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Hellebuyck will start Tuesday vs. Colorado.

Hellebuyck stopped 26 of 28 shots in the Jets win over the Stars on Sunday. Hellebuyck has been absolutely outstanding in November, going 3-0-1 with a 1.47 GAA, .959 SV% and one shutout in four starts. He'll look to stay hot against an Avalanche team that has gone 2-3-1 without Mikko Rantanen and Gabriel Landeskog.

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Rittich will start Saturday vs. the Blues.

Rittich allowed two goals on 23 shots in the Flames win over the Devils on Thursday. Rittich has won four consecutive games while allowing a combined 10 goals on 139 shots (.928 SV%). Rittich is on a heater right now but the Blues comes in playing good hockey as well--they're on a six-game winning streak and have averaged 3.67 goals per game over that span.

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Bratt (upper-body) will draw back into the Devils lineup on Friday.

Bratt has missed the last two games with an upper-body issue but will play Friday in Edmonton. Bratt will replace Kevin Rooney in the lineup and will skate on a line with Adam Boqvist and Jack Hughes. He has three goals and two assists in 11 games this season.

Jesper Bratt
Hellebuyck starts Friday vs. the Canucks.

Hellebuyck stopped 31 of 32 shots in the Jets loss to the Devils on Tuesday. Hellebuyck has been one of the best goalies in the NHL so far this season and the reason that the Jets are hovering above the .500 mark (8-7-1). Tonight he faces a Canucks team that is on the second half of a back-to-back and comes in at 5-4-1 with 2.70 goals per game on the road.

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Hellebuyck is expected to start Friday vs. Vancouver.

Hellebuyck stopped 31 of 32 shots in the Jets loss to the Devils on Tuesday. Hellebuyck has been one of the best goalies in the NHL so far this season and the reason that the Jets are hovering above the .500 mark (8-7-1). Tonight he faces a Canucks team that is on the second half of a back-to-back and comes in at 5-4-1 with 2.70 goals per game on the road.

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Rittich will start Thursday vs. the Devils.

Rittich gave up three goals on 37 shots in the Flames win over the Coyotes on Tuesday. Rittich has now won three in a row while allowing a combined eight goals on the last 116 shots (.931 SV%) that he has faced. He is rolling right now and faces a Devils team that is 2-3-0 with just 1.80 goals per game on the road this season.

David Rittich
Hellebuyck led the Jets onto the ice for warmups.

Hellebuyck allowed two goals on 53 shots in the Jets win in San Jose last Friday. Hellebuyck made up for his disastrous outing in Anaheim a few days prior and is now 6-5-0 with a 2.57 GAA and .927 SV% on the season. The Devils enter the night having lost three of four but are averaging an impressive 4.25 goals per game over the stretch.

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Hellebuyck is expected to start Tuesday vs. the Devils.

Hellebuyck allowed two goals on 53 shots in the Jets win in San Jose last Friday. Hellebuyck made up for his disastrous outing in Anaheim a few days prior and is now 6-5-0 with a 2.57 GAA and .927 SV% on the season. The Devils enter the night having lost three of four but are averaging an impressive 4.25 goals per game over the stretch.

Connor Hellebuyck
Rittich will start Tuesday vs. the Coyotes.

Rittich stopped all 43 shots that he faced in the Flames shutout win in Columbus on Saturday. Cam Talbot gave him the night off on Sunday, but they'll come right back to Rittich tonight. He has been relatively inconsistent on a night-to-night basis but has won five of his last eight while posting a 2.55 GAA and .921 SV%, so he's a good option vs. an Arizona team that played last night.

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Bratt (upper-body) will not play Tuesday; could join the team later on the road-trip.

Bratt worked out off ice on Monday and will not travel to Winnipeg for Tuesday's game. It is the start of a four-game western Canadian road-trip for the Devils, so they haven't ruled out the possibility of Brett joining them later in the trip. Nikita Gusev will replace him on Tuesday.

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Allen starts Saturday in Minnesota.

Allen allowed four goals on 24 shots in the Blues loss to the Canadiens on October 19th. Allen missed a start last weekend due to an illness but will make his third start of the season on Saturday evening. He has allowed four goals in each of his starts while posting a .849 SV%, but a matchup with the Wild keeps him in the spot-start conversation on Saturday.

Jake Allen
Boqvist will be back in the Devils lineup on Saturday.

Boqvist has been a healthy scratch for five games but will replace John Hayden in the lineup on Saturday. Boqvist will play on the second line with Wayne Simmonds moving down to take Hayden's spot. Boqvist has no points and just one shot in two games this season.

Jesper Boqvist
Allen is expected to start Saturday in Minnesota.

Allen allowed four goals on 24 shots in the Blues loss to the Canadiens on October 19th. Allen missed a start last weekend due to an illness but will make his third start of the season on Saturday evening. He has allowed four goals in each of his starts while posting a .849 SV%, but a matchup with the Wild keeps him in the spot-start conversation on Saturday.

Jake Allen
Rittich will start Saturday in Columbus.

Rittich allowed five goals on 36 shots in the Flames win in Nashville on Thursday. The win ended a brief two-game losing skid for Rittich, who was 6-4-2 with a 3.02 GAA and .906 in 12 starts in October. He did not lose in regulation in Calgary but has struggled on the road, going 2-4-1 with a 3.66 GAA and .893 SV% in seven starts. Tonight he faces a Blue Jackets team that has lost three in a row and come in on the tail-end of a back-to-back.

David Rittich
Hellebuyck will start Friday in San Jose.

Hellebuyck was yanked after giving up five goals on 19 shots in the Jets loss in Anaheim. What looked like a good matchup got out of hand early in the second period and resulted in Hellebuyck's worst outing of the season. He hasn't faced the Sharks yet this season but was 1-1-1 with a 3.62 GAA and .907 SV% in three starts against them last season.

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