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Hellebuyck leads the Jets onto the ice for warmups.

Hellebuyck allowed four goals on 35 shots in the Jets’ loss to Minnesota on Sunday. Despite Michael Hutchinson getting the win on Tuesday, it looks like Hellebuyck will go again tonight in Los Angeles. The 23-year-old stopped 27 of 29 shots in a 3-2 shootout win in his first start vs. the Kings.

Connor Hellebuyck
Hellebuyck will likely start Thursday in Los Angeles.

Hellebuyck allowed four goals on 35 shots in the Jets’ loss to Minnesota on Sunday. Despite Michael Hutchinson getting the win on Tuesday, it looks like Hellebuyck will go again tonight in Los Angeles. The 23-year-old stopped 27 of 29 shots in a 3-2 shootout win in his first start vs. the Kings.

Connor Hellebuyck
Allen will start Thursday vs. the Canucks.

Allen allowed two goals on 28 shots in the Blues’ win in Colorado on Tuesday. Another day, another win for Allen, who is now 6-1-0 with a 1.29 GAA and .956 SV% in seven starts in March. Tonight he faces the Canucks for the third time—he is 1-0-1 with a 2.47 GAA and .894 SV% in his first two start against Vancouver.

Jake Allen
Allen will start Tuesday in Colorado.

Allen stopped all 31 shots that he faced in the Blues’ shutout win in Arizona on Saturday. Allen is now 5-1-0 with a 1.17 GAA and .961 SV% in March and has gone 2-0-0 with a 0.50 GAA, .980 SV% and one shutout in two starts vs. the Avalanche this season. He is a must-start tonight, if you’ve lost your mind and planned on sitting him.

Jake Allen
Hellebuyck will make his 15th consecutive start on Thursday.

Hellebuyck gave up five goals on 42 shots in the Jets’ loss in Nashville on Monday. Tuesday’s game in New Jersey was postponed, so Hellebuyck will return to the crease tonight in Brooklyn. He was pulled in his first start against the Islanders after allowing four goals on 15 shots.

Connor Hellebuyck
Allen will start Wednesday in Anaheim.

Allen allowed one goal on 39 shots in the Blues’ win in Los Angeles on Monday. Allen has won four in a row while posting a 1.25 GAA, .960 SV% and one shutout. One of those wins came against the Ducks, who he will face again tonight—he stopped 23 of 26 in a 4-3 win last Friday.

Jake Allen
Allen will start Monday in Los Angeles.

Allen gave up three goals on 26 shots in the Blues’ win over the Ducks on Friday. Carter Hutton gave him the night off on Saturday, but he’ll be back between the pipes tonight in Los Angeles. Allen is on a three-game winning streak while turning away 82 of 86 shots (.953 SV%).

Jake Allen
Hellebuyck will be in goal Monday in Nashville.

Hellebuyck surrendered three goals on 29 shots in the Jets’ loss to the Flames on Saturday. Hellebuyck has dropped three straight starts while allowing a combined 10 goals on 73 shots (.863 SV%). Despite hitting a rough stretch, the Jets really have no choice but to stick with him as they try to push for the playoffs.

Connor Hellebuyck
Hamilton (lower-body) is questionable for Saturday’s game in Winnipeg.

Hamilton and Michael Stone are battling injuries on the Flames’ blueline and had coach Glen Gulutzan said he hopes one of them “will play tomorrow” and the other “will play soon.” There is no word which one is closer, but expect an update after the team’s morning skate on Saturday.

Dougie Hamilton
Hellebuyck will start Saturday vs. the Flames.

Hellebuyck was pulled after he allowed five goals on 15 shots in the Jets’ loss to the Penguins. Hellebuyck hasn’t been give a night off since Ondrej Pavelec got hurt and tonight he will make his 14th straight start. In his only start against the Flames this season Hellebuyck posted a 28-save shutout.

Connor Hellebuyck
Mantha will be a healthy scratch Friday vs. the Blackhawks.

Mantha has easily been one of the Red Wings best forwards this season and this is a questionable decision considering they are out of the playoff race. Mantha said that the decision was due to his “compete” level. Mitch Callahan will replace him in the lineup.

Anthony Mantha
Allen will start Friday vs. the Ducks.

Allen allowed one goal on 33 shots in the Blues’ win in Minnesota on Tuesday. Allen has won two in a row while stopping 59 of 60 shots (.983 SV%). The 26-year-old has gone 14-8-2 while posting a 2.46 GAA and .908 SV% on home ice this season. Tonight he will take on a Ducks team that has won three of their last four.

Jake Allen
Hamilton left Thursday’s game with a lower-body injury and did not return.

There is no word on what is ailing the young defenseman but assistant coach Martin Gelinas said that Hamilton should be back “sooner rather than later” during a postgame interview. The Flames are red-hot and losing Hamilton for any period of time would be a big blow to their blueline.

Dougie Hamilton