Goalie Start
Miller starts for the Sabres.
Miller has played very well so far, but the Sabres are providing him with little in the way of goal support. He has a 2.29 GAA and .941 SV% but is still searching for the elusive first win.
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James van Riemsdyk will sit tonight.
He was a game-time decision but will sit. Mason Raymond will take his spot on the Leafs top line with Phil Kessel and Tyler Bozak.
Goalie Start
Jason LaBarbera starts for Edmonton.
LaBarbera allowed four goals on 20 shots in a loss to the Capitals last night. He will be back in the cage tonight with another tough matchup vs. Pittsburgh. Look elsewhere for your starter.
Line Change
Nate Prosser making season debut; Keith Ballard out - not feeling 100 percent
Prosser had no points in 17 games with the Wild last season.
Goalie Start
Kuemper will start for WIld.
Josh Harding started last night vs. Buffalo so it will be Kuemper who faces the Maple Leafs this evening. Tonight will be his fourth career start, he is 1-2-0 with a 2.08 GAA and .916 SV% in his previous three starts
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Smith will start for the Coyotes.
Smith allowed three goals on 34 shots in a win over Carolina on Sunday. It was Smith's second win in as many starts but his splits are still not where his owners would like them. His 3.01 GAA is still on the high-side but his .911 SV% is starting to work it's way closer to his career average (.913).
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Devan Dubnyk is likely to make his fifth start of the season for the Oilers.
Dubnyk hasn't been able to find his game yet, and that probably won't happen tonight vs. the super talented Penguins. He has yet to record a win in four starts, while posting a 5.43 GAA and .829 SV%. It is safe to say, I'd be leaving him on your bench tonight.
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Mike Smith is expected to get the start tonight.
Smith allowed three goals on 34 shots in a win over Carolina on Sunday. It was Smith's second win in as many starts but his splits are still not where his owners would like them. His 3.01 GAA is still on the high-side but his .911 SV% is starting to work it's way closer to his career average (.913).
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Craig Anderson gets the start for the Senators.
Anderson was yanked from his last start after allowing two goals on nine shots just 4:06 into the first period. Ottawa was dominated all night so it wasn't really Anderson's fault. He will face the 4-2-0 Coyotes tonight.
Philadelphia Flyers defenceman Chris Pronger is officially, unofficially retired. In an interview with The Hockey News, Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren confirmed that the 39-year-old defenceman’s playing days are over. "I'll say it, Chris is never going to play again," Holmgren said. "I have no problems saying it.
Pronger hasn’t played since 2011 as a result of post-concussion symptoms and an eye injury. The former Flyers captain has yet to officially retire, in part because if he did he would forfeit $7 million in salary in 2013-14 and $4 million next year. The Flyers signed Pronger to a seven-year, $34.55 million contract in 2009.
Columbus Blue Jackets forward Matt Calvert underwent surgery this morning to repair an abdominal injury, club General Manager Jarmo Kekalainen announced today.
Calvert is expected to miss six weeks. He has recorded seven hits, two takeaways and four shots on goal in three appearances thus far on the 2013-14 campaign.
Call up / Send down
Edmonton Oilers winger Ryan Jones is rejoining the struggling club, meeting them in Pittsburgh and he’ll be playing Tuesday night against the Penguins.
He has two goals in four games for the AHL Barons including a highlight reel goal this past weekend as the Barons beat the Iowa Stars. He went down with a good attitude, didn’t sulk, played lots of minutes, and now he’s back.
Valeri Nichushkin will be a healthy scratch tonight and Lane MacDermid will step in. Stars say it's chance for Nichushkin to take a breath.
Nichushkin dazzled in the preseason but has been dropped to the fourth line and has yet to record a point in four games.
Goalie Start
Quick is expected to start for the Kings.
Quick was given the night off on Sunday in Florida so it is a near certainty that he will be back in the net tonight in Tampa Bay. His last start was the best of the year so far, he turned away 27 of 28 shots in a win over the Hurricanes. He has a subpar matchup tonight against a Lightning team who are averaging 3.40 goals per game.
Goalie Start
Dan Ellis starts for the Stars.
Ellis was beat five times on 36 shots in the 5-1 loss to the Wild on Saturday. It wasn't the best first start as a Dallas Star but he will look to bounce back tonight in Colorado.
Goalie Start
MacDonald starts again tomorrow.
MacDonald will make his fifth straight start tomorrow in Anaheim. He has won each of his last two starts (vs. Montreal and New Jersey) with a 2.00 GAA and .929 SV%. The matchup with the Ducks is a tough one.
Line Change
Pierre-Marc Bouchard returns to the lineup Tuesday night for the Islanders.
Islanders head coach Jack Capuano said he’d yet to make a determination as to which forward will come out of the lineup to allow Bouchard to return, but it was likely to be Brock Nelson, who was a healthy scratch in Chicago on Friday.
Line Change
Mikhail Grigorenko is set to be scratched for the second time in four games.
Grigorenko has no points in six games. He started on the third line Monday with wingers Zemgus Girgensons and Brian Flynn but skated just 8:57. It was Grigorenko's second game with less than nine mintues in his last three outings.
Rasmus Ristolainen in; Jamie McBain out.
Rasmus Ristolainen, selected eighth overall in June, will return to the blue line tonight when the Sabres visit the New York Islanders. Ristolainen was minus-3 in the opening six games before getting scratched for Monday's 2-1 loss to Minnesota.
Michael Del Zotto (flu) is not making trip to Washington with team today; possible he could re-join them tomorrow, but doesn't sound likely.
Justin Falk would play if Del Zotto is unavailable. Del Zotto has no points and a minus-6 rating in five games.
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