Hiller was pulled after he allowed four goals on 24 shots in the Flames 4-0 loss to the Penguins on Friday. Despite the rough outing, he will make his seventh consecutive start tonight. In his previous six games he went 4-2-0 with a 1.93 GAA and .922 SV%. He made 28 saves in a 3-1 win over the Sharks last Wednesday.
Smith allowed two goals on 25 shots in the Coyotes loss 3-1 to the Red Wings on Saturday night. Smith had a really good week, going 1-1-1 with a 1.30 GAA and .959 SV%, but has a tough start to this week with the Yotes in Chicago. In his first start vs. the Hawks, he allowed six goals on 51 shots in a 6-1 loss.
Rask made 39 saves on 40 shots in the Bruins win over the Islanders last night. Despite the busy evening, he will start on back-to-back nights for the fifth time this season. He is 0-2-2 with a 2.55 GAA and .916 SV% in the first four. He is also 0-2-0 with a 3.99 GAA and .848 SV% vs. Montreal.
Cormier, 24, will play with Adam Lowry out with an illness. Cormier has registered 10 points (5G / 5A) in 24 games with St. John’s (AHL). He has one goal and four assists in 49 career NHL games.
With Lowry taking a seat, Patrice Cormier will enter the lineup vs. the Avalanche. Consider Lowry day-to-day.
Pavelec allowed three goals on 33 shots in the Jets OT loss to the Canucks on Tuesday. After sitting on Friday, Pavelec will be back in goal tonight vs. the Avalanche. It will be his third start of the season vs. Colorado—he has went 1-0-1 with a 1.85 GAA and .918 SV% in the first two.
Ouellet was a healthy scratch for the last three games, so he will head back to Grand Rapids to get some games in. Alexey Marchenko will stay with the team for now.
Price stopped 21 of 23 shots that he faced in the Canadiens 6-2 win over the Devils last night. It was not that busy of a night for Price, so he will go again tonight in Boston. He is 3-0-0 with a 1.67 GAA and .940 SV% against Montreal this season. He is also 1-1-0 with a 2.03 GAA and .932 SV% on no rest.
Clutterbuck suffered an upper-body injury last night and was scratched from today’s game vs. the Sabres. With Clutterbuck out, Harry Zolnierczyk has been recalled and will play.
Kuemper finished his conditioning stint with a 2-3-0 record, 3.22 GAA and .891 SV%. It was not the best five game showing for the 24-year-old. However, the Wild have a back-to-back on Monday and Tuesday, so don’t be surprised to see him start one of those contests.
Vlasic missed Saturday’s game with what was originally believed to be an illness, but is now known as an upper-body injury. His movement ton IR means that Vlasic will miss at least seven days. They have recalled Dylan DeMelo from Worcester (AHL).
Wingels has missed the last seven games with a hand injury, but coach Todd McLellan said that Wingels is “really close” and could be back tomorrow. Monday will mark the three-week mark in a 3-4 week timetable for Wingels.
Mason had to be helped off of the ice and it did not look good for the Flyers net minder. He has had a really difficult time staying healthy this season. His most recent injury will force the Flyers to turn to Ray Emery as their number-1.
Getzlaf has missed the last two games with a lower-body injury, but skated this morning and it looks like he will return tonight vs. the Lightning. That would mean that William Karlsson will come out of the lineup.
With Anders Lindback losing to the Sabres last night, it will be Lehtonen tonight vs. the Rangers. He allowed four goals on 28 shots in a loss to the Lightning on Thursday. Since the All Star break he has gone 2-2-1 with a 2.79 GAA and .904 SV%.
Talbot allowed three goals on 23 shots in the Rangers loss to Nashville last night. He will start again tonight with the Stars in town. Since taking over for King Henrik, he is 1-1-0 with a 2.54 GAA and .884 SV%. He is risky start on no rest vs. the offensive Stars.
Bishop was yanked after allowing three goals on nine shots in the Lightning’s loss to the Kings last night. Despite the brutal outing, the Lightning will give him an opportunity to bounce-back right away tonight vs. Anaheim.
Garrison will miss his second straight game with a lower-body injury that he suffered on Thursday. Consider him day-to-day.
Stepan missed yesterday’s game with flu-like symptoms, but will be in the lineup tonight vs. the Stars. Jesper Fast will come out of the lineup with a knee injury.
Halak allowed two goals on 18 shots in the Islanders win in Philadelphia on Thursday. He was given last night off, but will be in tonight with an outstanding matchup in Buffalo. He is a must-start.
