Marty Havlat, who took a stick to the groin from Canucks defenseman Kevin Bieksa early in Game 1, will be evaluated Sunday morning, according to McLellan.
Consider Havlat questionable for tonight's Game 3.
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Hearing fourth line will be Veilleux-Dowell-Mitchell; Rupp and Konopka scratched for #mnwild
Rupp has no points in the first two games of the playoffs.
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Hearing fourth line will be Veilleux-Dowell-Mitchell; Rupp and Konopka scratched for #mnwild
Konopka has no points in the first two games of the playoffs.
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Boyle, Dorsett in; Kreider, Newbury out. Clowe, Staal remain sidelined. Per warmup.
Newbury played just 5:24 in Game 1.
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Boyle, Dorsett in; Kreider, Newbury out. Clowe, Staal remain sidelined. Per warmup.
Kreider was a minus-1 in 8:23 in Game 1.
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Boyle, Dorsett in; Kreider, Newbury out. Clowe, Staal remain sidelined. Per warmup.
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.
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Boyle, Dorsett in; Kreider, Newbury out. Clowe, Staal remain sidelined. Per warmup.
Boyle (leg) missed the last six games of the regular season and Game 1 but will return to the lineup this afternoon. He had two goals, three assists and was a minus-13 in 38 games this season.
Goalie Start
Howard gets the nod in Game 3.
Howard was great in Game 3 until allowing three goals in third period. The series moves back to Joe Louis Arena where Howard was 13-7-4 with a 2.12 GAA and .923 SV% this season.
Goalie Start
Although he gave up five goals on Thursday, Jonas Hiller will get the call again in goal.
Hiller allowed five goals on 32 shots in the Game 2 overtime loss. The series shifts back to Detroit for Game 3 where Hiller will need to play very well because the Red Wings offense looked strong in Game 2.
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Samuelsson in tonight for sure. Will play with Eaves and Emmerton.
This means Todd Bertuzzi is out. Samuelsson has been out almost all season having played in just four games. He will skate on the Red Wings fourth line as well as play the point on the second power-play unit.
Goalie Start
Holtby vs. Lundqvist.
Holtby was excellent in Game 1 stopping 35 of 36 shots in the 3-1 win over the Rangers. He out-duled 'King' Henrik in the first game and will need to do that in each game for the Capitals to come out on top.
Goalie Start
Lundqvist will start for the Rangers.
Lundqvist kept the Rangers in Game 1 but allowed a pair of soft goals in the 3-1 loss. Lundqvist is a premier goalie and will need to be on top of his game if the Rangers offense continues to struggle.
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Reimer will start for the Maple Leafs.
Reimer was peppered in Game 1, he allowed four goals on 40 shots in the 4-1 loss. He will be the Leafs starter for the playoffs, but getting past the Bruins is not going to be an easy task.
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Coach Mike Babcock said Friday that Brian Lashoff will play in place of Danny DeKeyser, who suffered a broken right thumb in Thursday's 5-4 overtime victory in Game 2 and is out six-to-eight weeks, the remainder of the playoffs.
Babcock said he will insert Lashoff into DeKeyser's spot alongside Jakub Kindl, at least to start the game.
Goalie Start
Fleury will start Game 2.
After posting a shutout in Game1 there is no doubt that Fleury will get the nod in Game 2. He should be able to record wins with regulairity throughout the playoffs with the amount of talent in front of him.
#NYR LW Ryane Clowe did not disclose the nature of his injury but "wouldn't rule out playing tomorrow" in Game 2 vs #Caps
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Lupul back with Kessel and Bozak today.
The Maple Leafs were dominated in Game 1 so they are going to shake their lines up for Game 2. Kessel and Lupul were great together last season so maybe they will be able to find some of their old magic.
Goalie Start
Niemi gets the nod for the Sharks.
Niemi played great in Game 1, allowing just one goal on 30 shots. The Sharks will obviously turn to him again in Game 2 as they look to take a 2-0 lead back home.
Goalie Start
Harding will start for the WIld.
Harding was a surprise starter in Game 1 and despite his on-going battle with MS he played very well. He allowed two goals on 37 shots in the OT loss. It will not be easy for the Wild to win games in this series but if Harding continues to play well he will give them a chance.
Injury
The Montreal Canadiens, already missing center Lars Eller, will be without top forwards Max Pacioretty and Brian Gionta due to upper-body injuries when they take the ice Friday for Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinal series against the Ottawa Senators.
Gionta, the Canadiens' captain, was a minus-2 with two shots on goal in 16:09 of ice time in Game 1.
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