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Allen will start Monday vs. the Panthers.

Allen allowed three goals on 28 shots in the Blues’ loss in Buffalo Saturday. The loss snapped his four-game winning streak, so he’ll look to start another one in his 43rd start of the season. The 26-year-old has gone 14-6-2 with a 2.50 GAA and .905 SV% in 23 starts on home-ice this season.

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Hellebuyck starts Saturday afternoon in Montreal.

Hellebuyck allowed four goals on 39 shots in the Jets’ loss in Pittsburgh on Thursday. It’s not easy to slow the Penguins down and Hellebuyck, like so many others, struggled. This afternoon he will look for revenge against Montreal. In his first start against the Canadiens this season, Hellebuyck was pulled after he allowed three goals on seven shots in the first 14 minutes.

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Allen will start Saturday in Buffalo.

Allen allowed three goals on 21 shots in the Blues’ win over the Canucks on Thursday. Allen has won four consecutive games while posting a 1.50 GAA, .947 SV% and one shutout. In his first start vs.the Sabres this season, he stopped 23 of 24 shots in a 4-1 win back in mid-November.

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Hellebuyck starts Thursday in Pittsburgh.

Hellebuyck allowed two goals on 36 shots in the Jets’ win over the Stars on Tuesday. The win snapped a four-game losing streak for the Jets and earned him another outing tonight in Pittsburgh. Hellebuyck has not faced the Penguins this season, but has gone 7-8-0 with a 3.20 GAA and .896 SV% on the road, so you might want to avoid him tonight.

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Allen will start Thursday vs. the Canucks.

Allen allowed two goals on 30 shots in the Blues’ win in Montreal on Saturday. Carter Hutton shutout the Red Wings last night, but Allen will start Game No.2 of the back-to-back tonight vs. the Canucks. Allen has won three in a row and four of his last five while posting an impressive 1.40 GAA, .953 SV% and one shutout.

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Hellebuyck will start Tuesday vs. the Stars.

Hellebuyck allowed three goals on 29 shots in the Jets’ loss to the Lightning on Saturday. He lost both games of their back-to-back while allowing three goals in each and posting a .905 SV%. Tonight he’ll face the Stars for the third time this season—he’s gone 2-0-0 with a 1.50 GAA and .957 SV% in the first two meetings.

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Hellebuyck will start Saturday vs. the Lightning.

Hellebuyck allowed three goals on 34 shots in the Jets’ loss to Chicago last night. Despite the loss, it was an OK performance for Hellebuyck, who will start again tonight vs. the Lightning. Hellebuyck has now stopped 79 of the last 85 shots he’s faced (.929 SV%).

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Allen will start Saturday in Montreal.

Allen allowed one goal on 32 shots in the Blues’ overtime win in Toronto on Thursday. Allen has now won three of his last four starts while allowing just five goals on 119 shots (.958 SV%). In his first start against the Canadiens, Allen allowed two goals on 30 shots in a 3-2 overtime win.

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Hellebuyck will start Friday vs. the Blackhawks.

Hellebuyck stopped all 10 shots that he faced after replacing an injured Ondrej Pavelec in Tuesday’s loss to the Wild. Hellebuyck has had some rough patches this season, but he comes into tonight well rested and has stopped 48 of the last 51 shots (.941 SV%) that he has faced. He is also 4-0-0 with a 1.25 GAA and .961 SV% in four starts against the Blackhawks this season.

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Hellebuyck will likely start Friday vs. the Blackhawks.

Hellebuyck stopped all 10 shots that he faced after replacing an injured Ondrej Pavelec in Tuesday’s loss to the Wild. Hellebuyck has had some rough patches this season, but he comes into tonight well rested and has stopped 48 of the last 51 shots (.941 SV%) that he has faced. He is also 4-0-0 with a 1.25 GAA and .961 SV% in four starts against the Blackhawks this season.

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Allen will start Thursday in Toronto.

Allen stopped all 30 shots that he faced in the Blues’ shutout win in Ottawa on Tuesday. Allen was struggling, but has played well in his last three starts, stopping 83 of 87 shots (.954 SV%). One of those games were against the Maple Leafs, who he will face again tonight—he allowed one goal on 27 shots in a win last Thursday.

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Allen will start Tuesday in Ottawa.

Allen allowed three goals on 30 shots in the Blues’ loss to the Penguins on Saturday. Carter Hutton posted a shutout last night, but Allen will be in goal tonight in Ottawa. Allen has had a tough time this season and has been especially bad on the road, going 5-8-1 with a 3.34 GAA and .883 SV% in 15 starts outside of St. Louis.

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Allen will start Saturday vs. the Penguins.

Allen allowed one goal on 27 shots in the Blues’ win over the Maple Leafs on Thursday. It was a much-needed win for Allen, who had been struggling mightily before Thursday. It’s been a tough season for Allen, but his numbers on home-ice are solid—13-5-2 with a 2.44 GAA and .908 SV%.

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