Ortio allowed two goals on 25 shots in the Flames loss to the Blackhawks on Saturday. The loss pushed Ortio to 4-3-2 with a 2.33 GAA and .915 SV% in March. Tonight he will take on a Coyotes team that has won three in a row and six of their last eight while averaging 2.50 goals per game. The 24-year-old netminder has gone 1-3-1 with a 2.33 GAA and .928 SV% on the road in 2015-16.
Kunitz left Saturday's game with an upper-body injury and did not return. He was listed as a game-time decision, but is on the ice for warmups and could be in the lineup vs. the Rangers.
Darling stopped 31 of 32 shots in the Blackhawks’ 4-1 win in Calgary last night. It was a nice bounce-back game for Darling, who was yanked in his previous outing vs. Dallas. The 27-year-old has gone 2-3-1 with a 2.60 GAA and .914 SV% in March. He has not faced the Canucks this season, but they represent a quality matchup—Vancouver has lost seven in a row and have been shutout in four of their last five games.
Because of their schedule, the Devils have not practiced since Wednesday, so Schneider will get a start with Albany before potentially getting a start later in the week. Schneider has been sidelined since March 4th.
Kunitz left Saturday's game with an upper-body injury and did not return. He was listed as a game-time decision on Saturday and remains that way. Monitor his status during warmups at 7:00 p.m. ET.
Fleury allowed two goals on 23 shots in the Penguins win in Detroit last night. Fleury has won six of his last seven starts while posting a 1.99 GAA and .914 SV%. Fleury has gone 2-1-0 with a 2.00 GAA and .921 SV% vs. the Rangers this season. He will make his fourth start without rest and he is 1-2-0 with a 2.03 GAA and .924 SV% in the first three.
The Avalanche announced earlier in the week that MacKinnon would be shutdown for the week and reevaluate his status on Sunday. It doesn’t sound like he has improved as he and Matt Duchene will miss the Avs’ two-game road trip in Nashville and St. Louis.
The Avalanche announced earlier in the week that Duchene would be shutdown for the week and reevaluate his status on Sunday. It doesn’t sound like he has improved as he and Nathan MacKinnon will miss the Avs’ two-game road trip in Nashville and St. Louis.
Jordan has been a healthy scratch for the last two games, but will dress as a seventh defenseman tonight vs. the Devils. The Hurricanes have no healthy reserve forwards and Riley Nash is injured, so Jordan will suit up for his 34th game of the season—he has just one goal and no assists on the year.
Nash crashed hard into his own goalpost while chasing down Brock Nelson in Saturday’s overtime loss. Nash got up gingerly from the collision and will be held out of the lineup tonight. With no healthy reserve forwards on the roster, Michal Jordan will dress as a seventh defenseman.
Biega was a healthy scratch on Friday, but will be back in the lineup tonight vs. the Blackhawks. He has just four assists and a minus-14 rating in 43 games with Vancouver this season.
Pedan played 15:49 TOI in the Canucks loss in St. Louis on Friday, but will be healthy scratch for the second time in three games tonight vs. the Blackhawks. He will be replaced by Alex Biega.
McCann was a healthy scratch on Friday in St. Louis, but will replace Derek Dorsett in the lineup tonight. McCann has just one goal and five assists (six points) in his last 31 games and just 16 points (8G / 8A) in 63 games this season.
Wedgewood stopped the first 25 shots he faced before giving up a goal in overtime in Friday’s 1-0 loss to the Capitals. He has been sensational since being recalled from Albany, going 2-0-1 with a 0.66 GAA, .978 SV% and one shutout. He will look to keep things rolling against a Hurricanes team on a back-to-back, that has gone 1-2-4 while averaging 2.14 goals per game in their last seven.
Dorsett recently missed five games with an undisclosed injury, but returned for Friday’s game and will come back out of the lineup tonight. With Dorsett out, Jared McCann will be re-inserted into the lineup after serving as a healthy scratch.
Ward allowed three goals on 25 shots in the Hurricanes loss to the Sabres on Tuesday. Eddie Lack started the last two games, including last night, so Ward will make his 47th start of the season tonight. He has lost his last three starts while posting a 2.56 GAA and .901 SV% and is 1-1-0 with a 2.03 GAA and .909 SV% vs. the Devils this season.
Miller allowed two goals on 32 shots in the Canucks loss in Nashville on Thursday. The Canucks goalie rotation will continue tonight with Miller starting vs. the Blackhawks. The 35-year-old netminder is 1-4-1 with a 2.69 GAA and .924 SV% this month and is 1-1-0 with a 3.07 GAA and .897 SV% in two starts vs. Chicago this season.
Quick allowed three goals on 23 shots in the Kings loss to the Jets on Thursday. He has lost his last three starts while posting an ugly 3.01 GAA and .882 SV%. Despite a few rough starts in a row, he draws his fifth start vs. the Oilers of the season—he has gone 4-0-0 with a 2.00 GAA and .935 SV% in the first four meetings.
