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Anders Nilsson(G)|FA
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Nilsson will start Wednesday vs. the Predators.

Nilsson allowed three goals on 34 shots in the Canucks loss in Calgary last Saturday. Nilsson has been pretty solid this season, going 6-3-1 with a 2.71 GAA and .921 SV% on the season and one of his wins came against the Predators, who he’ll face again tonight—he stopped 29 of 32 shots in a 5-3 win on November 30th.

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Irfaan Gaffar 2017-12-13T17:06:32.000Z
Anders Nilsson
James Reimer(G)|OTT
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Reimer will start Thursday in Colorado.

Reimer allowed three goals on 28 shots in the Panthers overtime loss in Chicago on Tuesday. Reimer played great in the Panthers back-to-back, stopping 59 of the 63 shots (.937 SV%) that he faced. With Roberto Luongo out long-term the Panthers are going to need more performances like this from Reimer.

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Steve Goldstein 2017-12-14T09:32:44.000Z
James Reimer
Cory Schneider(G)|FA
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Schneider will start Thursday in Montreal.

Schneider stopped 16 of 17 shots in the Devils’ win over the Kings on Tuesday. Schneider has won three of his last four starts while posting a 2.01 GAA and .927 SV% and will make his 23rd start of the season tonight in Montreal. Schneider will be in tough as the Devils face the Canadiens without their top play in Taylor Hall.

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Andrew Gross 2017-12-14T09:27:14.000Z
Cory Schneider
Kari Lehtonen(G)|FA
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Lehtonen will start Wednesday in Brooklyn.

Lehtonen allowed one goal on 25 shots in the Stars shootout win in New York on Monday. It was a strong performance from Lehtonen who has now allowed just seven goals on the last 95 shots (.926 SV%) that he has faced. Tonight he takes on an Islanders team that has surprisingly dropped four of their last six (2-3-1).

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Sean Shapiro 2017-12-13T16:57:03.000Z
Kari Lehtonen
Taylor Hall(LW)|CAR
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Hall (lower-body) will not practice Wednesday; questionable to travel to Montreal.

Hall left last night’s game vs. the Kings after scoring two goals in 16:31 of ice-time. Hall has been excellent in 30 games this season, recording 11 goals and 20 assists (31 points). Monitor his status before the Devils depart for Montreal.

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Amanda Stein 2017-12-13T11:47:58.000Z
Taylor Hall
Craig Anderson(G)|FA
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Anderson is expected to start Wednesday vs. the Rangers.

Anderson allowed five goals on 50 shots in the Senators loss to the Sharks on Saturday. The Senators appear to be in free fall mode right now and Anderson has not recorded a win since November 11th—nine straight appearances. One of those losses came against the Rangers, who he will face again tonight—he allowed two goals on 26 shots in a 3-0 loss in New York in mid-November.

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Bruce Garrioch 2017-12-13T11:03:00.000Z
Craig Anderson

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