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The Bruins have recalled Alexander Khokhlachev from Providence (AHL).
Khokhlachev will make his NHL debut this afternoon. Khokhlachev has scored 21 goals and 36 assists (57 points) in 63 games with Providence this season.
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Khudobin will start the season finale for the Canes.
Khudobin allowed five goals on 21 shots in a loss to the Capitals on Thursday. It was a rough outing for Khudobin, but was only the second time in 33 starts that he allowed more than three goals. Today, he faces the Flyers who he is 2-0-0 with a 1.50 GAA and .929 SV% against this season.
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Holtby will start the season finale.
Holtby stopped 36 of 38 shots in Thursday's 5-2 win over the Hurricanes. He has won three starts in a row while allowing just six goals on 105 shots (.943 SV%). It has been forgettable season for the entire Capitals team, but Holtby is 23-15-3 which is not that bad all things considered.
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Heeter will start his first NHL game on Sunday.
Heeter has gone 16-25-2 with a 2.65 GAA ad .912 SV% with Adirondack (AHL) this season. He will make his NHL debut today vs. the Hurricanes. I wouldn't suggest starting a guy in his NHL debut on the final day of the fantasy season.
Roy (upper-body) will be back in the Blues lineup on Sunday.
Roy will centre Magnus Paajarvi and Dmitrij Jaskin after missing Friday's game.
Pietrangelo will be rested on Sunday.
The Blues will rest Pietrangelo this afternoon vs. the Red WIngs. They are already battling a ton of injuries, so won't risk any more key players getting hurt.
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Miller leads the Blues onto the ice for warmups.
Miller allowed three goals on 40 shots in a loss to the Stars on Friday. His losing streak has hit four games. The Blues will look for the W this afternoon to avoid playing the Blackhawks in the first round.
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Mrazek leads the Red Wings onto the ice for warmups.
After Columbus won last night, Detroit can not better their position in the standings so they will give Jimmy Howard the afternoon off despite being confirmed by Mike Babcock on Saturday.
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The Red Wings will rest Franzen on Sunday.
The Red Wings can't better their spot in the standings so they will get rest some key players today vs. St. Louis. WIth Franzen out, Todd Bertuzzi will play.
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Dekeyser will rest on Sunday.
The Red Wings can't better their spot in the standings so they will get rest some key players today vs. St. Louis. WIth DeKeyser out, Xavier Ouellet will play.
The Red Wings will rest Kronwall on Sunday.
The Red Wings can't better their spot in the standings so they will get rest some key players today vs. St. Louis. WIth Kronwall out, Ryan Sproul will make his NHL debut.
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Zatkoff starts for Pittsburgh.
Zatkoff allowed four goals on 20 shots in a loss to the Wild on March 5th. He will start the season finale after Marc-Andre Fleury started last night. Despite losing his last two outings, he is 12-6-1 with a 2.66 GAA and .911 SV% in his first NHL season. Should Fleury falter in the playoffs like he has in the last few seasons, Zatkoff will be the guy the Pens lean on.
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Varlamov will start Sunday.
Varlamov stopped 38 of 40 shots in a win over the Canucks on Thursday. He set the new Avalanche franchise record with 41 regular season wins. Varlamov has been unreal as of late, having won seven of his last eight starts. The Avalanche will give him the nod tonight to try and win the Central Division a season after finishing 29th in the NHL.
Hackett left the game Saturday against the Boston Bruins on a stretcher after a third-period collision with Torey Krug in the crease.
Hackett, 24, was scheduled to travel back to Buffalo with the team. "It doesn’t look good right now," Sabres coach Ted Nolan said. "We're going to wrap him up as best as we can and get him back home, get our doctors to look at him, but it doesn't look too good right now."After a delay of about seven minutes, Hackett was replaced by Connor Knapp, who made his NHL debut.
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Raanta starts for the Blackhawks.
Raanta stopped all seven shots that he faced in relief of Corey Crawford last night. He will start tonight looking for his 14th win of the season. Raanta has won his only start vs. the Preds and has gone 6-4-2 on the road this season.
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Mason starts for the Flyers.
Mason stopped 38 of 40 shots in win over the Panthers on Tuesday. The W clinched a playoff spot for the Flyers and earned Mason the night off on Thursday. He will likely start today and then get tomorrow off as he heads into the post-season as the Flyers number-1. A win today would be his 34th of the season, which would break his previous career-high set in his rookie season in 2008-09.
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Reimer will start for Toronto.
Remier allowed two goals on 33 shots in a loss to the Lightning on Tuesday. Ouch, this guy just can win this season. While this game is meaningless in the standings, the battle of Ontario is never meaningless to the Sens and Leafs. Each team will be looking for the W tonight.
Injury
Higgins (illness) will not play on Saturday.
Higins will be replaced by Jordan Schroeder.
Line Change
Bieksa out; Jason Garrison
With Frank Corrado playing the remaining games, a defenseman will come out each game. Garrison was out in the last game, but will be back in and Bieksa will sit tonight.
Alfredsson (undisclosed) will not play on Sunday.
Alfie will sit out of the Red Wings' season finale but will be ready for game 1 of the playoffs. Joakim Andersson will enter the lineup for Alfredsson.
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