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Wade Redden will make his #Bruins debut tonight.
Will likely be in for Bartkowski
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Marchand cleared. Will play tonight.
It's official, Marchand will play. Likely on the 1st line with Lucic demoted to the 4th as mentioned earlier.
Malkin game time decision but likely won't play. Question-why risk anyone at this point?
Not a lot of games tonight but keep Malkin on the bench of your forward slots are full.
#Habs say Michael Ryder is out vs. #Pens. Upper body, day-to-day.
Ryder has 20 pts in 22 games with the Habs so this is a big blow in the dying days of the fantasy season.
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Based on line rushes, guessing #Soderscratch tonight. 11-46-68, 63-37-19, 20-23-18, 17-49-22. #Bruins
If Marchand is in tonight, looks like it will be Lucic on the 4th line to start the game.
Goalie Start
Fleury will get the start against the Canadiens.
Fleury has won his last 3 starts but the Pens will be will be missing key players against a good Montreal team.
Based on line rushes, guessing #Soderscratch tonight. 11-46-68, 63-37-19, 20-23-18, 17-49-22. #Bruins
No confirm yet that Marchand will play but he practiced with Bergeron and Seguin. Lucic was on the 4th line which is bad news for him.
Coyle will need a root canal when he returns to Minnesota after being high-sticked by Calgary’s Mark Giordano on Monday.
Ouch. Coyle is not expected to miss any games.
Goalie Start
Possibly the final home-ice appearance for the best goalie in franchise history.
Joey MacDonald has played in the Flames' last 3 games and the season has taken a weird turn for Kiprusoff. However, the cards
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Goalie Start
Howard expects to play Detroit's final six games
A better confirmation will come closer to game day. For now, expect Howard to play.
Goalie Start
Niemi in net for 30th start in 31 games.
Niemi is coming off a shutout last night.
Cizikas left Tuesday's game against the Panthers and did not return after blocking a shot.
The Islanders are calling it an upper-body injury and said he will be evaluated Wednesday.
Skinner left Tuesday's game and did not return after taking a hit from Ottawa's Jared Cowen
Could be troublesome for Skinner who has a history of concussions already in his short NHL career.
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The Panthers were without Peter Mueller Tuesday as he made the trip back to South Florida to be with expecting wife.
Greg Rallo took Mueller's spot in the lineup.
Call up / Send down
Granlund was officially sent down earlier Tuesday but is back up with the Wild on emergency recall for banged-up Mike Rupp and will play Tuesday night in Edmonton.
The Ducks have signed free agent center Antoine Laganiere, who helped Yale to the NCAA championship, to a two-year entry-level contract.
Laganiere is 6-foot-5, 214-pounds and scored 15 goals and added 14 assists in 37 games for Yale.
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Ben Scrivens starts tonight in Washington.
Despite a shutout by Reimer last night, Scrivens gets a turn. He has a .918 SV% in 18 games this season.
Manning in tonight for Flyers.
With injuries to Huskins and Gervais, Manning has been inserted into the lineup for tonight's game. However, he will not be a factor fantasy wide.
Call up / Send down
Preds have reassigned forwards Daniel Bang and Austin Watson, in addition to defenseman Mattias Ekholm to Milwaukee, per team press release
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