Miller stopped all 31 shots that he faced in the Canucks shutout win over the Penguins on Saturday. It as a nice bounce-back performance after allowing a combined eight goals in his two previous starts. He allowed three goals on 19 shots in a 4-2 loss to the Wild last Sunday.
Tanev has missed the last two games, but was back at the Canucks morning skate on Monday. He will be paired with Alexander Edler if he returns to the lineup.
Originally drafted by San Jose in the ninth round (219th overall) of the 1994 NHL Draft, the 39-year old Nabokov holds nearly every San Jose Sharks franchise goaltending record, including: games played (563), wins (154) and shutouts (50). Nabokov will make an announcement regarding the future of his hockey career on Wednesday, he is expected to retire as a Shark.
Raanta allowed one goal on 19 shots in the Blackhawks 2-0 loss to the Sharks on January 31st. Corey Crawford has started the last three games, including last night, so it will be Raanta in the second game of the back-to-back. Raanta has gone 7-0-0 with a 1.29 GAA and .959 SV% at home.
Dumont has four shots and a minus-1 rating while averaging 9:07 TOI in three games during his recall. The 24-year-old returns to Hamilton where he has 12 goals and 15 assists (27 points) in 40 games.
Stolarz, 21, was a second-round pick (45th overall) of the Flyers in 2012. He has gone 7-10-1 with a 3.04 GAA and .911 SV% in his rookie season with Lehigh Valley. He is likely not ready to play in the NHL, but with Steve Mason out at the NHL level and Rob Zepp out at the AHL level, the Flyers did not have a choice. He will back-up Ray Emery on Tuesday.
Emery stopped five of six shots after replacing the injured Steve Mason in the Flyers 3-1 win in Washington on Sunday. With Mason sidelined for an undetermined amount of time, it is Emery’s turn yet again. Tonight he will make his third start of the year against Montreal—in the previous two, Emery is 0-1-1 with a 4.32 GAA and .864 SV%.
Mason left Sunday’s game with a lower-body injury and it will keep him out of at least Tuesday’s game. Flyers GM Ron Hextall said he’d be “surprised” if Mason played at all during the Flyers’ upcoming three-game road-trip. Rob Zepp is also injured in the minors, so it looks like Ray Emery will start on Tuesday.
After tonight’s game, the Kings return home to take on the Flames on Thursday, so with Martinez not playing it made sense to send him home and let him rest. He is day-to-day with concussion-like symptoms.
Pouliot took part in in the Oilers morning skate, but will not be in the lineup tonight vs. the Devils. It will be the third straight game that he has missed, however his participation this morning is a good sign that he could be back on Tuesday vs. the Islanders.
Reimer made 31 saves on 32 shots in the Maple Leafs 5-1 win over the Oilers on Saturday night. It was Reimer’s first win since December 14th and just the Leafs second since January 1st. Reimer comes into play on Tuesday with a 7-11-0 record, 3.11 GAA and .907 SV% on the season. Coming off of a strong game, the Leafs will go back to him tonight vs. New York.
The Hurricanes are awaiting the results of Murphy’s MRI, but will miss Thursday’s game regardless. Consider him day-to-day until the MRI results are revealed.
Anderson will not travel with the team to Buffalo on Tuesday. He skated on his own this morning, but left prior to the team’s full practice. After Tuesday, the next game he could return in would be Thursday vs. Pittsburgh.
Lehner allowed three goals on 32 shots in the Senators 4-1 loss to the Blue Jackets on Saturday. Tonight he will make his sixth consecutive start with Craig Anderson still sidelined. In his previous five starts, he has gone 1-4-0 with a 2.62 GAA and .917 SV%. The Sens have scored a combined six goals in the four losses, so it is not on Lehner.
Scrivens allowed four goals on 33 shots in the Oilers loss in Calgary on January 31st. Viktor Fasth started the last three games, but it he will be Scrivens tonight in New Jersey. He has yet to face the Devils this season, but Scrivens is 0-7-5 with a 3.36 GAA and .885 SV% on the road.
Quick stopped 26 of 28 shots that he faced in the Kings 4-2 win over the Lightning on Saturday. It was an important win for Quick, who has had his fair-share of struggles this season. He enters play on Monday 16th in the NHL in wins (18), 23rd in GAA (2.51) and 28th in SV% (.910), not quite what owners were expecting when he was drafted in the second round (on average).
With Mike Smith getting all of the action at the NHL level, the Coyotes will likely rotate Domingue and Mike McKenna to keep both of them fresh. Domingue heads back to the AHL where he is 8-4-1 with a 2.40 GAA And .922 SV%.
With Mike Smith getting all of the action at the NHL level, the Coyotes will likely rotate McKenna and Domingue to keep both of them fresh. McKenna is 18-14-2 with a 2.09 GAA and .933 SV% with Portland this season.
With Niklas Svedberg’s conditioning stint finished, Subban gets sent down without seeing any NHL action. He has gone 9-10-2 with a 2.47 GAA and .921 SV% in 22 games with Providence this season.
Pouliot has missed the last two games with a foot injury, but his availability for the morning skate is a good sign that he could be back tonight. Monitor his status after the morning skate.
