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The Rangers have recalled Magnus Hellberg from Hartford (AHL).
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Raanta starts Sunday vs. the Islanders.
Raanta allowed two goals on 34 shots in the Rangers win in Washington on Friday night. Raanta has won three straight games while posting a 1.67 GAA and .949 SV%. Today he starts vs. the Islanders at Madison Square Garden, where he is 4-2-1 with a 1.96 GAA and .924 SV% this season.
Schenn (head) is on the ice for warmups; expected to be in the lineup.
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Bishop leads the Lightning onto the ice for warmups.
Bishop stopped 33 of 34 shots in the Lightning’s win in Ottawa on Thursday. Bishop has won five straight starts while posting a 1.20 GAA and .962 SV%. He has been red-hot and one of those wins came against the Hurricanes, who he’ll face again tonight—he stopped 29 of 31 shots in a 4-2 win that evening and makes for a strong start again tonight.
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Rask leads the Bruins onto the ice for warmups.
Rask allowed two goals on 27 shots in the Bruins win over the Blackhawks on Thursday. Rask has won five of his last six starts while posting a 2.00 GAA and .938 SV%. Tonight will be his third start vs. the Capitals—he has gone 0-2-0 with a 3.08 GAA and .898 SV% in their first two meetings. Washington is surprisingly 3-3-0 in their last six.
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McElhinney starts Saturday in Philadelphia.
McElhinney allowed one goal on 28 shots in the Blue Jackets shootout loss to the Red Wings on February 23rd. McElhinney is 2-6-3 with a 3.10 GAA and .895 SV% on the season and tonight he faces a Flyers team that has won four of their last six games.
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Luongo will start Monday vs. the Bruins.
Luongo allowed three goals on 26 shots in the Panthers loss in Colorado last Thursday. Al Montoya got the nod on Saturday, so Florida will come back to Luongo tonight vs. the Bruins. He has gone 3-2-1 with a 2.03 GAA and .925 SV% in his last six outings and 0-2-0 with a 2.59 GAA and .907 SV% in his first two starts vs. Boston this year.
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Montoya starts Saturday in Arizona.
Montoya allowed one goal on four shots before leaving his last start (Feb. 28) with an injury. He missed the last two games, but returns tonight in Arizona. Montoya has gone 6-2-0 with a 2.03 GAA and .927 SV% on the road this season and draws a great matchup tonight—the Coyotes have lost seven in a row.
Getzlaf (lower-body) is on the ice for warmups; expected to play vs. Los Angeles.
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Quick leads the Kings onto the ice for warmups.
Quick allowed two goals on 15 shots in the Kings win over the Canadiens on Thursday. Quick has won four of his last five while posting a 1.81 GAA and .930 SV%. He’ll be making his fourth start of the season vs. the Ducks—the 30-year-old is 1-2-0 with a3.85 GAA and .871 SV% in the first three meetings between the California rivals.
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Andersen leads the Ducks onto the ice for warmups.
Andersen turned aside 27 of 28 shots in the Ducks win in Arizona on Thursday. Andersen has won five in a row while posting a 1.79 GAA, .934 SV% and one shutout. Andersen has played very well this season, but has struggled a bit on the road—he has gone 8-7-3 with a 2.49 GAA and .915 SV% on the road.
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Markstrom will start Saturday in San Jose.
Markstrom allowed three goals on 24 shots in the Canucks loss to the Islanders on Tuesday. Markstrom has lost his last three starts while posting a terrible 4.39 GAA and .857 SV%. The Canucks have had trouble in goal this season and tonight’s matchup poses problems for Markstrom. San Jose pushed three by Ryan Miller on Thursday and have won three in a row.
Karlsson (undisclosed) will miss his second straight game.
Karlsson will miss a second straight game with an undisclosed injury, which means that Michael Haley will remain in the lineup. Karlsson is day-to-day.
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Rinne leads the Predators onto the ice for warmups.
Rinne allowed five goals on 33 shots in the Predators OT loss to the Devils on Friday. The loss snapped a four-game winning streak for Rinne, who will start his fifth straight game today in Colorado. This will be his third start vs. the Avalanche—he has gone 0-2-0 with a 3.62 GAA and .863 SV% in the first two meetings.
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The Blue Jackets did not hold a morning skate because of their back-to-back. Head coach John Tortorella is expected to announce his starter when he addresses the media at 5:45 p.m. EST.
Korpisalo allowed three goals on 36 shots in the Blue Jackets win over the Oilers last night. With Korpisalo having a busy night, the Blue Jackets could turn to Curtis McElhinney.
Hossa (leg) will not play on Sunday; could return Wednesday in St. Louis.
Hossa is progressing and was expected to play on Sunday, but he will be scratched tomorrow vs. Detroit, but appears to be on track to return Wednesday against the Blues.
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Crawford starts Sunday vs. the Red Wings.
Crawford allowed two goals on 33 shots in the Blackhawks win over the Red Wings on Wednesday. Scott Darling got the nod on Thursday, so they’ll go back to Crawford tonight vs. Detroit again. Crawford is 19-8-2 with a 1.77 GAA and .942 SV% in 29 starts on home ice this season.
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Hudler (visa issue) will be in the Panthers lineup on Saturday.
Hudler missed Thursday’s game due to a visa issue but will play tonight in Arizona. He had no points, one shot and a minus-2 rating in 13:56 TOI in his Panthers’ debut on Tuesday.
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Purcell (visa issue) will be in the Panthers lineup on Saturday.
Purcell missed Thursday’s game due to a visa issue but will play tonight in Arizona. Purcell had one assist and four shots on goal in 15:34 TOI in his Panthers’ debut on Tuesday.
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