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Kuraly is not on the ice for warmups; will not be in the lineup in Game 3.
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Pastrnak will return to the Bruins lineup in Game 5.
Pastrnak is expected to take warmups on Wednesday; will be a game-time decision.
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Korpisalo will start Game 5 vs. the Lightning.
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Korpisalo led the Blue Jackets onto the ice for warmups .
Pastrnak (undisclosed) will not play in Game 4 vs. the Hurricanes.
Pastrnak has a "50/50 chance" to play in Game 4.
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Korpisalo will start Game 3 vs. the Lightning.
Pastrnak will not play in Game 3 vs. the Hurricanes.
Pastrnak is "unfit to play" in Game 2 vs. the Hurricanes.
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Goaltending god Joonas Korpisalo led the Blue Jackets onto the ice for warmups for Game 2.
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Korpisalo led the Blue Jackets onto the ice for warmups.
Korpisalo was 2-1 while posting a 1.45 GAA, .956 SV% and two shutouts in four starts vs. the Maple Leafs in the qualifying round. It was a terrific showing from Korpisalo, who is now the unquestioned No.1 in Columbus with Elvis Merzlikins out indefinitely. Korpisalo did not face the Lightning during the 2020 regular season.
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Korpisalo will start Game 5 vs. the Maple Leafs.
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Korpisalo will start Game 3 vs. the Maple Leafs.
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Korpisalo led the Blue Jackets onto the ice for Game 2.
Korpisalo stopped all 28 shots the he faced in a shutout win over the Maple Leafs in Game 1. The Blue Jackets did a terrific job in limiting Toronto and Korpisalo was there to clean up the rest. As good as he was, Toronto is still a high-powered offence that should bring a better effort in Game 2, making Korpisalo a somewhat risky DFS play.
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Korpisalo will start Game 1 vs. the Maple Leafs,
The Bruins have signed Victor Berglund to a three-year, entry-level contract.
The Blue Jackets have signed Joonas Korpisalo to a two-year contract extension worth $5.6 million ($2.8M AAV).
Korpisalo was set to become a restricted free agent this offseason but got a two-year extension on Friday. Korpisalo will make $2.2 million in 2021 and $3.4 million in 2022, which would be the first season of his UFA years. In the first year without Sergei Bobrovsky, Korpisalo went 19-12-5 with a 2.60 GAA and .911 SV% in 37 games (35 starts) while splitting the crease primarily with Elvis Merzlikins. Throughout his five-year career, Korpisalo has gone 60-43-14 with a 2.80 GAA And .908 SV%.
The Senators have signed Jonathan Aspirot to a three-year, entry-level contract.
Aspirot was an undraafted free agent out of the QMJHL, who spent the 2019-20 season with the Senators AHL affiliate. The 20-year-old winger scored two goals with 14 assists (16 points) in 44 games with Belleville and will likely start the 2020-21 season with them again.
The Bruins signed Jeremy Swayman to a three-year, entry-level contract.
Boston picked Swayman in the fourth-round (No.111 overall) in 2017 and the 21-year-old netminder just finished his junior season at the University of Maine. The Anchorage, Alaska native was 18-11-5 with a 2.07 GAA and .939 SV%, which ranked second-best in the NCAA.
