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The Panthers have recalled Greg McKegg from Portland (AHL).

McKegg has registered 10 goals and 13 assists (23 points) in 47 games with Portland this season. He has appeared in six games with the Panthers, but has failed to record a point in his first 10 career NHL games.

Greg McKegg
Lehtonen was the first goalie off of the ice for the Stars.

Lehtonen allowed two goals on 23 shots in the Stars win over the Blackhawks on Friday. Antti Niemi struggled on Saturday, so it looks like the Stars will go back to Lehtonen tonight vs. the Kings. The 32-year-old netminder is 3-0-1 with a 2.23 GAA and .910 SV% in March, but gave up three goals on 29 shots in a 3-2 loss in his first start vs. Los Angeles.

Kari Lehtonen
Fleury starts Tuesday vs. the Islanders.

Fleury allowed three goals on 27 shots in the Penguins win in New York on Sunday. Fleury has won his last two starts and sits at 3-2-0 with a 2.44 GAA and .914 SV% in March. Tonight will be his third start of the season vs. the Islanders—he has gone 1-1-0 with a 2.02 GAA and .940 SV% in the first three meetings, but the Islanders come in on the tail-end of a back-to-back.

Marc-Andre Fleury
Lack starts Tuesday vs. the Capitals.

Lack allowed four goals on 30 shots in the Hurricanes loss to the Lightning on March 5th. Cam Ward started the last three games, but Lack will go tonight in Washington. Lack stopped 30 of 32 shots in a 4-2 win in his first start vs. the Capitals. Despite that performance, Lack has struggled to a 7-6-3 record, 2.76 GAA and .900 SV% on the road this season.

Eddie Lack
Holtby starts Tuesday vs. the Hurricanes.

Holtby allowed four goals on 30 shots in the Capitals loss in Los Angeles last Wednesday. Philipp Grubauer started on Saturday, but they will go back to Holtby tonight vs. the Hurricanes. Holtby faced the Hurricanes back in October, he stopped 18 of 19 shots in a 4-1 win, but has gone just 3-3-1 with a 2.79 GAA and .902 SV% in his last seven starts.

Braden Holtby
Anderson starts Tuesday vs. the Wild.

Anderson stopped all 29 shots that he faced in the Senators shutout win over the Maple Leafs on Saturday. It was a nice bounce-back performance from Anderson, who allowed six goals in his previous outing. Anderson is a strong 17-6-3 with a 2.13 GAA and .933 SV% on home ice, but he faces a Wild team that has won five of their last seven.

Craig Anderson
Bernier will start Tuesday vs. the Lightning.

Bernier stopped all 38 shots that he faced in the Maple Leafs 1-0 shutout win over the Red Wings on Sunday. It was a stellar performance from Bernier, who had lost 10 of his previous 11 starts entering Sunday. Tonight he will face the Lightning for the third time this season—he has gone 0-1-1 with a 3.00 GAA and .893 SV% in the first two meetings.

Jonathan Bernier
Mason will start Tuesday vs. the Red Wings.

Mason allowed four goals on 29 shots in the Flyers’ shootout loss to the Panthers on Saturday. The loss snapped his four-game winning streak, but he’ll still make his fifth consecutive start tonight vs. the Red Wings. Mason is 9-6-5 with a 2.23 GAA and .927 SV% on home ice and tonight he takes on a Detroit team that is 2-4-0 while averaging 2.00 goals per game in March.

Steve Mason
Bernier is in the starter's crease this morning.

Bernier stopped all 38 shots that he faced in the Maple Leafs 1-0 shutout win over the Red Wings on Sunday. It was a stellar performance from Bernier, who had lost 10 of his previous 11 starts entering Sunday. Tonight he will face the Lightning for the third time this season—he has gone 0-1-1 with a 3.00 GAA and .893 SV% in the first two meetings.

Jonathan Bernier
Anderson is in the starter's crease this morning.

Anderson stopped all 29 shots that he faced in the Senators shutout win over the Maple Leafs on Saturday. It was a nice bounce-back performance from Anderson, who allowed six goals in his previous outing. Anderson is a strong 17-6-3 with a 2.13 GAA and .933 SV% on home ice, but he faces a Wild team that has won five of their last seven.

Craig Anderson
Mason is in the starter's crease this morning.

Mason allowed four goals on 29 shots in the Flyers’ shootout loss to the Panthers on Saturday. The loss snapped his four-game winning streak, but he’ll still make his fifth consecutive start tonight vs. the Red Wings. Mason is 9-6-5 with a 2.23 GAA and .927 SV% on home ice and tonight he takes on a Detroit team that is 2-4-0 while averaging 2.00 goals per game in March.

Steve Mason
Rinne leads the Predators onto the ice for warmups.

Rinne surrendered three goals on 27 shots in the Predators loss in Vancouver on Saturday. Rinne has gone 3-1-1 with a 3.00 GAA and .904 SV% in the month of March. Tonight will make his third start vs. the Oilers—Rinne has gone 2-0-0 with a 0.50 GAA, .982 SV% and one shutout in the first two meetings.

Pekka Rinne
Quick leads the Kings onto the ice for warmups.

Quick allowed two goals on 24 shots in the Kings loss to New Jersey on Saturday. Quick has gone 3-1-1 with a 2.15 GAA and .904 SV% in March and tonight he’ll face the Blackhawks for the third time this season. Quick posted a 1-1-0 record with a 2.97 GAA and .875 SV% in their first two meetings of the year.

Jonathan Quick
Montoya will likely start Tuesday in Montreal.

Montoya allowed one goal on 16 shots after replacing Roberto Luongo in the Panthers loss to the Bruins on March 7th. Luongo started the last three games, including last night, so look for Montoya to got tonight in Montreal. The 31-year-old netminder has gone 6-3-0 with a 2.34 GAA and .916 SV% on the road this season.

Al Montoya
Reimer will start Tuesday vs. the Bruins.

Reimer stopped all 31 shots that he faced in the Sharks shutout win in Edmonton last Tuesday. Martin Jones started the last two games, but Reimer will start his third game with the Sharks tonight. He has stopped 53 of 56 shots (.946 SV%) in two starts with San Jose and has gone 1-1-1 with a 2.27 GAA and .935 SV% in three starts with the Bruins when he was with the Maple Leafs.

James Reimer
Kinkaid will start Monday in Anaheim.

Kinkaid allowed one goal on 23 shots in the Devils OT win in Los Angeles on Saturday. Kinkaid was named one of the NHL’s three stars this week after winning the first two games of the Devil’s road-trip, while stopping 52 of 53 shots (.981 SV%). He’ll be facing a Ducks team that has lost three in a row (0-2-1) after winning their 11 previous games.

Keith Kinkaid

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