This will be Ellis' second start of the season. In his first game he made 40 saves on 41 shots and earned the win against the Lightning. The Hurricanes have a back-to-back today and tomorrow so Ellis was bound to get one start, looks like that is going to be tonight.
Faulk missed the Canes last game, but looks like he could be back in the lineup tonight. He plays top-pair minutes on a good Carolina team, he may be a sneaky good fantasy D-man this season.
If Ellis is to get the start tonight this would be his second start of the season. In his first game he made 40 saves on 41 shots and earned the win against the Lightning. The Hurricanes have a back-to-back today and tomorrow so Ellis is going to get one start, looks like it could be tonight.
No hard confirm link but Kipper is starting.
No reason to turn to Bernier, yet, for the Kings. The Preds are last in the league in shots so this is a good matchup for him.
Feel free to use Rinne in most situations where the Preds don't play back-to-back.
Feel free to use Rinne in most situations where the Preds don't play back-to-back.
Given the Preds schedule it makes sense that Rinne will start games for the foreseeable future. Tonight's opponent, the Kings, have won 2 in a row after a slow start to their Stanley Cup defence.
Pavelec boasts a 2-2-1 record and gets a nice matchup against a Panthers squad that has only managed 10 goals in 6 games while allowing 24.
Horcoff left yesterday's game following a hit from Shane Doan. Horcoff isn't a great fantasy player as he is buried in the Oilers depth chart behind much younger talent.
Wellman has 7 G and 16 A in 37 games this year in the AHL. Hamill has 11 G and 11 A in 40 games. This is nothing more than an AHL trade, neither player has any fantasy value.
Strait was a waiver pickup prior to the start of the season, and has no stats. 0 G, 0 A, E +/-, 0 PIMS... I guess that's worth a three-year contract. He holds no fantasy value though.
Boyle missed the Sharks last game with the flu, but will play tonight. Get him back in your lineups.
Penner doesn't have any fantasy value.
Smith has missed the Coyotes last 4 games but is ready to return tomorrow. Smith is still winless and his numbers aren't good 4.62 GAA and .836 SV%. He will look to bounce back tomorrow against the Stars.
This will be Luongo's third straight start and he is getting rewarded for having to great games in a row, including a shutout vs. Colorado yesterday. The Blackhawks are good though, might not be the best matchup for Luongo.
This is going to be the first time that Miller takes on the Bruins since the game where he was rocked by Lucic last season. Miller only has 2 wins in 5 games but he's had a good start to the season with a 2.37 GAA and .925 SV%. He has a tough matchup tonight but don't you think he wants to have a great game and stick it to Lucic?
Niemi remains unbeaten this season (5-0, 1.97 GAA and .933 SV%). He is a must start the way the Sharks are playing right now.
This would be Giguere's first start of the year, he isn't fantasy relevant because Varlamov gets the large majority of starts
Bortuzzo will make his NHL debut tonight, however he isn't fantasy relevant.
