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Lehtonen leads the Stars onto the ice for warmups; he starts vs. the Bruins.

Lehtonen stopped 31 of 33 shots in Tuesday's victory over the Oilers. The win snapped a four-game losing streak for the Finnish Olympian and was his 17th of the season. However chalking up his 18th win is not going the be easy with the Boston Bruins in town.

Kari Lehtonen
Johnson leads the Bruins onto the ice for warmups; he starts vs. the Stars.

Johnson allowed one goal on 17 shots after replacing Tuukka Rask in a loss to the Kings last Thursday. He will face the Stars tonight, they rank 25th in scoring and have lost six out of their last seven games.

Chad Johnson
Quick leads the Kings onto the ice for warmups and starts as expected.

Quick stopped all 28 shots that he faced in a 1-0 win over the Canucks on Monday. He has been excellent, showing no ill effects from his groin injury - he is 3-1-1 with a 1.39 GAA and .942 SV% in five starts. He has a horrible matchup tonight vs. a Blues team who have won 10 of their last 12 games.

Jonathan Quick
Stastny (leg) "probably will play Saturday in Nashville," Patrick Roy said. "It's still day to day, but the target is Nashville. I could be wrong by one game."

Stastny will miss his second straight game tonight but could be back in the lineup on Saturday. The Avalanche are dealing with a lot of injuries right now, but Stastny is the biggest of them all. Monitor his status as Saturday approaches.

Paul Stastny
Smith will be back in goal for the Coyotes.

Smith allowed two goals on 18 shots in a loss to the Blues on Tuesday. Smith has now lost nine straight games and sits at 15-13-8 on the year. Tonight he faces the Canucks for the third time this season, he is 1-0-1 with a 2.33 GAA and .923 SV% in the first two meetings.

Mike Smith
Pavelec will start for the Jets.

Pavelec allowed one goal on 19 shots in a win over the Coyotes on Monday. The W was his first since December 20 and snapped a six game losing streak. He has a solid chance to string two wins together with the Jets taking on the Flames tonight. Pav is 5-9-1 with a 2.84 GAA and .909 SV% this season.

Ondrej Pavelec
Stalock gets the start for the Sharks.

Stalock allowed two goals on 35 shots in a win over the Blackhawks on January 5. After sitting for the last four games, Stalock will draw back into the crease tonight. He enters play with 5-2-0 with a 2.03 GAA and .932 SV% and draws a strong matchup vs. the Panthers.

Alex Stalock
Crawford starts on Friday.

Crawford surrendered three goals on 26 shots in an overtime loss to the Avalanche on Tuesday. He is still searching for that elusive first win since returning from his lower-body injury. It won't be easy on Friday either when he takes on the NHL's best Anaheim Ducks.

Corey Crawford
Quick was the first goalie off of the ice at the morning skate; expected to start.

Quick stopped all 28 shots that he faced in a 1-0 win over the Canucks on Monday. He has been excellent, showing no ill effects from his groin injury - he is 3-1-1 with a 1.39 GAA and .942 SV% in five starts. He has a horrible matchup tonight vs. a Blues team who have won 10 of their last 12 games.

Jonathan Quick
Berra starts for the Flames.

Berra allowed two goals on 26 shots in a loss to the Penguins on Saturday. He has now lost his last five starts and hasn't recorded a W since December 23. Tonight he takes on the Jets who are 1-0 under new head coach Paul Maurice.

Reto Berra
Stalock was the first goalie off of the ice at the Sharks' morning skate; expect him to start.

Stalock allowed two goals on 35 shots in a win over the Blackhawks on January 5. After sitting for the last four games, Stalock will draw back into the crease tonight. He enters play with 5-2-0 with a 2.03 GAA and .932 SV% and draws a strong matchup vs. the Panthers.

Alex Stalock
Call up / Send down
Call up / Send down
The Jets have recalled Carl Klingberg from St. John's (AHL).

Klingberg, 22, has played in 33 games with the IceCaps so far this season. In that time, the he has recorded 18 points (11G / 7A) and 20 penalty minutes. He has played in seven career NHL games between Atlanta and Winnipeg where he recorded four penalty minutes.

Carl Klingberg
The Jets have placed Evander Kane (hand) on injured reserve retroactive to January 7.

Kane will miss his third straight game tonight, but will be eligible to come off of IR as soon as he is healthy. It doesn't sound like Kane is making too much progress, but continue to monitor his status heading into Saturday's game. His placement on IR allowed the Jets to recall Carl Klingberg.

Evander Kane
Hemsky (ankle) is out tonight.

Hemsky took a puck in the ankle on Tuesday and that will keep him out of action tonight. Jesse Joensuu will enter the lineup in Hemsky's place. There is no word on how severe the ankle injury is, but consider him day-to-day for now.

Ales Hemsky

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