Faulk joins PP groups. Looks good to go.
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.
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Ward warming up in south net. Usually spot for backup goalie. Ellis at north (starting) end.
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.
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Defence Probables-Giordano bouwmeester-Butler Sarich-Brodie Wideman Kiprusoff..look for team to come out later @NHLFlames
No hard confirm link but Kipper is starting.
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Looking like Quick against Rinne tonight in net. Look for more line shuffling as Nashville tries to find the winning combo.
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.
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The upcoming schedule breaks nicely for the Predators to use goaltender Pekka Rinne in the next few games.
Feel free to use Rinne in most situations where the Preds don't play back-to-back.
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The upcoming schedule breaks nicely for the Predators to use goaltender Pekka Rinne in the next few games.
Feel free to use Rinne in most situations where the Preds don't play back-to-back.
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Looking like Quick against Rinne tonight in net. Look for more line shuffling as Nashville tries to find the winning combo.
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.
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#nhljets will start Pavelec vs #Panthers Theodore .
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.
Oilers' Horcoff out with strained neck for game against Sharks.
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.
Capitals have acquired forward Casey Wellman from Florida in exchange for Zach Hamill.
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.
Brian Strait's 3-year deal with #Isles worth $2.325 million, $775K AAV.
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 feels healthier, will play tonight for #SJSharks.
Boyle missed the Sharks last game with the flu, but will play tonight. Get him back in your lineups.
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@Dustinpenner25 will be a healthy scratch again.
Penner doesn't have any fantasy value.
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#Coyotes goalie Mike Smith has declared himself ready to play on Friday vs. Stars.
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.
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Roberto Luongo will start in goal for Canucks tomorrow vs. #Blackhawks.
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.
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Miller will be in goal tonight for the Sabres.
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?
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Niemi will start tonight for the Sharks.
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.
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Giguere will start for the Avs tonight.
This would be Giguere's first start of the year, he isn't fantasy relevant because Varlamov gets the large majority of starts
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Robert Bortuzzo makes his debut on blueline.
Bortuzzo will make his NHL debut tonight, however he isn't fantasy relevant.
Byfuglien will be a game-time decision. #NHLJets
Byfuglien didn't participate in Jets practice this morning and will be a game-time decision tonight. This would be a huge loss for the Jets, monitor his status prior to game time.
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