Compher (illness) is on the ice for warmups and is expected to play Saturday.
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Luukkonen will start Saturday vs. the Red Wings.
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Knight will start Saturday against the Islanders.
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Jiricek will be a healthy scratch Saturday in Nashville.
Jiricek played the last two games but will continue to rotate with Jordan Harris in Saturday's game in Nashville. Jiriceck has on assists in two games this season.
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Tarasov will start Saturday in Nashville.
Tarasov allowed two goals on 28 shots in the Blue Jackets win over the Maple Leafs on Tuesday. It was an outstanding game for Tarasov, who will start his fourth straight game on Saturday. Tarasov has gone 3-1-0 with a 3.29 GAA and .888 SV% in four starts this season.
Konecny (undisclosed) will play Saturday vs. the Wild.
Konecny missed Friday's practice but is good to go for Saturday's game vs. The Wild. Konecny comes into play with three goals and one assist in seven games this season.
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Fleury will start Tuesday in Pittsburgh.
Minnesota will turn to Fleury between the pipes for the second time in the last three games in what may be the veteran netminder's final game in Pittsburgh against the Penguins, the team that drafted him. Fleury struggled in his first game of the season, allowing four goals on 34 shots in a 5-4 shootout loss to the Seattle Kraken, and did not get another chance to play for nearly two weeks but was stellar in that performance, saving 24 of 26 shots (.923 SV%) in a 4-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning. Minnesota enters the action on Tuesday as -118 road favorites against a Pittsburgh club riding a five-game losing skid.
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Gustavsson will start Saturday in Philadelphia,
Gustavsson stopped 24 of 25 shots in the Wild's win in Florida on Tuesday. Gustavsson has won won three in a row while giving up just three goals on 77 shots (.961 SV%). This afternoon he'll get the start in Philadelphia, where the Wild are -125 road favourites.
Timmins is expected to be a healthy scratch on Saturday.
Timmins played in four straight games but will come out of the lineup on Saturday so Philippe Myers can make his season debut. Timmins has picked up two assists in seven games this season.
Myers is expected to make his season debut on Saturday.
Myers spent most of last season in the AHL, where he had 23 points (4G / 19A) in 61 games with the Syracuse Crunch. He signed with the Maple Leafs this summer and will make his Maple Leafs debut on Saturday, replacing Conor Timmins on the blueline.
Holmberg is expected to be a healthy scratch on Saturday.
Holmberg has played in all eight games so far this season but will be replaced by Max Pacioretty in the lineup on Saturday. Holmberg has one assist, seven SOG and a minus-3 rating through eight games this season.
Pacioretty (lower-body) is expected to be back in the Maple Leafs lineup on Saturday.
Pacioretty missed Thursday's game vs. The Blues but he will replace Pontus Holmberg in the lineup on Saturday. Pacioretty has scored two goals on seven SOG in five games this season.
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Bäck is expected to be a healthy scratch on Saturday.
Back will come out of the lineup for Maverik Bourque on Saturday. The Stars will likely continue to rotate through their talented depth forwards on a game-by-game basis, so it probably won't be long before Back gets back in. The 24-year-old has one assist in seven games this season.
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Bourque is expected to be back in the Stars lineup on Saturday.
Bourque was a healthy scratch on Thursday but will replace Oskar Back in the lineup on Saturday. The Stars will likely continue to rotate through their talented depth forwards game-by-game. Bourque has picked up one assist in four games this season.
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Oettinger will start Saturday vs. the Blackhawks.
Oettinger allowed three goals on 24 shots in the Stars loss in Buffalo on Tuesday. The loss snapped a four-game winning streak to start the season for Oettinger, who now owns a 1.81 GAA and .941 SV% through five starts. Tonight he gets the nod vs. the Blackhawks and the Stars are the biggest favourites (-347) on Saturday's 14-game slate.
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Johnson will draw into the Flyers lineup on Saturday.
Johnson was a healthy scratch for the last two games but will replace Cam York in the lineup on Saturday. With York out for two weeks with an upper-body injury, expect Johnson to play more regularly moving forward.
York (upper-body) will miss at least two weeks.
York suffered an upper-body injury late in Wednesday's loss in Washington and will miss at least the next two weeks. Erik Johnson will replace York in the lineup on Saturday but Rasmus Ristolainen will move up to the top pair to take on additional minutes in York's absence.
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Knight was the first goalie off the ice at the Panthers morning skate; expected to start vs. the Islanders.
Knight stopped all six shots that he faced after replacing Sergei Bobrovsky in the Panthers' loss to the Wild on Tuesday. Thought three appearances (two starts) this season, Knight has a 3.04 GAA and .900 SV%. On Saturday he'll face the Islanders and the Panthers enter play as -137 road favourites.
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Lindgren will start Saturday in Tampa.
Lindgren allowed one goal on 18 shots in the Capitals win in Philadelphia on Tuesday. The Capitals have been alternating between Lindgren and Logan Thompson to being the season, so Lindgren will get the start Saturday in Tampa. He's 2-1-0 with a. 2.36 GAA and .905 SV% through three games.
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Swayman will start Saturday vs. the Maple Leafs.
Swayman gave up four goals on 31 shots in the Bruins' loss to the Stars on Thursday. The loss extended Swayman's losing streak to four games and he's posted a 3.26 GAA and .900 SV% during that stretch. Tonight he will face a Maple Leafs team that he was 3-0 with a 1.30 GAA and .959 SV% aagainst last season.
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