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Quick leads the Kings onto the ice for warmups.
Quick stopped all 45 shots that he faced in the Kings shutout win over Montreal last Wednesday. Jhonas Enroth got a surprising start on Saturday, so look for Quick to be back in goal tonight vs. the Sharks. He was lit up for five goals by the Sharks in the season opener, but you should have no concerns playing Quick tonight—he is 6-1-0 with a 1.95 GAA and .927 SV% in December.
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Rask leads the Bruins onto the ice warmups.
Rask allowed two goals on 32 shots in the Bruins win in Pittsburgh on Friday. Rask has won five straight starts while posting a 0.80 GAA and .972 SV%. He is red hot right now and with Jonas Gustavsson starting on Sunday Rask will get back into the net vs. the Blues. St. Louis comes in as winners of three of their last four.
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Gibson will start in goal on Tuesday.
Gibson allowed one goal on 19 shots after replacing Frederik Andersen in Monday’s loss in Brooklyn. The Ducks will wrap up their pre-Christmas schedule with a back-to-back tonight in New York. Gibson is 4-4-1 on the year but 0-2-0 with a 2.68 GAA and .905 SV% on the road this season. He is a great young goalie, but the lack of Ducks’ scoring will limit the amount of wins he collects.
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Thompson is expected to return to the Ducks lineup after serving his suspension.
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Quick was the first goalie off of the ice at the Kings morning skate.
Quick stopped all 45 shots that he faced in the Kings shutout win over Montreal last Wednesday. Jhonas Enroth got a surprising start on Saturday, so look for Quick to be back in goal tonight vs. the Sharks. He was lit up for five goals by the Sharks in the season opener, but you should have no concerns playing Quick tonight—he is 6-1-0 with a 1.95 GAA and .927 SV% in December.
Injury
Bouma (leg) has been activated from IR; expected to be in the lineup on Tuesday.
Vlasic (undisclosed) will be a game-time decision on Tuesday.
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Jones starts on Tuesday in Los Angeles.
Jones allowed four goals on 32 shots in the Sharks loss in Chicago on Sunday. Jones has allowed four goals in back-to-back games and comes in at 2-4-2 with a 2.94 GAA and .894 SV% in December. Tonight he will make his third start of the season against the Kings—he has gone 1-1-0 with a 2.50 GAA and .898 SV% in the first two meetings with his former team.
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Corrado will be back in the Maple Leafs lineup on Tuesday.
Ward (undisclosed) will not play on Tuesday; hopeful to return next Monday.
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Bernier will start again on Tuesday.
Bernier allowed four goals on 28 shots in the Maple Leafs 7-4 win over the Avalanche last night. He After not winning for the first two and a half months, Bernier has now won two in a row and will start on back-to-back nights. He has stopped 50 of the last 54 shots (.926 SV%) in those two wins. Tonight he will face a Coyotes team that is 2-1-1 while averaging 3.00 goals per game.
Call up / Send down
Smith-Pelly (lower-body) will return to the Canadiens lineup on Tuesday.
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Condon starts Tuesday in Montreal.
Condon allowed one goal on four shots after replacing Dustin Tokarski in last night’s 5-1 loss in Nashville. Condon has not recorded a win since December 1st. He has gone 0-5-0 with a 3.36 GAA and .854 SV% in five starts and two relief appearances since. Tonight he will face a Wild team that has won three of five while averaging 3.60 goals per game.
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Anderson will start Tuesday in Florida.
Anderson allowed two goals on 33 shots in the Senators win over the Sharks last Thursday. Andrew Hammond has started two of the last three games, but lost on Sunday, so Ottawa will go back to Anderson tonight in Florida. The veteran netminder is 5-4-0 with a 2.86 GAA and .916 SV% in December and tonight will be his second start vs. Florida—in the first meeting he made 25 saves in a 4-2 win.
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