Kari Lehtonen News

Lehtonen was the first goalie off of the ice.

Lehtonen stopped all 30 shots that he faced in the Stars’ shutout win vs. San Jose on Monday. It was an excellent outing for Lehtonen, who will be looking to record his first win of the season vs. the Blackhawks tonight. He is 0-2-1 with a 3.65 GAA and .884 SV% in the first three meetings vs. Chicago.

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Lehtonen leads the Stars onto the ice for warmups.

Lehtonen allowed three goals on 24 shots in the Stars’ loss in Calgary on Friday. Lehtonen is 3-3-0 with a 3.06 GAA and .908 SV% in the month of March and one of those losses came against the Sharks, who he will see again tonight—they night he was pulled after allowing three goals on eight shots.

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Lehtonen was the first goalie off of the ice.

Lehtonen allowed three goals on 24 shots in the Stars’ loss in Calgary on Friday. Lehtonen is 3-3-0 with a 3.06 GAA and .908 SV% in the month of March and one of those losses came against the Sharks, who he will see again tonight—they night he was pulled after allowing three goals on eight shots.

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Lehtonen leads the Stars onto the ice for warmups.

Lehtonen allowed two goals on 28 shots in the Stars’ win in Vancouver last night. With Antti Niemi struggling, Lehtonen will start for the secon straight night. He is 3-2-0 with a 3.06 GAA and .913 SV% in March and is 1-1-0 with a 2.03 GAA and .922 SV% in his first two starts vs. the Flames this season.

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Lehtonen leads the Stars onto the ice for warmups.

Lehtonen allowed two goals on nine shots in the Stars’ blowout loss in Edmonton on Tuesday. Lehtonen has gone 2-2-0 with a 3.38 GAA and .909 SV% in March and tonight he faces the Canucks for the second time this season. The 33-year-old allowed five goals on 30 shots in a 5-4 OT loss in the first meeting.

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Lehtonen will likely start Thursday in Vancouver.

Lehtonen allowed two goals on nine shots in the Stars’ blowout loss in Edmonton on Tuesday. Lehtonen has gone 2-2-0 with a 3.38 GAA and .909 SV% in March and tonight he faces the Canucks for the second time this season. The 33-year-old allowed five goals on 30 shots in a 5-4 OT loss in the first meeting.

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Lehtonen will make his third straight start on Wednesday.

Lehtonen stopped 42 of 44 shots in the Stars’ win in Washington on Monday. Lehtonen has been excellent lately, stopping 83 of 86 shots (.965 SV%) to earn back-to-back road victories. Lehtonen will try and make it three in a row against a Senators team that has won three straight—Lehtonen allowed two goals on 26 shots in a 3-2 loss in Ottawa in their first meeting.

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Lehtonen starts Monday in Washington.

Lehtonen was excellent, stopping 41 of 42 shots in the Stars’ win in Florida on Saturday. It was Lehtonen’s best start of the season and obviously earned him another start tonight in Washington. The Capitals are the best team in the NHL and Lehtonen allowed four goals on 22 shots in a 4-3 OT loss in his first start vs. Washington.

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Lehtonen leads the Stars onto the ice for warmups.

Lehtonen allowed six goals on 28 shots in the Stars’ loss to Boston on February 26th. Antti Niemi started the last two games, but it looks like Lehtonen will start tonight in Florida. Lehtonen has gone 5-12-2 with a 3.01 GAA And .894 SV% on the road this season and the Panthers come in having lost four of their last five

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Lehtonen was the first goalie off of the ice at the morning skate.

Lehtonen allowed six goals on 28 shots in the Stars’ loss to Boston on February 26th. Antti Niemi started the last two games, but it looks like Lehtonen will start tonight in Florida. Lehtonen has gone 5-12-2 with a 3.01 GAA And .894 SV% on the road this season and the Panthers come in having lost four of their last five.

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Lehtonen leads the Stars onto the ice for warmups.

Lehtonen allowed three goals on 37 shots in the Stars win over the Lightning before their bye week. The Stars are back in action tonight and will go right back to Lehtonen, who is 2-5-0 with a 3.18 GAA and .896 SV% in February. He stopped 35 of 37 shots in a 3-2 win in Arizona in his first start vs. the Coyotes this season.

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