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Roberto Luongo(G)|FA
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Luongo leads the Panthers onto the ice for warmups.

Luongo allowed four goal on 39 shots in the Panthers’ loss to the Jets on Wednesday. Luongo was peppered by Winnipeg and ended up losing his third straight game and has posted a 2.86 GAA and .924 SV% over that stretch. Tonight he faces the Predators on home ice where he is 8-5-2 with a 2.29 GAA and .926 SV%.

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Doug Plagens 2017-01-06T19:00:03.000Z
Roberto Luongo
Brian Elliott(G)|FA
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Elliott will start Friday in Vancouver.

Elliott allowed one goal on 18 shots in the Flames’ win over the Avalanche on Wednesday. Elliott has now won five in a row while posting a 1.80 GAA and .922 SV%. One of those wins came against the Canucks two weeks ago—he stopped 13 of 14 shots in a 4-1 victory. He makes for a strong start tonight.

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Pat Steinberg 2017-01-06T15:35:37.000Z
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Connor Hellebuyck(G)|WPG
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Hellebuyck will start Saturday in Buffalo.

Hellebuyck allowed one goal on 32 shots in the Jets’ win in Florida on Wednesday. Hellebuyck has gone 5-2-0 with a 2.56 GAA and .920 SV% in his last seven outings and tonight he will start his 29th game of the season. He will take on a Buffalo team that has lost seven of their last nine (2-4-3), but the 23-year-old is 6-7-0 with a 2.96 GAA and .899 SV% on the road this season.

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Jeff Hamilton 2017-01-07T09:52:48.000Z
Connor Hellebuyck
Devan Dubnyk(G)|FA
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Dubnyk is expected to start Sunday in Anaheim.

Dubnyk allowed four goals on 34 shots in the Wild’s win in San Jose on Thursday. Thanks to the Wild’s offence, Dubnyk has gone 2-1-0 in his last three games despite allowing four goals in each contest. Tonight he will start the second game of a back-to-back in Anaheim—he is 9-3-3 with a 1.91 GAA and .943 SV% on the road this season.

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Michael Russo 2017-01-08T18:34:21.000Z
Devan Dubnyk
Darcy Kuemper(G)|LAK
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Kuemper will start Saturday in Los Angeles.

Kuemper allowed four goals on 35 shots in the Wild’s win in New York back on December 23rd. His starts are few and far between, but he’s won more often than not. To this point in the season, Kuemper is 4-2-1 with a 3.11 GAA and .904 SV% in seven outings, but is an unreal 3-1-1 with a 2.04 GAA, .932 SV% and one shutout in his career vs. the Kings.

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Michael Russo 2017-01-07T10:15:16.000Z
Darcy Kuemper
Brian Elliott(G)|FA
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Elliott was in the starter's crease this afternoon.

Elliott allowed one goal on 18 shots in the Flames’ win over the Avalanche on Wednesday. Elliott has now won five in a row while posting a 1.80 GAA and .922 SV%. One of those wins came against the Canucks two weeks ago—he stopped 13 of 14 shots in a 4-1 victory. He makes for a strong start tonight.

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Kristen Odland 2017-01-06T15:35:52.000Z
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Ryan Miller(G)|
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Miller will start Friday vs. the Flames.

Miller stopped all 22 shots that he faced in the Canucks’ shutout win over the Coyotes on Wednesday. Ummm… the Canucks have won five in a row and Miller is on a personal four-game winning streak, having allowed just five goals on 111 shots (.955 SV%). Tonight he faces the Flames for the second time—he stopped all 25 shots he faced in a shootout win in the season opener.

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Irfaan Gaffar 2017-01-06T14:18:09.000Z
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John Gibson(G)|DET
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Gibson will start Friday vs. the Coyotes.

Gibson stopped all 23 shots that he faced in the Ducks’ 2-0 shutout win over the Red Wings on Wednesday. Tonight will be Gibson’s seventh consecutive start—he has won three of the last six while posting a 1.94 GAA and .933 SV%. He has gone 9-4-1 on home ice and stopped 21 of 22 shots in a 5-1 win in his first start vs. the Coyotes.

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Eric Stephens 2017-01-06T14:20:00.000Z
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Thomas Greiss(G)|FA
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Greiss will start Friday in Colorado.

Greiss turned aside 32 of 34 shots in the Islanders win in Winnipeg on New Year’s Eve. Greiss has won three in a row while allowing just five goals on 113 shots (.956 SV%). Greiss has also gone 3-2-0 with a 2.12 GAA and .938 SV% on the road this season and makes for a great option against a bad Avalanche team.

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Arthur Staple 2017-01-06T14:11:53.000Z
Thomas Greiss

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