Reimer allowed three goals on 28 shots in the Mape Leafs loss to the Blackhawks on Friday. Jonathan Bernier started on Saturday, but it will be Reimer back in goal tonight in Philadelphia. Since returning to the Maple Leafs crease, he has gone 0-3-0 with a 2.42 GAA and .922 SV%. He’ll face a Flyers team that has won five of their last six games.
Hoffman left Monday’s game immediately after he crashed neck first into the post. The Senators are off until Thursday, so Hoffman has a couple of days to recover. Monitor his status during Wednesday’s practice.
Nugent-Hopkins suffered a hand injury after blocking a shot in Monday’s win over the Panthers. Nugent-Hopkins will miss an extended period of time and Connor McDavid is still sidelined, so the Oilers are left with just four healthy centres, Leon Draisaitl, Mark Letestu, Matt Hendricks and Anton Lander.
Pouliot was recalled this morning and was going to be in the lineup if Kris Letang was unavailable. Pouliot will be a healthy scratch, but should stay with the team with David Warsofsky out with a concussion.
After missing Sunday’s game vs. the Hurricanes, Letang will play tonight in St. Louis. David Warsofsky (concussion) will come out of the lineup for Letang. He has six goals and 22 assists (28 points) in 34 games this season.
Letang’s presence on the ice for warmups is a good sign that he will play tonight, but we will not know for sure until about five minutes before puck-drop, when the official roster report is released.
Letang missed Sunday’s game with a wrist injury but he will be a game-time decision tonight in St. Louis. If Letang can’t play, Derrick Pouliot, who was recalled this morning, will play.
Zatkoff gave up two goals on 35 shots in the Penguins win in Detroit on December 31st. Marc-Andre Fleury has started the last seven games including last night’s win over the Hurricanes, so Zatkoff will be between the pipes tonight in St. Louis. Zatkoff has gone 2-3-0 with a 2.01 GAA and .936 SV% on the road this year
Sedin will miss at least the next three games and could be out until after the All Star break. With Sedin out, Jared McCann is expected to skate on the Canucks top line between Daniel Sedin and Jannik Hansen.
Anderson allowed three goals on 33 shots in the Senators win in Los Angeles on Saturday. Anderson has gone 2-3-0 with a 2.59 GAA and .913 SV% in January. Tonight he’ll meet the Sharks for the second time this season—in their first game, he allowed two goals on 33 shots in the Senators 4-2 win. San Jose comes in having won five straight.
Johnson stopped 33 of 34 shots in the Sabres win over the Capitals on Saturday. It was Johnson’s first win since December 26th and 11th on the season. Tonight, Johnson will face the Coyotes for the second time this season—he stopped 18 of 20 shots in a win on December 4th. Coming off of a strong outing on Saturday, Johnson makes for a reasonable spot-star option tonight.
Stalock turned aside 21 of 22 shots in the Sharks win in Winnipeg last Tuesday. Martin Jones won two in a row, but they will turn to Stalock tonight vs. the Senators. Stalock faced Ottawa back on December 18th—he was beat for four goals on 35 shots in a 4-2 loss. However, he has a 1.99 GAA and .915 SV% on home ice this season.
Schneider stopped all 38 shots that he faced in the Devils’ shutout in in Arizona on Saturday. January hasn’t been a great month for the banged up Devils, but Schneider has now won two of his last three while allowing just three goals on 81 shots (.963 SV%). Tonight he takes on a Flames team that has lost three of four, but had played well in front of Jonas Hiller.
