Fleury allowed three goals on 21 shots in the Penguins OT loss in Carolina on Tuesday. Fleury is 2-1-2 with a 2.16 GAA and .932 SV% in January and tonight will be his sixth consecutive start. He will take on a Tampa Bay Lightning team that has won three in a row, outscoring their opponent 10-4.
Gustavsson allowed one goal on 20 shots in the Bruins win in New Jersey last Friday. Gustavsson has gone 7-3-1 with a 2.44 GAA and .909 SV% this season and tonight he will look to get revenge against the Sabres. In their first meeting, Gustavsson was lit up for four goals in a 6-3 loss.
Condon allowed two goals on 33 shots in the Canadiens loss to the Blackhawks on Thursday. Everyone is losing to Chicago right now, so look for Condon to bounce back tonight. He has gone 2-2-0 with a 1.52 GAA and .946 SV% in January and tonight he meets a Blues team that has lost six of their last eight contests.
Vasilevskiy allowed two goals on 23 shots in the Lightning’s win in Vancouver last Saturday. Vasilevskiy has won three straight games while posting a 2.52 GAA and .913 SV%. He hasn’t had a lot of work this season, but he has played OK when called upon. Tonight he takes on a Penguins team that has lost three of four.
Lehner allowed one goal on 12 shots before spraining his ankle back on October 8th. He went 1-2-0 with a 3.36 GAA and .888 SV% on his conditioning stint in Rochester (AHL) and tonight he makes his return to the NHL. He is 30-36-13 with a 2.88 GAA and .914 SV% in his career, which includes 11 starts vs. Boston—he is 3-5-2 with a 2.68 GAA and .925 SV% in those games.
Rinne allowed three goals on 23 shots in the Predators loss in Chicago on Tuesday. Rinne has dropped his last three starts while posting a 3.47 GAA and .848 SV%. It hasn’t been a pretty year for Rinne, who is expected to start tonight in Winnipeg—he has gone 4-9-3 with a 3.00 GAA and .888 SV% on the road this season.
Hellebuyck gave up three goals on 26 shots in the Jets loss to the Sharks on Tuesday. Hellebuyck has lost three straight games, posting a 2.30 GAA and .910 SV% in the process. Hellebuyck takes on a Predators team that has lost four in a row and six out of their last seven.
Kassian, who was traded in the preseason to Montreal, never played a game with the Habs. After being acquired by the Oilers, he collected one goal in four games with the Bakersfield Condors. He is a big body presence and could work his way up the lineup, but expect him to start in the bottom-6 on Thursday.
Yakupov will be in the lineup for the first time since November 25th. He missed time with a high ankle sprain but will be back in the lineup tonight and should skate on the third line and see some power-play time. Yakupov performed much better with Connor McDavid than he did without, so don’t expect a tonne of offence until 97 gets back.
Jones allowed four goals on 35 shots in the Sharks win in Calgary on Monday. He has won two in a row and four of his last seven. Tonight he will face the Oilers for the second time this season—in the first meeting he allowed four goals on 20 shots in a 4-3 loss. Jones is 5-10-0 on home ice this season.
Talbot allowed two goals on 14 shots in the Oilers loss to the Panthers on Sunday. He has lost hie last two games after allowing a combined five goals on 40 shots (.875 SV%). Tonight he gets the call in San Jose—Talbot has gone 2-6-2 with a 3.01 GAA and .901 SV% in cities not name Edmonton this season.
Grigorenko played just 7:48 on Tuesday and is a minus-3 with one goal in his last eight contests. He will be replaced by Chris Wagner.
Wagner has just three goals in 24 games with the Avalanche this season and tonight will be his first game since December 12th. With Wagner back in, Mikhail Grigorenko will be a healthy scratch.
Schneider allowed one goal on 18 shots in the Devils win in Minnesota on Sunday. Keith Kinkaid got the call on Tuesday, so they’ll go back to Schneider tonight in Colorado. The Avalanche are an inconsistent team, but have the ability to score in bunches. Schneider is 11-5-2 with a 1.98 GAA and .935 SV% on the road.
