Korpisalo allowed five goals on 34 shots in the Blue Jackets loss in Los Angeles last Thursday. With Sergei Bobrovsky (illness) not available tonight, Korpisalo will face the Golden Knights on home-ice. The matchup isn’t ideal, but the 23-year-old has gone 4-2- 0 with a 2.47 GAA and .924 SV% at Nationwide Arena this season.
Martin was serving as Semyon Varlamov’s backup with both Jonathan Bernier and Andrew Hammond being sidelined by concussions. Bernier is set to return as Varlamov’s backup on Tuesday, so Martin heads back to the Rampage, where he has gone 13-12-0 while posting a 3.06 GAA and .894 SV% in 30 games.
Korpisalo allowed five goals on 27 shots in the Blue Jackets’ loss in Toronto on February 14th. Korpisalo will start the front-end of Columbus’ back-to-back tonight in Los Angeles. Korpisalo has gone 1-4-0 with a 4.04 GAA and .877 SV% on the road this season and he has a stiff test vs. a Kings team that has won five of their last seven.
Reimer allowed seven goals on 34 shots in the Panthers loss in Winnipeg on February 18th. Roberto Luongo started the last five games but Reimer will start the tail-end of the back-to-back tonight vs. the Sabres. Since returning to the Panthers crease, Reimer has gone 2-1-0 with a 5.01 GAA and .854 SV% in three starts. Despite some recent struggles, Reimer does have an intriguing matchup tonight.
Miller was acquired from the Rangers in a blockbuster trade on Monday and will make his Tampa Bay debut tonight vs. Buffalo. Miller, who has 40 points (13G / 27A) in 63 games this season, will start on a line with Tyler Johnson and Chris Kunitz.
Miller basically replaces Vladislav Namestnikov in the Lightning lineup, but may not see the first line ice-time that Namestnikov was playing. Miller brings a solid amount of offence to the table as well, having picked up 13 goals and 27 assists (40 points) in 63 games with the Rangers. He should play a very similar, middle-6 role with some PP time as he did in New York.
Reimer missed five games with a groin injury before returning Friday night to serve as Harri Sateri’s backup against the Kings. Reimer had struggled before his injury, posting a 0.898 SV% over his last six starts. He draws a decent matchup tonight against the Oilers.
Korpisalo has regularly made the trip to Cleveland this season to stay sharp when Sergei Bobrovsky is starting in Columbus. The 23-year-old has gone 2-4-1 with a 2.15 GAA and .928 SV% in seven starts with the Monsters and is 5-5-0 with a 2.97 GAA and .910 SV% in 11 games with Columbus.
Reimer has missed the last five games with a groin injury, but the emergence of Harri Sateri during his absence will have Reimer return in a back-up role. Reimer could get the nod in Edmonton next Monday.
Reimer has missed the last four games and is 1.5 weeks into a “multiple week” timetable so he appears to be right on schedule. Reimer will likely need a couple of practices before he’s ready to return, but with Harri Sateri playing well they don’t need to rush him.
Reimer was hurt in Dallas last Tuesday and it was already announced that he was going to miss multiple weeks, so moving him to IR simply opens up a roster spot for Samuel Montembeault to be recalled to serve as Harri Sateri’s backup moving forward.
