Elias tweaked his knee in the morning skate; will not play on Tuesday.
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Injury
Klein (oblique) skated this morning, but will not play vs. the Ducks.
The Panthers have activated Alex Petrovic from IR; expected to play on Tuesday.
Call up / Send down
The Panthers sent Dylan Olsen to Portland (AHL) on Monday.
Call up / Send down
The Panthers sent Rocco Grimaldi to Portland (AHL) on Monday.
Call up / Send down
The Capitals have sent Connor Carrick back to Hershey (AHL).
Goalie Start
Lundqvist will start Tuesday vs. the Ducks.
Lundqvist was pulled after allowing five goals on 24 shots i the Rangers blowout 7-3 loss to the Capitals on Sunday. Yikes! Lundqvist has lost three in a row while posting a dreadful 5.37 GAA and .856 SV%. He’s had a terrible month, but tonight he could be able to get back on track against the Ducks and their league worst offence.
Rinaldo (upper-body) has been activated from IR; will be in the lineup on Tuesday.
Call up / Send down
Injury
Goalie Start
Bishop will be in goal on Tuesday vs. the Canucks.
Bishop surrendered two goals on 25 shots in the Lightning’s win over the Senators on Sunday. The win pushed him to 5-2-0 with a 1.89 GAA and .930 SV% in December. Tonight he will see a Canucks team that has lost four of their last five, so make sure Bishop is active in all formats.
Goalie Start
Howard will start Tuesday vs. the Devils.
Howard allowed three goals on 40 shots in the Red Wings’ shootout loss to the Canucks on Friday. Howard has lost three in a row, two in a shootout, one in overtime, while posting a 2.49 GAA and .932 SV%. One of the overtime losses came against the Devils, who he will again tonight in Detroit—Howard is 5-4-1 with a 2.16 GAA and .922 SV% at home.
Goalie Start
Luongo will start Tuesday vs. the Senators.
Luongo gave up four goals on 34 shots, but walked away with the shootout win over his former team on Sunday. He has now won three in a row while posting a 1.63 GAA and .946 SV%. Luongo has been extremely streaky this season and tonight he will face a banged up Senators team for the second time—he gave up three goals on 22 shots in a 4-2 loss in their first meeting.
Goalie Start
Howard is in the starter's crease this morning.
Howard allowed three goals on 40 shots in the Red Wings’ shootout loss to the Canucks on Friday. Howard has lost three in a row, two in a shootout, one in overtime, while posting a 2.49 GAA and .932 SV%. One of the overtime losses came against the Devils, who he will again tonight in Detroit—Howard is 5-4-1 with a 2.16 GAA and .922 SV% at home.
Goalie Start
Rask will likely start on Tuesday.
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 and Rask skipping today’s optional morning skate, look for Rask to get back into the net vs. the Blues. St. Louis comes in as winners of three of their last four.
Line Change
Haula will draw back into the Wild lineup on Tuesday.
Haula has served as a healthy scratch for the last three games, but he will get back into the lineup, likely for Jarret Stoll on Tuesday. Haula has just two goals and two assists (four points) in 28 games this season.
Goalie Start
Kuemper will start on Tuesday vs. the Canadiens.
Kuemper allowed two goals on 31 shots in the Wild’s win over the Canucks last Tuesday. When Devan Dubnyk got hurt, Kuemper impressed, going 2-0-2 with a 1.48 GAA and .938 SV% in four starts. Dubnyk started last night, so it will be Kuemper to wrap up the Wild’s pre-Christmas schedule tonight against the sliding Canadiens.
Elias will be back in the Devils lineup on Tuesday.
Elias was a healthy scratch on Sunday, but the Devils were on the tail-end of a back-to-back and head coach John Hynes said it was more of a maintenance day for Elias than a healthy scratch. There is no word on who will come out of the lineup for Elias, but we will find out during the Devils’ morning skate in Detroit.
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