Kuznetsov has missed the last three games with an upper-body injury, but will be back in tonight in Montreal. Kuznetsove had on goal and six assists (seven points) in his final three games before getting hurt.
Rinne allowed five goals on 28 shots in the Predators loss to the Maple Leafs on Thursday. The loss snapped an 11-game winning streak for Rinne, who will start the front-end of the Predators’ weekend back-to-back. The 35-year-old has gone 0-2-0 with a 4.09 GAA and .889 SV% in his first starts against the Wild this season.
Rinne allowed five goals on 28 shots in the Predators loss to the Maple Leafs on Thursday. The loss snapped an 11-game winning streak for Rinne, who will start the front-end of the Predators’ weekend back-to-back. The 35-year-old has gone 0-2-0 with a 4.09 GAA and .889 SV% in his first starts against the Wild this season.
Gunnarsson suffered an ACL tear in his left knee during the first period of the Blues' 4-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Friday. He will undergo surgery once the swelling in his knee subsides and will be re-evaluated in six months.
Grubauer stopped all 39 shots that he faced in a 1-0 shutout win in Detroit on Thursday. After a tough outing in Philadelphia, Grubauer got back on track with his third shutout of the season. He is 4-2-0 with a 1.84 GAA, .940 SV% and two shutouts in March.
Kuemper allowed six goals on 30 shots in the Coyotes loss in Carolina on Thursday. It was a tough outing for Kuemper but the Coyotes want to get him right back in goal tonight in Florida. The 27-year-old is 2-4-1 with a 3.17 GAA, .888 SV% and one shutout in seven games since joining the Coyotes.
Hjalmarsson is back in Arizona, so he won’t be in the lineup in Florida on Saturday. Trevor Murphy should make his Coyotes debut in Hjalmarsson’s spot.
Allen allowed just one goal on 20 shots in the Blues win over the Canucks last night. With Carter Hutton (neck) still out, Allen is expected to start again tonight in Columbus. Allen is riding a four-game winning streak while posting a 2.21 GAA and .902 SV%, but runs into a red-hot Blue Jackets team tonight.
Gaborik has actually played well as of late, picking up three goals and two assists in his last five games. Erik Karlsson (personal) will return to the lineup and the Senators will go with 11 forwards and seven defensemen with the veteran winger out.
Karlsson has missed the last two games following the death of his son. Despite the tragedy, Karlsson wants to play tonight against the Hurricanes, so he will replace Marian Gaborik as the Senators go with 11 forwards and seven defensemen. Karlsson has been hot as of late, picking up 20 points (3G / 17A) in his last 17 games.
Forsberg allowed one goal on nine shots after replacing J-F Berube in the Blackhawks loss to the Canucks on Thursday. Forsberg has not had a good year in his debut season for Chicago, going 9-16-3 with a 3.06 GAA and .905 SV% in 33 appearances. He was shelled in his first start vs. the Islanders, so look elsewhere tonight.
Luongo will not dress vs. the Coyotes, so James Reimer gets the start and Harri Sateri comes up from the AHL to back him up. Luongo is just a little banged up and the Panthers are hopeful that he will be able to start Monday against the Islanders.
Roberto Luongo is day-to-day with an undisclosed injury so Sateri will serve as James Reimer’s backup tonight. It doesn’t look like his stay with the team will be a long one as the Panthers are hopeful that Luongo will be good-to-go early next week.
Dubnyk allowed four goals on 30 shots in the Wild’s loss to the Kings on Monday. After four days off, the Wild will come back with Dubnyk tonight vs. the Predators. Dubnyk has lost three of his last four starts while allowing a combined 13 goals on 110 shots (.882 SV%). The 31-year-old has gone 2-0-0 with a 3.01 GAA and .918 SV% against Nashville this season.
Reimer allowed two goals on 35 shots in the Panthers win in Ottawa on Tuesday. It was another strong outing for Reimer, who has stopped 79 of 81 shots (.975 SV%) since returning to the crease. With Roberto Luongo a little banged up, Remier will start for the third time in six games tonight vs. the Coyotes.
Grubauer stopped all 39 shots that he faced in a 1-0 shutout win in Detroit on Thursday. After a tough outing in Philadelphia, Grubauer got back on track with his third shutout of the season. He is 4-2-0 with a 1.84 GAA, .940 SV% and two shutouts in March.
Fleury missed Thursday’s game in San Jose but met the team in Colorado and may start against the Avalanche. The 33-year-old has gone 13-4-1 with a 1.92 GAA and .940 SV% on the road so far this season.
Bobrovsky stopped all 33 shots that he faced in the Blue Jackets shutout win over the Panthers on Thursday. Bobrovsky has started six of the Blue Jackets’ last seven games, winning all of them with a 1.83 GAA, .940 SV% and one shutout. Tonight he faces the Blues on home-ice, where he is 19-9-2 with a 2.04 GAA and .933 SV% this season.
