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Carey Price(G)|SJS
Injury
Injury
Price (lower-body) returned to practice on Monday and will travel with the team on their two-game road trip.

Price has missed the last eight games with the lower-body injury but could return to the crease on Wednesday. Charlie Lindgren will start on Tuesday, but monitor Price’s status heading into Wednesday’s game in Nashville.

Source:
Richard Labbé 2017-11-20T12:30:32.000Z
Carey Price
Anders Lindback(G)|
Call up / Send down
Call up / Send down
The Predators have reassigned Anders Lindback to Milwaukee (AHL).

Lindback came up to be Pekka Rinne’ backup for a few games so Juuse Saros could get games in with Milwaukee. Lindback returns to the AHL where he has gone 8-3-0 with a 2.46 GAA and .918 SV% in 11 games this season.

Source:
Adam Vingan 2017-11-20T12:29:19.000Z
Anders Lindback
Juuse Saros(G)|NSH
Call up / Send down
Call up / Send down
The Predators have recalled Juuse Saros from Milwaukee (AHL).

The Predators sent Saros down over the weekend to get him a few starts because he has sat as Pekka Rinne’s backup for the majority of the season so far. The 22-year-old, who has struggled his four NHL appearance so far, didn’t fare much better in the AHL, giving up seven goals on 52 shots (.912 SV%). Saros is still a developing, young goalie with a bright future ahead of him, but until he turns it around this season he is better left on the waiver wire.

Source:
Adam Vingan 2017-11-20T10:51:03.000Z
Juuse Saros
Pontus Aberg(LW)|FA
Call up / Send down
Call up / Send down
The Predators have recalled Pontus Aberg from Milwaukee (AHL).

Aberg was with the Admirals on a conditioning stint and ripped it up, collecting four goals and two assists in six AHL games. He return to the Predators, where he has picked up two helpers in nine contests so far in 2017-18.

Source:
Adam Vingan 2017-11-20T10:47:20.000Z
Pontus Aberg
Julius Honka(RD)|FA
Call up / Send down
Call up / Send down
The Stars have recalled Julius Honka from Texas (AHL).

Honka failed to record a point in eight games with Texas, but has been called back up to the Stars, where he had no points and a minus-4 rating in six games earlier this season. There’s no word whether or not he will replace anyone on the blueline in Tuesday’s game.

Source:
Sean Shapiro 2017-11-20T10:44:47.000Z
Julius Honka
Frederik Andersen(G)|CAR
Goalie Start
Goalie Start
Andersen gets the nod vs. the Coyotes on Monday.

Andersen stopped all 33 shots that he faced in Saturday’s shutout win in Montreal. The win extended Andersen’s winning streak to five and his shutout streak to two. Tonight he will go for his third straight shutout against the last placed Arizona Coyotes. Andersen is a high-end option this evening.

Source:
Kristen Shilton 2017-11-20T11:01:15.000Z
Frederik Andersen
Braden Holtby(G)|FA
Goalie Start
Goalie Start
Holtby will likely start Monday vs. the Flames.

Holtby allowed one goal on 31 shots in the Capitals win over the Wild on Saturday. It was a nice bounce-back performance for Holtby, who had allowed six goals in Nashville in his previous outing. The 28-year-old has been very impressive in November, going 6-1-0 with a 2.35 GAA and .924 SV% in six starts. Tonight he faces the Flames on home-ice, where he is 6-2-0 with a 1.61 GAA and .949 SV%.

Source:
Tarik El-Bashir 2017-11-20T12:14:51.000Z
Braden Holtby
Frederik Andersen(G)|CAR
Goalie Start
Goalie Start
Andersen is expected to start Monday vs. the Coyotes.

Andersen stopped all 33 shots that he faced in Saturday’s shutout win in Montreal. The win extended Andersen’s winning streak to five and his shutout streak to two. Tonight he will go for his third straight shutout against the last placed Arizona Coyotes. Andersen is a high-end option this evening.

Source:
Dave McCarthy 2017-11-20T11:01:11.000Z
Frederik Andersen

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