Crawford allowed one goal on 25 shots in the Hawks 7-1 win over the Oilers last night. He was not scheduled to start the contest, but ended up getting the call because Antti Raanta got sick. He was spotted a 2-0 lead less than five minutes in a coasted to a win. It will be a much more difficult night tonight in Vancouver.
Hanzal will miss his fourth straight game with a lower-body injury. Head coach Dave Tippett thinks that Hanzal is a possibility for Tuesday if he continues to progress.
Bouwmeester will see his consecutive games played streak snapped at 737 games. He was injured in the Blues win over the Senators on Saturday afternoon. Look for Chris Butler to enter the lineup on Sunday vs. the Jets.
The Capitals, who do not play again until Wednesday and have a scheduled off-day Sunday, officially listed Green as day-to-day. “I don’t think it’s too serious,” Coach Barry Trotz said, “but I have not talked to my trainers yet.”
Burish, 31, had three points in 20 games with the Sharks this season. He will still carry a $925,000 against the Sharks cap while in the minors.
Tennyson, 24, becomes the eighth active defenseman on the Sharks roster. He has three goals and three assists in 17 games with Worcester.
Allen allowed four goals on 30 shots in the Blues’ 4-1 loss to Montreal on Thursday. The loss snapped Allen’s four-game winning streak, but he should be for great spot-start this afternoon in Winnipeg. Allen is 2-1-0 with a 1.67 GAA and .938 SV% on the road.
Pavelec allowed four goals on 27 shots in the Jets 4-3 loss to the Red Wings on Thursday. Despite losing his last four starts and Michael Hutchinson allowing just three goals in his last three, the Jets will turn to Pav again today vs. St. Louis.
Neuvirth has missed the last two games with a lower-body injury but with Nathan Lieuwen heading back to the AHL it suggests that Neuvirth should be good to go for Wednesda vs. the Jets.
Lieuwen served as Jhonas Enroth’s backup while Michal Neuvirth was sidelined with a lower-body injury. With Neuvirth healthy Lieuwen heads back to Rochester.
Burrows will miss his second straight game with an upper-body injury. Consider him day-to-day.
Lindblad registered one shot in 8:04 TOI in his season debut on Saturday. He goes back to Providence where he has six points in 16 games.
Caron did not play in Saturday’s game vs. Montreal. He heads back to Providence where he has posted nine points in nine games.
Smith allowed three goals on 27 shots in the Coyotes loss to the Stars on Thursday. Devan Dubnyk got the win last night, but in the second game of a back-to-back, Smith will be back in goal tonight in Anaheim. Smith is 4-10-1 with a 3.30 GAA and .890 SV% on the year, but one of those four wins came on November 7th in Anaheim.
Miller surrendered four goals on 32 shots in the 5-4 win over the Oilers on Wednesday. Miller is in the thick of his roughest stretch of this young season. He is 2-2-0 with a 4.28 GAA and .842 SV% in his last four starts and draws a rough matchup against a Chicago team who dismantled Edmonton last night.
Allen allowed four goals on 30 shots in the Blues’ 4-1 loss to Montreal on Thursday. The loss snapped Allen’s four-game winning streak, but he should be for great spot-start this afternoon in Winnipeg. Allen is 2-1-0 with a 1.67 GAA and .938 SV% on the road.
Raanta was scheduled to start his first game in nearly one month, but did not end up starting because he was "not feeling well". Crawford has gone 5-4-0 with a 2.11 GAA and .925 SV% in the month of November. If you accidentally left him in your lineup, you’re lucky because he draws a beauty of a matchup vs. the Oilers.
Raanta, who was scheduled to start his first game in nearly a month, did not start Saturday in Edmonton because he was "not feeling well". Corey Crawford draws the start in Raanta's place.
Ward gave up three goals on 39 shots in a loss to the Kings on Thursday. He has lost three of his last four with a 2.81 GAA and .913 SV%. Despite a rough stretch, Ward has been extremely consistent over the last month. He draws a strong matchup tonight vs. a banged up Avalanche team still struggling to score goals.
Lehtonen stopped 26 of 27 shots in the Stars 3-1 win over the Coyotes on Thursday. The win snapped a three game losing streak for Lehtonen, who is 3-5-0 with a 3.05 GAA and .903 SV% in November. It has been an ugly first quarter of the season for Lehtonen, but the Stars are hoping Thursday is a sign of things to come.
