Rask allowed one goal on 26 shots in the Bruins win in Toronto on Saturday. The victory snapped a four-game losing streak for Rask, who is now 5-3-2 with a 2.31 GAA and .921 SV% in March. Rask has not faced the Devils this season—the eight-year veteran has gone 16-7-3 with a 2.17 GAA and .931 SV% on the road this season.
Ward stopped 23 of 25 shots in the Hurricanes win over the Devils on Sunday. The win snapped a three-game losing streak for Ward, who is 3-1-2 with a 2.42 GAA and .907 SV% in March. Tonight Ward will face an Islanders team that has dropped five of their last seven games while averaging just 2.14 goals per game.
Lehtonen allowed three goals on 30 shots in the Stars loss in Arizona last Thursday. The loss snapped a three-game winning streak for Lehtonen, who is 6-2-1 with a 2.50 GAA and .905 SV% in March. Tonight he will face a Predators team, who played yesterday and come in having won five of their last seven games.
Zucker has been a healthy scratch for the last two games, but he will re-enter the lineup on Tuesday in place of the sick David Jones. Zucker has just one goal in his last nine games and has 13 goals and 10 assists (23 points) in 65 games this season. He will skate on the second line with Mikael Granlund and Thomas Vanek.
Jones missed Monday’s practice and will be held out of the lineup on Tuesday. He is listed as day-to-day and will be replaced by Jason Zucker. Jones has two goals and one assist in 12 games since being acquired from Calgary at the deadline.
Mozik had no points in four games since being called-up and will come out of the lineup tonight vs. the Bruins. With Mozik coming out, Seth Helgeson will re-enter the lineup.
Helgeson has been a healthy scratch in the last three games, but will return to the lineup tonight vs. Boston. Vojtech Mozik will be a healthy scratch with Helgeson coming back in. Helgeson has one assist in 17 games this season.
Matteau has been in the lineup for the last five games, but will be replaced by Jacob De La Rose in the lineup on Tuesday. Matteau has just one assist in 11 games since being acquired by the Canadiens at the trade deadline.
De La Rose has been a healthy scratch in the last two games, but he will replace Stefan Matteau in the lineup on Tuesday. De La Rose has just one assist and a minus-6 rating in 20 games with Montreal.
Kinkaid allowed three goals on 19 shots in the Devils loss in Columbus on March 19th. Scott Wedgewood started the last four games, but Kinkaid will go tonight vs. the Bruins. Kinkaid has given up a tonne of goals in March, but has gone 4-3-0 with a 2.58 GAA and .903 SV% on home ice this season.
Murray stopped 31 of 33 shots in the Penguins win over the Hurricanes on March 17th. Marc-Andre Fleury has started the last five games, but Murray will start vs. the Sabres tonight. The 21-year-old netminder has gone 4-2-1 with a 1.85 GAA and .935 SV% since being recalled and is 2-1-1 with a 1.97 GAA and .933 SV% on home ice.
Luongo allowed two goals on 35 shots in the Panthers win in Tampa Bay on Saturday. Luongo has won three of his last four starts with a 2.00 GAA and .939 SV%. He has played well recently and tonight he takes on a Maple Leafs team on the tail-end of a back-to-back—he is 2-0-0 with a 1.00 GAA and .964 SV% in his first two starts vs. Toronto.
Condon was yanked after allowing five goals on 19 shots in the Canadiens’ loss to the Rangers on Saturday. Condon has dropped four of his last five starts while posting a 4.09 GAA and .870 SV%. Tonight he faces the Red Wings for the first time this season—Detroit is battling for a playoff spot and they come in having won four of their last six while averaging 3.17 goals per game.
Kinkaid allowed three goals on 19 shots in the Devils loss in Columbus on March 19th. Scott Wedgewood started the last four games, but it looks like Kinkaid will go tonight vs. the Bruins. Kinkaid has given up a tonne of goals in March, but has gone 4-3-0 with a 2.58 GAA and .903 SV% on home ice this season.
Werenski, 18, was the eighth overall pick in 2015 and will report to Lake Erie (AHL) on a “tryout” while the Blue Jackets work on an entry-level deal for him. Werenski just finished up his second season at the University of Michigan, where he had 36 points (11G / 25A) in 36 games.
Kane suffered an upper-body injury in the second period of Monday’s loss in Detroit and likely won’t play tonight in Pittsburgh. If Kane isn’t able to play, look for Cal O’Reilly to get back in the Sabres lineup.
Greiss allowed six goals on 41 shots in the Islanders loss in Tampa Bay last Friday. J-F Berube has started two of the last three games, but they’ll go back to Greiss, who is on a personal four-game losing streak. The 30-year-old netminder has faltered since Jaroslav Halak went down. He is 3-5-1 with a 2.99 GAA and .907 SV% in March.
Varlamov allowed three goals on 35 shots in Colorado’s win in Nashville last night. With the Avalanche fighting for a playoff spot, they’ll go back to Varlamov for the second straight night. Varlamov has gone 5-3-0 with a 2.40 GAA and .932 SV% in March and tonight he will take on the Blues for the fourth time this season—surprisingly, the 27-year-old has gone 3-0-0 with a 1.60 GAA and .957 SV% while facing an average of 38.3 shots per game.
Bernier gave up two goals on 32 shots in the Maple Leafs’ 2-1 loss to the Bruins on Saturday. Garret Sparks got the nod last night in Tampa Bay, so Bernier will go tonight in Florida. March has been his best month of the season by far—so far he is 3-4-0 with a 1.90 GAA and .937 SV%. One of those losses came against the Panthers, he allowed two goals on 30 shots in a 4-1 loss on March 17th.
Quick allowed four goals on 29 shots in the Kings win over the Oilers on Saturday. The win snapped a three-game losing streak for Quick, who is now 38-20-4 with a 2.21 GAA, .918 SV% and four shutouts on the season. He will be looking for his first win over the Sharks this year—he is 0-2-0 with a 4.52 GAA and .833 SV% in the first two meetings.
