Allen allowed one goal on 22 shots in the Blues win over the Bruins on Wednesday. Allen has won three in a row and tonight he makes his eighth consecutive start—he has gone 5-2-0 with a 2.28 GAA and .916 SV% in the previous seven. Allen is also 2-0-0 with a 1.96 GAA and .926 SV% against Vancouver this season.
Allen allowed four goals on 30 shots in the Blues overtime win in Chicago on Sunday. Allen continues to win games, having recorded a ‘W’ in four of his last five starts despite allowing 14 goals on 134 shots (.896 SV%). Tonight he faces a banged up Bruins team that has lost three of their last five (2-2-1).
With Miles Wood out with an upper-body injury, Bratt will play tonight in San Jose. Bratt has been a healthy scratch in two of the last three games, but returns with 13 goals and 22 assists (35 points) in 68 games this season.
Bratt has been in the lineup for the last three games and picked up one assist in those games, but will be replaced by Travis Zajac (undisclosed) tonight in Vegas.
Allen allowed two goals on 40 shots in the Blues blowout win in Los Angeles on Saturday. Allen has really turned his game around in his last two starts, stopping 72 of the last 75 shots (.960 SV%) that he has faced. Tonight he faces the Ducks for the third time this season—he is 0-2-0 with a 3.10 GAA and .875 SV% in the first two meetings.
Hellebuyck allowed two goals on 35 shots in the Jets loss in Philadelphia on Saturday. Hellebuyck has gone 3-1-0 with a 2.27 GAA and .938 SV% in his last four starts and tonight he will face the Capitals for the second time this season. Hellebuyck stopped 24 of 27 shots in a 4-3 OT win in his first start vs. Washington.
Hellebuyck allowed two goals on 35 shots in the Jets loss in Philadelphia on Saturday. Hellebuyck has gone 3-1-0 with a 2.27 GAA and .938 SV% in his last four starts and tonight he will face the Capitals for the second time this season. Hellebuyck stopped 24 of 27 shots in a 4-3 OT win in his first start vs. Washington.
Allen allowed just one goal on 35 shots in the Blues loss in San Jose on Thursday. It was a tough luck loss for the Blues’ netminder, who is still searching for his 20th win of the season. He recorded the ‘W’ in his first start vs. the Kings this season, a 26-save performance in a 4-2 win vs. L.A. in late-October.
Hellebuyck allowed two goals on 43 shots in the Jets win in New Jersey on Thursday. Hellebuyck has won three in a row while posting a 2.33 GAA and .937 SV%. This afternoon he will set a new career-high in games started in a season (54) and it will be his second start vs. the Flyers—he stopped 30 of 32 shots in a 3-2 shootout win in his first start against Philadelphia.
Rittich allowed one goal on 26 shots in the Flames win in Buffalo on Wednesday. The loss snapped a four-game losing streak for Rittich, who will start again tonight in Ottawa. The 25-year-old has gone 7-3-2 with a 2.72 GAA and .913 SV% on the road this season.
Hellebuyck allowed two goals on 35 shots in the Jets win in Carolina on Saturday. Steve Mason gave him the night off on Tuesday, so Hellebuyck will return to the crease tonight in New Jersey. Hellebuyck stopped 34 of 36 shots in a 5-2 win in his first start vs. the Devils in mid-November.
