After the Preds acquired Devan Dubnyk on Wednesday, there was speculation that Hutton would get sent down, but he will start tonight. He allowed two goals on 24 shots in a win over the Flames on Tuesday. He will take on the Flyers who have won 10 of their last 13.
Howard stopped 44 of 45 shots in a 3-1 win over the Kings on Saturday. It was a fantastic display of goaltending on Saturday, but Howard needs to string a couple of strong outings together, he has been frustratingly inconsistent this season. Tonight he will face the Rangers for the second time, the Red Wings were defeated in OT the first time around.
Salo missed the last two games after suffering an ankle injury in the first period of Saturday's win over the Flyers. Andrej Sustr will come out of the lineup to make room for Salo.
There is still no definitive word on what Hamonic is dealing with, but we should get an update in the next 24 hours after he is reevaluated in New York.
Downie has been a healthy scratch for the last two games, but may return tonight. Head coach Craig Berube reiterated that he needs more intensity from Downie.
There was some concern that Hartnell would miss tonight's game after being hurt by a shot on Tuesday, but he will be in the lineup.
Parenteau's original timetable was six weeks, but it sounds like he is in-line to return sooner than that. It has already been over two weeks so there is a chance he could be back by early February.
Guenin has not played since January 4, but could return to the blueline next week. He has four assists and 14 PIMs in 38 games this season.
Scrivens will make his Oilers debut tonight after being acquired on Wednesday. Scrivens was 7-5-3 with a 1.97 GAA and .931 SV% with the Kings, but things are not going to be as easy in Edmonton. He has a good opportunity to uproot Ilya Bryzgalov as the Oilers' starter and that begins with a tough challenge vs. the Wild tonight.
Kuemper allowed three goals on 32 shots in a shootout loss against the Senators on Tuesday. Regardless of the loss, this marks three straight good games for Kuemper. Tonight he will take on an Oilers team who have lost seven of their last nine games and will have their new goalie in between the pipes tonight.
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.
Anderson stopped 32 of 33 shots in a 2-1 win over the Predators on Saturday. He was given Tuesday night off, but will be back in the cage tonight vs. the Habs. In his one previous start against Montreal he stopped 26 of 29 shots in a 4-3 OT win.
Sislo was not given much of a chance to produce at the NHL level. He averaged just 6:54 TOI and did not record a point in seven games. He returns to the AHL where he has 20 points (9G / 11A) in 27 games.
Lundqvist gave up two goals on 25 shots in a 2-1 loss to the Lightning on Tuesday. The loss snapped a three-game winning streak for 'King Henrik', but it was still a strain outing for the Swede. Tonight he will start vs. the Red Wings at MSG. He is 7-10-3 with a 2.44 GAA and .913 SV% at home this season.
Bishop was great in his return to the Lightning crease on Tuesday - he stopped 33 of 34 shots in a 2-1 win over the Rangers. It was Bishop's 23 win of the season which has him ranked third in the NHL, he is also 2nd in GAA (1.83) and tops in SV% (.937). The first time he faced the Islanders he stopped 32 of 34 shots in a 3-2 shootout win.
Thomas surrendered two goals on 33 shots in a 4-2 win against the Islanders on Tuesday. Thomas is 3-1-2 with a 1.90 GAA and .940 SV% in his last six starts but draws a difficult matchup tonight. The Sharks sit fifth in the NHL with 64 points and have the fifth best offence with 3.02 goals per game.
Mason allowed three goals on 19 shots in a 4-3 win over the Sabres on Tuesday. After being yanked in his previous start Mason didn't have the best outing, but was able to walk away with the W. In his first start against the Predators he allowed two goals on 36 shots in a 3-2 shootout win.
Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond played 4:34 and had one shot on goal in his Penguins debut on Wednesday.
Drazenovic played 10:18 and was a minus-1 with three shots on goal in his Penguins debut on Wednesday.
Returning Despres to the AHL suggests that Paul Martin is nearing a return. Despres has been a healthy scratch in the last three games. Overall he recorded four assists and 12 PIMs in 18 games.
