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After serving as backup to Filip Gustavsson for the first two games of the season, Fleury will make his first start of the 2023-24 campaign. Fleury is in the 18th year of his NHL career and is coming off a season where he recorded a 2.85 GAA and .908 SV% in 46 games (24-16-4). Fleury's Vezina-caliber years are behind him but the veteran still has what it takes to serve as a reliable backup behind Gustavsson on what should be a defensively sound Wild team.

Lindgren returns to the Rangers lineup after missing Saturday's contest against the Blue Jackets due to the upper-body injury. The 25-year-old blue-liner registered one goal and 17 assists to go along with an impressive +29 rating in 63 games with the Rangers last season. He is expected to skate alongside Adam Fox at 5v5 on the team's second pair.

Markstrom appears to have a firm grip on his role as a workhorse in the Calgary crease this season. The 33-year-old netminder averaged 61 starts over the last two seasons and has been named the starter for each of the Flames' first three games to begin the 2023-24 campaign. How much fantasy value that role will provide remains to be seen. Markstrom put on an impressive 34-save performance on route to a 5-3 victory over the Jets to open the season, but surrendered four goals on just 28 shots in Saturday's loss to Pittsburgh. The Flames are slight favourites in Washington tonight, so fantasy managers can be hopeful for a bounceback game from Markstrom.

The New Jersey Devils seem committed to continuing their goalie rotation early in the season as it appears Vanecek will return to the crease on Monday night. In his only game of the season thus far, Vanecek allowed three goals on 35 shots en route to securing a 4-3 victory over the Detroit Red Wings. The Devils are listed as -169 home favourites against a Florida Panthers team that has struggled immensely so far this season, scoring only four times in their first two games (0-2-0).

Gadjovich had signed a deal previously with the Charlotte Checkers (AHL) but has now been signed to a one-year, one-way contract with the Florida Panthers. The 25-year-old forward had three goals, four assists, 32 SOG, 57 PIMs and a -3 plus/minus through 35 games with San Jose in 2022-23. Across three NHL seasons, he has four goals and 10 points in 79 career games played.

Georgiev will look to continue his sparkling start to the season after he is slated to get the nod in goal for the third consecutive game for the Avalanche. Georgiev has shut the door in his first two games of the season (2-0-0), posting a 1.45 GAA and .947 SV%. With Pavel Francouz out indefinitely and current backup Ivan Prosvetov lacking NHL experience, Georgiev should be a workhorse for the Avalanche going forward. Tonight, they are -149 road favourites against a Seattle Kraken team that has had a miserable start to the season, scoring only twice in their first three games (0-2-1).

Tinordi failed to pick up a point in any of his three games played so far this season and will be a healthy scratch Monday as Chicago takes on Toronto. The 31-year-old defenseman is in his ninth NHL season after playing a career-high 44 games with Chicago in 2022-23. He will be replaced by Nikita Zaitsev in the Blackhawks lineup Monday.

Johnson made his season debut last game vs. Montreal but will be a healthy scratch Monday vs. Toronto as MacKenzie Entwistle enters Chicago's lineup. The 25-year-old centre played 12 shifts, 9:29 TOI and was a -1 plus/minus in his only game played this season. He will hope to draw back into the Blackhawks' lineup soon after scoring four goals and six points in 57 games in 2022-23.

Guttman has a goal, four SOG, and a -1 plus/minus through three games with Chicago so far this season but will be a healthy scratch Monday vs. Toronto. The 24-year-old will give his lineup spot away for the return of Taylor Hall (shoulder).

Hall was originally expected to be out week-to-week with a shoulder injury but was only forced to miss one game as he will return to the Blackhawks' lineup Monday vs. Toronto. Hall was acquired in the offseason for a pair of defensemaen and has an assist, four SOG, and a +1 plus/minus through two games so far with Chicago this season. He will return to his regular role alongside Connor Bedard on Chicago's top line and power play unit.

Entwistle has been a healthy scratch for Chicago's first three games but will make his season debut Monday vs. Toronto. The 24-year-old right-winger had four goals, six assists, 50 SOG, 14 PIMs and a -11 plus/minus in 66 games with Chicago in 2022-23. He is entering his fourth NHL season and has 10 goals and 24 points in 126 career games played.

Zaitsev has been a healthy scratch for the Blackhawks' first three games of the season but will make his season debut Monday vs. Toronto. The 31-year-old is entering his eighth NHL season and second with Chicago after being traded from Ottawa midway through the 2022-23 season. He had a goal, seven assists, 20 SOG, 20 PIMs and a -9 plus/minus through 46 games with Chicago and Ottawa in 2022-23.

Soderblom lost his only start of the season in a tough 3-1 defeat to Boston after stopping 30 of 32 shots against (.938 SV%) and will take over the pipes Monday vs. Toronto. The 24-year-old has struggled through three NHL seasons as he has only two wins and holds a .891 SV% across 16 career starts. He takes on the Toronto Maple Leafs on the road, who won their last game 7-4 over Minnesota and are tied for first in the NHL in goals per game (6.0).

Edmundson had hand surgery during the offseason and was expected to miss the first four-to-six weeks of the regular season which has led to him being placed on the LTIR Monday. Washington acquired the defenseman from the Montreal for a third-round pick (originally acquired from Minnesota) and a seventh-round pick in the 2024 NHL Draft with Montreal retaining 50 percent of Edmundson's contract in the offseason. He is entering his ninth NHL season.

Stevenson has been called up for the second time this season and will backup Darcy Kuemper Monday as the Capitals take on the Flames. The 24-year-old goaltender has appeared in two games this season for the Hershey Bears (AHL), with a 1-1-0 record, .900 SV% and a 2.01 GAA. He is replacing Charlie Lindgren, who left practice early Monday with an undisclosed injury.

Lindgren left Washington's morning skate early Monday and will miss their matchup vs. Calgary due to an undisclosed injury. The 29-year-old started Washington's only game this season; picking up a loss after allowing four goals on 35 shots (.886 SV%) vs. Pittsburgh.Clay Stevenson has been called up to replace him as Darcy Kuemper's backup.

Blackwood will get his second consecutive start for the Sharks after coming up short in a heroic 51-save, 2-1 shootout loss to the Colorado Avalanche. Blackwood is coming off a frustrating, injury-riddled campaign with the New Jersey Devils in which he posted a 3.20 GAA and .893 SV% in 22 games (10-6-2). It is unlikely that Blackwood will replicate his first-game performance but if he can consistently put forth valiant efforts, he will likely be in line to become the go-to guy in between the pipes for the Sharks. That said, things won't get any easier for Blackwood and the Sharks Tuesday night as they are +269 home underdogs against a Carolina Hurricanes team that has scored 13 goals in their first three games of the season (2-1-0).

Thrun was a healthy scratch for the Sharks' previous game vs. Colorado but will draw back into San Jose's lineup as they take on Carolina Tuesday. The 22-year-old had an assist, one SOG, and a -1 plus/minus across 19:29 TOI in his only game played this season. He will replace Marc-Edouard Vlasic in the Sharks' lineup Tuesday.

Vlasic missed the Sharks' morning practice Monday after leaving their previous game vs. Colorado after just five shifts and 3:15 TOI and is expected to be out Tuesday as San Jose takes on Carolina due to an undisclosed injury. The 36-year-old veteran is in his 18th NHL season and has played in 70+ games in every full NHL season since 2015-16.