 43 of 45 shots in the Coyotes’ overtime win vs. San Jose on Saturday. It was a superb outing for Smith, who has stopped 65 of 69 shots (.942 SV%) since returning to the crease on November 16th. Tonight he makes for a strong start against the Canucks, who are 29th in the NHL in scoring.

Mike Smith
Rinne will start Wednesday against Dallas.

Rinne stopped 24 of 25 shots in the Predators’ win over the Lightning on Monday. Rinne has won five of his last six starts while posting a 1.18 GAA, .960 SV% and one shutout. Rinne has been one of the best goalies in the NHL in November and tonight he will face a Stars team that is tied for last in the NHL with 3.30 goals against per game.

Pekka Rinne
Hellebuyck will be in net in Minnesota.

Hellebuyck allowed three goals on 40 shots in the Jets’ loss in Carolina on Sunday. Hellebuyck lost his last two starts and is now 5-4-0 with a 2.66 GAA and .907 SV% in November. Tonight he faces the Wild in Minnesota—the 23-year-old is 2-3-0 with a 3.51 GAA and .881 SV% on the road this season.

Connor Hellebuyck
Budaj was the first goalie off of the ice at the Kings' morning skate.

Budaj allowed two goals on 30 shots in the Kings’ win in Anaheim on Monday. Budaj has won his last three starts while allowing two goals in each game and posting a .928 SV%. Tonight he faces a struggling Islanders team that has lost four of their last five and come in on the tail-end of a back-to-back.

Peter Budaj
Lehtonen was the first goalie off of the ice at the Stars' morning skate.

Lehtonen was yanked after allowing four goals on 13 shots in the Stars’ loss to the Oilers on Saturday. Lehtonen has gone 3-2-2 with a 3.81 GAA and .883 SV% in November and will be in tough tonight as he takes on a Predators team that won five of their last seven games.

Kari Lehtonen
Call up / Send down
Call up / Send down
The Jets have sent Quinton Howden to Manitoba (AHL).

Howden failed to record a point in five games with the Jets and with Drew Stafford returning to the lineup tonight, Howden heads back to Manitoba, where he has seven goals and two assists (nine points) in 11 games.

Quinton Howden

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