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Bobrovsky allowed five goals on 31 shots in the Blue Jackets’ loss to the Kings last Saturday. With three days off and a back-to-back later this week, look for Bobrovsky to start two of the next three, including tonight vs. the Sabres. He has a 2.16 GAA and .927 SV% in six starts, so make sure he’s in your lineups tonight.

Bobrovsky allowed five goals on 31 shots in the Blue Jackets’ loss to the Kings last Saturday. With three days off and a back-to-back later this week, look for Bobrovsky to start two of the next three, including tonight vs. the Sabres. He has a 2.16 GAA and .927 SV% in six starts, so make sure he’s in your lineups tonight.

Greer, 20, was a second round pick (No. 39 overall) in 2015 and has appeared in five NHL games since. Last season he spent the majority of the season in the AHL, where he had 15 goals and 23 assists (38 points) in 63 games. So far this season he has notched two helpers in two games—look for him to make his 2017-18 season debut on Tuesday.

Bobrovsky allowed four goals on 21 shots in the Blue Jackets’ win in Minnesota on Saturday. With Joonas Korpisalo starting on Tuesday, there’s no surprise to see Bob going tonight vs. the Lightning. Bobrovsky has won his first four starts of the season while posting a 1.47 GAA and .952 SV%.

Bobrovsky allowed four goals on 21 shots in the Blue Jackets’ 5-4 overtime win in Minnesota on Saturday. Bobrovsky has won his first four starts of the season while posting a 1.47 GAA and .952 SV%. Goalie Bob has been sensational to kick off the season but tonight he faces a Jets team he has historically struggled against.

Kulikov is expected to miss two weeks, which will likely cost him about five games. The 26-year-old blueliner has picked up three points (1G / 2A) in five games this season but will not be replaced by Tucker Poolman for the next few weeks.

Bobrovsky stopped 38 of 39 shots in the Blue Jackets’ win over the Rangers last night. It was another stellar outing for Bobrovsky, who has stopped 103 of 105 shots (.981 SV%) that he has faced so far this season. Bobrovsky draws a strong start on no rest as the Wild come into tonight extremely banged up up front.

Dalpe has not recorded a point in his first two games of the season and was a healthy scratch in the Blue Jackets last contest. Tonight he will replace Markus Hannikainen in the lineup vs. the Rangers.

Bobrovsky stopped 37 of 38 shots in the Blue Jackets’ win in Carolina on Tuesday. Bobrovsky has had an excellent start to the 2017-18 season, winning his first two starts while stopping 66 of 67 shots (.985 SV%). Tonight Bob will face a Rangers team that has gone 1-3-0 while averaging 2.50 goals for and 3.75 goals against through four games.

Bitetto has split time between the AHL and NHL over the last two seasons, but it looks like he will be a full-time NHLer this season—even if it’s as a seventh defenseman. Bitetto had seven assists in 29 games with the Predators last season and tonight he will replace Alexei Emelin in the lineup.

In 2016-17, Bobrovsky had a Vezina-winning campaign posting 41 wins with a 2.06 GAA, .931 SV% and seven shutouts across a career-high 63 games. Injuries have been a bugaboo for Bobrovsky over his career, starting just 86 games in the two years prior to 2016-17—that ranked 24th during that span. However, if Bobrovsky can stay healthy, he is as good of a bet as any goalie to finish the year in the top-5.

Bobrovsky is coming off of a Vezina-winning season in which he started a career-high 63 games, 41 wins with a 2.06 GAA, .931 SV% and seven shutouts. Injuries have been a bugaboo for the 29-year-old netminder, who ranked 24th in games stared (86) in the two years prior. If he can stay on the ice, the Russian netminder has as good of a shot as any to finish as a top-5 fantasy netminder.

Forsling, 21, was “sent down” yesterday as a paper transaction to get under the salary cap ceiling before they put Marian Hossa on LTIR. In 2016-17, Forsling split time between the NHL and AHL, collecting five points (2G / 3A) in 38 games with the Blackhawks. He is expected to open this season on the Blackhawks’ third pair.

Verhaeghe, 21, was a third round pick (No.82 overall) in 2013 but has split his last two seasons between the AHL and ECHL. Last season he had 29 points (16G / 13A) in 45 games with Bridgeport (AHL) and an impressive 32 points (12G / 20A) in just 16 games with Missouri (ECHL). Verhaeghe will likely report to the Syracuse Crunch (AHL) to start 2017-18.

Berube was a part of a goaltending trio in Brooklyn for the last two seasons and will likely have to battle with Anton Forsberg for the backup job to Corey Crawford. The 25-year-old has posted a career 3.10 GAA and .900 SV% in 21 career NHL starts, but has amassed impressive numbers at the AHL level.

Kulikov broke into the NHL with a bang, but has struggled in recent years, culminating in him being traded to Buffalo last summer and him only posting five points (2G / 3A) in 47 games with the Sabres. Still only 26-years-old, the Jets obviously see something they like in the former No.14 overall pick (2009). Kulikov will be leaned on as a No.4/No.5 defenseman in Winnipeg, which should help him in the defensive aspect of the game.

Megna, 24, was a seventh round pick in 2012 and made his NHL debut in 2016-17, appearing in one game with the Ducks. He had a career-high 27 points (5G / 22A) in 62 AHL games with the San Diego Gulls.