The Oilers have placed Ben Scrivens (hamstring) on IR.
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Elliott will be in goal for the Blues on Sunday.
Elliott allowed three goals on 29 shots in the Blues 6-3 win in Tampa Bay on Thursday. Despite posting an ugly 3.23 GAA and .897 SV% since the All Star break, Elliott has gone 4-2-0 over that stretch. He will face the Panthers for the first time tonight—Elliott enters play 7-4-1 with a 2.42 GAA and .913 SV% on the road.
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Lack is expected to be in goal for the Canucks.
Lack allowed four goals on 41 shots in the Canucks win in Chicago on Wednesday. He has stopped 77 of 83 shots (.928 SV%) that he has faced in his last two starts and one relief appearance. The first time he faced the Flames, he made 22 saves in a 1-0 loss.
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Crawford will start for the Blackhawks on Sunday.
Crawford allowed a single goal on 26 shots in the Blackhawks 3-1 win over the Devils on Friday. Crawford has won three out of his last four starts while posting a 2.23 GAA and .918 SV% in the process. He draws a tough assignment with the Penguins in town—in their last meeting he stopped 33 shots in the 3-2 shootout win.
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Fasth leads the Oilers onto the ice for warmups.
Fasth allowed three goals on 26 shots in the Oilers win in Montreal on Thursday. The win snapped a three-game losing streak for Fasth. He has gone 2-3-0 with a 3.38 GAA and .883 SV% in February. He has yet to face the Senators this season, but has gone 6-8-2 with a 3.33 GAA and .890 SV% on the road.
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Khudobin gets the call vs. the Wild.
Khudobin gave up five goals on 31 shots in the Hurricanes loss in Anaheim on February 3rd. He was the backup for the last three games, but will start tonight in Minnesota. Khudobin has gone 3-5-3 with a 2.87 GAA and .903 SV% on the road this season.
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Ramo gets the nod for the Flames.
Ramo stopped all five shots that he faced after replacing Jonas Hiller on Thursday. He makes his first start since January 7th. Ramo has gone 8-5-1 with a 2.60 GAA and .906 SV% so far this season. He will face the Canucks at home, where he is 4-3-1 this season.
Seguin (lower-body) is expected to miss 2-4 weeks.
Seguin will miss at least 14 days with a knee injury after last night's hit from Dmitry Kulikov. Kulikov will have a hearing and is likely to be suspended for at least five games, but that will be much less than Seguin misses. If he misses two weeks he will miss the Stars next seven games.
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Enroth will make his Stars debut on Saturday.
Enroth allowed two goals on 26 shots in the Sabres loss to the Senators in his last start with Buffalo. Now with the Stars he will have a much more potent offence in front of him. He went 13-21-2 with a 3.27 GAA and .903 SV% with the Sabres, but should made for a good start in his Stars debut in Colorado.
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Ramo is expected to start Saturday vs. the Canucks.
Ramo stopped all five shots that he faced after replacing Jonas Hiller on Thursday. He makes his first start since January 7th. Ramo has gone 8-5-1 with a 2.60 GAA and .906 SV% so far this season. He will face the Canucks at home, where he is 4-3-1 this season.
Call up / Send down
The Coyotes have assigned forward Brendan Shinnimin to Portland (AHL).
Shinnimin has recorded one assist and eight penalty minutes (PIM) in 11 games with the Coyotes this season. The 5-foot-10, 185-pound forward has also registered nine goals and 16 assists (25 points) with 45 PIM in 40 games with the Pirates.
Ekholm (upper-body) will be back in the Predators lineup on Saturday.
Ekholm has missed the last two games with an upper-body injury, but will be back in tonight vs. the Devils. Ekholm is expected to be paired with Victor Bartley. Ekholm has five goals, eight assists (13 points) and a plus-10 rating in 53 games this season.
MacArthur (illness) will not play on Saturday.
MacArthur is day-to-day with an illness, which means that J.G Pageau will likely be back in the lineup vs. the Oilers this afternoon.
Line Change
Jared Cowen will be a healthy scratch on Saturday.
Cowen has posted a minus-6 in the last five games and played a season-low 12:30 on Thursday. With Cowen out, either Patrick Wiercioch or Chris Philipps will get back into the lineup.
Goalie Start
Hutchinson starts Saturday in Detroit.
Hutchinson saved 29 of 30 shots in the Jets 2-1 overtime win over the Wild on Tuesday. He was given Thursday off, but the goalie rotation will continue as he goes tonight vs. the Red Wings. He has never faced the Red Wings, but enters play with 1-1-1 record, 2.41 GAA and .907 SV% in February.
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Dubnyk starts Saturday vs. the Hurricanes.
Dubnyk allowed one goal on 27 shots in the Wild’s win over the Panthers on Thursday. Duubnyk is 9-1-1 with a 1.48 GAA and .943 SV% in 12 starts with Minnesota. He has been sensational and draws a great matchup tonight with the Hurricanes in town—Dubnyk is 5-1-0 with a 1.34 GAA, .944 SV% and two shutouts in six starts at Xcel Energy Center.
Ellis (lower-body) is on the ice for the Predators morning skate.
Ellis has been sidelined with a lower-body injury since January 8th. His return to the Predators morning skate is a good sign that he is progressing well and close to being back in the lineup.
Call up / Send down
The Stars have recalled Brett Ritchie from Texas (AHL).
Ritchie, 21, has three goals and one assist in 10 games with the Stars this season. In 24 games with Texas he has 11 goals and seven assists (18 points) in 24 games. With Patrick Eaves and Tyler Seguin on IR, he will likely be in the lineup tonight.
Call up / Send down
The Stars have recalled Travis Morin from Texas (AHL).
Morin, 31, has no points in five games with the Stars this season. In 39 games, he has registered 40 points (15G / 25A) in 39 games with Texas. He will likely be in the lineup tonight with Tyler Seguin and Patrick Eaves on IR.
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