Reimer played very well in Game 2 making 39 saves on 41 shots in the 4-2 win that knotted the series up. He will make his first career playoff start in Toronto tonight where the Leafs will look to take the lead in the series.
This series shifts to New York for Game 3. The Rangers are down 2-0 and Lundqvist has posted a 1.90 GAA and .941 SV% in the first two games. He has played well but the Rangers have not been able to find any offense yet.
Bertuzzi played just 7:14 in Game 2 before being scratched again in Game 3. With Justin Abdelkader out for the next two games because of suspension, Bertuzzi will draw back into the lineup.
Samuelsson played 11:48, recorded two shots and was a minus-1 in Game 3. He will shift to the first line with Justin Abdelkader getting suspended.
Abdelkader who was playing on the Red Wings top line with Henrik Zetterberg and Pavel Datsyuk will miss games 4 and 5 because of his hit on Toni Lydman.
Price is 1-1 with a 2.52 GAA and a .918 SV% through the first two games of the series. The series shifts to Ottawa now where he will look to steal game three and take a 2-1 lead.
Niemi is 2-0 with a 1.44 GAA and .951 SV% in the first two games of this first round series. The Sharks have played well so far and could take a stranglehold on the series with a win tonight in San Jose.
Schneider missed the last two games of the regular season and the first two games of the series with a lower-body injury. Roberto Luongo played well in Schneider's absence but the Canucks are still down 2-0 in the series. Scheider finished the season at 17-9-4 with a 2.11 GAA, .927 SV% and he was 0-2-1 vs. the Sharks .
Crawford was not nearly as busy as Josh Harding was in Game 2. He only saw 28 shots and stopped 26 of them. He has been great thus far posting a 2-0 record with a 1.31 GAA and .945 SV%.
Harding saw a lot of rubber in Game 2. He stopped 43 of the 47 shots the Blackhakws fired at him. He is 0-2 with a 2.65 GAA and .929 SV% through the first two games of the series.
Granlund collected eight points (2-6=8) in 27 games with Minnesota this season. The 5-foot-10, 186-pound native of Oulu, Fin., recorded 28 points (10-18=28) in 29 games with the Aeros this season and added two points (1-1=2) in five playoff games.
Veilleux notched eight points (3-5=8) and 45 PIM in 33 regular season games with the Aeros this season and added one assist, six penalty minutes and a plus-2 rating in three playoff games with Houston.
Dowell skated in two games with Minnesota this season and averaged 8:32 in TOI/game. He recorded nine points (4-5=9) and 34 penalty minutes (PIM) in 37 games with Houston this season and added one assist in four playoff games.
The hearing, scheduled for 4 p.m. EST, comes after Abdelkader’s hit on Ducks defenseman Toni Lydman late in the second period of Game 3 on Saturday. Abdelkader received a five-minute major penalty for charging and an automatic game misconduct at 15:11. A woozy Lydman left the game and did not return.
Consider Havlat questionable for tonight's Game 3.
Rupp has no points in the first two games of the playoffs.
Konopka has no points in the first two games of the playoffs.
Newbury played just 5:24 in Game 1.
Kreider was a minus-1 in 8:23 in Game 1.
Dorsett will make his Rangers debut this afternoon. He had three goals, six assists and a minus-11 in 24 games with the Blue Jackets this season.
