Goalie Start
Michal Neuvirth to start vs Bruins.
Neuvirth played very well in his first start in a month. He stopped 36 of the 38 shots that the Hurricanes threw at him. He has a much more difficult today when the Capitals take on the Bruins.
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Fleury starting in goal vs #NYR
Fleury has posted very similar numbers as Kari Lehtonen over the last three games (2.27 GAA and .901 SV%) but the only difference is Fleury has had goal support and won all three and Lehtonen lost all three. Playing for the Penguins makes Fleury a good start regardless of matchup.
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Kari Lehtonen will start tonight for the Stars.
Lehtonen has lost his three starts while posting a 2.28 GAA and .903 SV%. He has a tough matchup tonight vs. the Blackhawks.
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Second straight start for Ben Scrivens.
Scrivens played well stopping 25 of 27 shots vs. Pittsburgh on Thursday. He had a shutout going in the third until Sidney Crosby made a ridiculous back-door pass to Pascal Dupuis. Scrivens has a much easier matchup tonight vs. the Jets. However the Leafs just lost to Winnipeg 5-2 on Tuesday.
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Bobrovsky gets the start for Columbus.
Bobrovsky is yet to lose in regulation this month. He is 5-0-2 with an outstanding 0.85 GAA and .971 SV%, and has a chance to build off of that with a good matchup vs. Phoenix. The Blue Jackets are in 14th in a stacked Western Conference. However are only four points out of the playoffs, so a win vs. the ninth place Coyotes would go a long way.
Goalie Start
Lundqvist in net
Lundqvist has lost his last three starts against sub-par opponents (OTT, BUF, WPG) so you can't help but be worried about him this afternoon against a great Penguins team. He has two starts vs. Pittsburgh this season, he is 0-2-0 with a 4.71 GAA and .851 SV% in those games.
Mikael Backlund reportedly left the rink Friday night after the game on crutches with his right ankle in walking boot.
No word yet on the extent of the injury, but should have an update Saturday. Friday night was his 4th game back after missing 14 games with an MCL sprain.
Goalie Start
Babcock said Howard will start Saturday in Vancouver
Howard and the Wings pulled out a 3-2 OT win in EDM Friday night and have a tough test on B2B nights against the Canucks
Injury
Kyle Quincey might have suffered a fractured left cheek bone when he was hit by the puck late in the third period of Friday's 3-2 overtime win over the Edmonton Oilers.
Quincey will not travel to Vancouver for Saturday's game because they don't want him to fly in case the bone is fractured. Ian White, scratched in seven of the past eight games, likely will be inserted into the lineup against the Canucks.
Phoenix Coyotes General Manager Don Maloney announced today that the Coyotes have signed defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson to a six-year contract. As per club policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Ekman-Larsson leads all Coyotes defensemen in scoring and assists with 3-14-17 in 27 games. He also ranks tied for sixth among all NHL defensemen in points.
Injury
Loktionov left Friday's game early in the first period and was not expected to return.
The Devils would not release the details of his injury during the game.
Barry Trotz said the best-case scenario for forward Patric Hornqvist (upper body injury) would be for him to meet the team in Columbus for Nashville’s Tuesday game at the Blue Jackets.
Hornqvist has been out since the Predators’ March 8 game against Edmonton.
Barry Trotz said the best-case scenario for defenseman Hal Gill (lower body injury) would be for him to meet the team in Columbus for Nashville’s Tuesday game at the Blue Jackets.
Gill has been out since Nashville’s Feb. 23 contest at Detroit.
Panthers have acquired defenseman T. J. Brennan from the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for Florida’s fifth round selection in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft. The fifth round draft pick was originally acquired by Florida from Los Angeles
Brennan, 23, has played in 21 National Hockey League games, all with Buffalo (2011-2013) scoring two goals with 12 PIM
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Pre-game warm-ups under way at Wells Fargo Center for Devils-Flyers. It will be Johan Hedberg (NJ) vs. Ilya Bryzgalov (PHI) in the nets.
Bryzgalov has had a very difficult first half of March. He is 2-3-0 with a 3.42 GAA and .873 SV% this month. He has a decently tough matchup tonight vs. a Devils team who have won three of their last four.
Signing
#Isles sign Colin McDonald to 2-year extension. 600K/675K, both years one-way.
McDonald has four goals and six assists in 24 games this season.
Call up / Send down
#NHLDucks have assigned rookie LW Patrick Maroon to Norfolk (AHL).
Maroon has just two assists in 11 games this season.
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Goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere is scheduled to get a rare start Saturday against the Minnesota Wild.
This will be Giguere's first start since March 5th. He is 2-1-1 with a 2.69 GAA and .918 SV% this season. He has a tough matchup vs. the Wild so I would look elsewhere for a spot start.
The Dallas Stars had an optional skate in Frisco on Friday. Nine players were on the ice including center Jamie Benn, who has missed the last two games with a wrist injury.
Benn, who skated at one end of the ice with assistant coach Paul Jerrard, wasn’t shooting any pucks during his time on the ice. He is questionable for tomorrow’s game against the Chicago Blackhawks at American Airlines Center.
Havlat sounds like a possibility vs. #Kings.
Havlat has missed the Sharks last six games with a lower-body injury. He had only six points in 20 games before getting hurt and with his constant injury risk he is not an ideal fantasy option.
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