Harding stopped all 19 shots that he faced in a shutout win over the Devils on Sunday. Harding has been outstanding to start the season going 7-2-1 with a 1.10 GAA and .950 SV% - he has clearly taken over the number-1 job in Minnesota. Continue to ride the hot hand, especially with Calgary in town.
Mason allowed three goals on 17 shots in Friday's 7-0 blowout vs. the Capitals. It was his first really bad outing of the year, so we will give him a pass and hopes he bounces back tonight vs. Carolina. He stopped 32 of 34 shots in a loss to the Hurricanes on October 6.
Hamilton had no points and was a minus-2 in two games with the Oilers. He missed 12 games with a knee injury.
St. Pierre was recalled from Hamilton on Monday and will skate on the Canadiens fourth line tonight. The 30-year-old has eight career NHL points in 38 games. This season with Hamilton he has three goals and five assists in seven games.
Eriksson missed five games with a concussion that he suffered on a hit from the Sabres' John Scott. He appears set to return tonight vs. his former team; Dallas.
Boychuk missed Saturday's contest but will be back tonight vs. the Stars. He will be paired with Zdeno Chara. Boychuk is a plus-4 with three assists in 12 games.
Eriksson missed five games with a concussion that he suffered on a hit from the Sabres' John Scott. He appears set to return tonight vs. his former team; Dallas. We will update when he is officially in or out.
Nabokov gave up four goals on 31 shots in a win over the Senators on Friday. He has given up at least three goals in all of his last five starts. Nabokov faces a Washington team who expects to get Alex Ovechkin back this evening.
Desharnais had 28 points in 48 games last season but has just one assist in 15 games to start the 2013-14 season.
Kris Versteeg draws into the lineup while Gomez takes a seat. He has one goal and three assists in 14 games.
Versteeg was a healthy scratch on Saturday, but he draw back into the lineup tonight. He will play on a line with Marcel Goc and Tomas Kopecky. Versteeg has two goals, three assists and a minus-7 rating in 13 games.
Foligno had just been moved to the first line with Brandon Dubinsky and Marian Gaborik, but he will not be in the lineup tonight. Artem Anisimov will slide into the top line LW spot, while Sean Collins draws in on the fourth line.
Washington gets their leading scorer back tonight after he sat out of the last two games. Ovechkin has had a strong start to the season scoring 10 and assisting on five in the first 20 games.
Markstrom gave up four goals on 23 shots in a 4-0 loss to the Blues on Friday. He has now lost each of his last five starts and has seen his GAA climb to 3.29 while his SV% is down to .881. Markstrom could get back into the win column tonight vs. a struggling Oilers team.
Rask allowed two goals on 23 shots in a shootout win over the Ducks on Thursday. He finished October 7-4-0 with a 1.73 GAA and .940 SV%. Rask kicks his November off vs. a .500 Stars team.
Fehr has posted a goal and five assists while averaging 13:09 TOI in 14 games. If Alex Ovechkin can't play, I would expect Fehr to draw back in - but as of now Ovi appears set to play.
Holtby stopped all 30 shots that he faced in a 7-0 win over the Flyers on Friday. Holtby was able to preserve the shutout for the last 15 minutes of the third after taking an unexpected whopping from Ray Emery. Tonight he takes on an Islanders team who ranks 10th in the NHL in scoring.
McElhinney stopped 24 of 26 shots in a 3-0 loss to the Penguins on Saturday. He played well but the Blue Jackets couldn't put one past Jeff Zatkoff. Tonight doesn't get much easier with the Senators 12th ranked offence in town.
Hellberg only played 12:12 in a relief effort, he allowed one goal on four shots in his only NHL appearance. He returns to the AHL where he is 1-2-0 with a 2.23 GAA and a .913 SV%.
In his first season in North America, Mazanec is 5-0-0 with a 1.97 GAA and .933 SV%. The 22-year-old was the 179th overall pick in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft.
