Kari Lehtonen says he's ready to go Thursday.
Lehtonen says he is ready to go tomorrow so it is likely that he will get the start. However we will wait until tomorrow to confirm him. It would be Lehtonen's first start since February 15.
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Injury
#Blackhawks center Dave Bolland won't play against the #Blues.
Bolland has missed the Blackhawks last two games and will miss tomorrow as well.
Goalie Start
Halak will start tomorrow vs. Chicago.
Halak has allowed one goal on 20 shots in each of his last two games since coming back from injury. One of those games resulted in a win and the other a loss when the Blues were shutout by Colorado. Halak has a tough matchup tomorrow vs. a Blackhawks team that still hasn't lost in regulation, but it has to come to an end sometime... Maybe it'll be Halak who will get the job done.
Goalie Start
Garon will start tomorrow for Tampa Bay.
Garon's 2.63 GAA and .916 SV% aren't bad numbers but he isn't winning games. The Lightning are the highest scoring team in the NHL but Garon isn't getting the goal support Lindback was. Who knows what his matchup is like? It seems like it would be tough to go up against the Rangers and Henrik Lundqvist, but Winnipeg just beat them so Tampa Bay should be able to right?
Goalie Start
Crawford will start tomorrow for the Blackhawks.
Crawford recorded a shutout in his first game back from injury so it is safe to say that he has recovered fully. He has a tough matchup tomorrow vs. St. Louis, but is there really such thing as a tough matchup for Chicago at this point? Roll Crawford with confidence.
Goalie Start
Viktor Fasth the first goalie off the ice at #NHLDucks morning skate.
Fasth finally lost his first game of the season after starting 8-0-0. He gave up four goals on 24 shots in a 5-2 loss to the Kings. He has already faced Nashville on two ocasions this season and won both in a shootout. He will likely face Pekka Rinne so he will have to play well if he is going to earn the win.
Goalie Start
Jonathan Bernier left the ice first at this morning's skate.
Bernier has won all of his last three starts while posting a 1.80 GAA and .916 SV%. However the Red Wings proved your prior GAA means nothing when they lit up Luongo for eight goals on Sunday. Luongo came into that game with the lowest GAA in the NHL. The Kings are on a roll right now having won four straight. Bernier could make for a nice spot start should the Kings hold the Red Wings offense to a minimum.
Goalie Start
Price will start tonight for the Habs.
Price stopped 40 of 41 shots that he's faced in his last two starts. He has a solid matchup tonight against Toronto, one of Montreal's biggest rivals. When these two teams get together anything can happen, but Price has earned the trust of fantasy owners and is a must-start regardless of matchup.
Alex Steen is day-to-day with an upper body injury.
Steen and Andy McDonald went down in practice yesterday. McDonald was placed on IR with a left knee injury but Steen is only day-to-day. Monitor his status before tomorrow's game.
Andy McDonald has been placed on IR with a left knee injury.
McDonald got tangled up with Alex Steen in practice yesterday and left the ice without putting any weight on his left leg. He has been placed on IR today with no timetable for his return.
Call up / Send down
The Oilers recall Yann Danis.
The Oilers placed Khabibulin on IR today so Danis will be Dubnyk's backup.
#TBLightning announce Sami Salo is officially listed as day-to-day with a lower body injury.
Salo has one goal, seven assists and is a plus-11 in 19 games this season. Consider him day-to-day and monitor his status prior to tomorrow's game vs. the Rangers.
Injury
#Caps Michal Neuvirth is listed as day to day (illness).
Holtby will get the start with Neuvirth out. Neuvirth hasn't started since February 5.
Call up / Send down
#NYR have returned Brandon Mashinter to the @CTWhale
Mashinter only averaged 5:55 a game and recorded zero points and was a minus-2.
Ryan McDonagh, who missed last night's game w/ an undisclosed injury (feared a concussion), is on the ice before #NYR practice
There is no timetable for McDonagh's return but the fact that he is skating is a positive sign. Monitor is status prior to tomorrow's game vs. Tampa Bay.
#Oilers have also placed goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin on Injured Reserve
Khabibulin's injury is undisclosed at this point. This is a tough break for Khabibulin who has played well so far this season (2.12 GAA and .935 SV%). Yann Denis has been recalled to backup Devan Dubnyk, who will likely see almost all the starts going forward.
Goalie Start
Holtby will start again since Neuvirth is ill. Philipp Grubauer up from Hershey to back up.
Holtby has been great lately and will again tonight after recording a shutout last night vs. Carolina. He has only allowed one goal on 55 shots in the last two games. He has a tough matchup against a strong Flyers offense.
Goalie Start
Bryzgalov to start, once again.
Since Bryzgalov's first shutout of the season he's won two of his last four starts posting a 4.30 GAA and .857 SV%. Those are not numbers that make you confident about starting him but he will look to get back on track tonight vs. Washington.
Goalie Start
Another start for Ben Scrivens by the looks of it tonight against Montreal.
This will be Scrivens ninth consecutive start. Since James Reimer got injured on February 11, Scrivens has started every game for the Maple Leafs. Of the eight starts he's made Scrivens has won four of them and has the Maple Leafs sitting seventh in the Eastern Conference.
Even though Matt Read is still supposed to miss 5 more weeks, he was out briefly during today's morning skate in Voorhees.
Read is still going to be out of the lineup for awhile and could miss the rest of the fantasy regular season. It is a good sign that he was at practice but he's still not close to playing.
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