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Devan Dubnyk(G)|FA
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Dubnyk will start Saturday in Philadelphia.

Dubnyk stopped all 41 shots that he faced in the Wild’s shutout win in Montreal on Thursday. Dubnyk bounced-back in a big way after struggling his first two games of their road-trip. He will look to keep things going tonight in Philadelphia—the Flyers come in having lost five of their last eight (3-3-2).

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Michael Russo 2017-11-11T12:18:03.000Z
Devan Dubnyk
Jake Allen(G)|NJD
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Allen will start Saturday vs. the Islanders.

Allen stopped 21 of 22 shots in the Blues win in New Jersey on Tuesday. Carter Hutton gave him the night off on Thursday after Allen started the previous five consecutive games. Allen comes into the weekend having won five of his last six starts with a 1.84 GAA and .933 SV%. In his first start against the Islanders, Allen stopped 40 of 42 shots in a 3-2 shootout win.

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Lou Korac 2017-11-11T13:15:17.000Z
Jake Allen
Henrik Lundqvist(G)|FA
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Lundqvist is expected to start Saturday afternoon vs. the Oilers.

Lundqvist stopped 31 of 33 shots in the Rangers’ win over the Bruins on Wednesday. Lundqvist has won five in a row while posting a 2.79 GAA and .909 SV%. It look like he will make his 15th start of the season this afternoon against an Oilers team that has won the first two games of their current road-trip. Lundqvist is 5-3-2 in 10 starts on home-ice.

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Matt Calamia 2017-11-11T12:36:17.000Z
Henrik Lundqvist
Brian Elliott(G)|FA
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Elliott will start Saturday vs. the Wild.

Elliott stopped 38 of 39 shots in the Flyers’ 3-1 win over Chicago on Thursday. Elliott has been inconsistent this season, but has had a couple of brilliant performances. Coming off of a great start, Elliott will look to win his seventh game of the season and comes in with a 2.90 GAA and .903 SV% in 10 games.

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Adam Kimelman 2017-11-11T11:00:03.000Z
Brian Elliott
Jimmy Howard(G)|FA
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Howard is in the starter's crease at the Red Wings morning skate.

Howard stopped 26 of 28 shots in the Red Wings win in Vancouver on Monday. Petr Mrazek struggled in Calgary on Thursday, so they’ll come back to Howard tonight vs. the Blue Jackets. The Red Wings have barely played at home so far this season—but Howard is 2-2-0 with a 3.01 GAA and .911 SV% in his first four starts at Little Caesars Arena.

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Ansar Khan 2017-11-11T12:22:36.000Z
Jimmy Howard
Charlie Lindgren(G)|WSH
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Lindgren will start Saturday vs. the Sabres.

Lindgren allowed two goals on 34 shots in the Canadiens lost the Wild on Thursday. Lindgren was out-duelled by Devan Dubnyk, but it was another strong performance for the young netminder, who is 2-1-0 with a 1.35 GAA, 961 SV% and one shutout in his first three starts since being recalled.

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Stu Cowan 2017-11-11T12:19:34.000Z
Charlie Lindgren
Mike Condon(G)|FA
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Condon will start Saturday vs. the Avalanche.

Condon allowed two goals on 14 shots after replacing Craig Anderson in the Senators loss to Montreal on October 30th. Condon hasn’t played a lot this season, but it looks like he will make his fourth start this afternoon—the 27-year-old has allowed a combined nine goals on 118 shots (.924 SV%) to this point in 2017-18.

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John Shannon 2017-11-11T10:30:13.000Z
Mike Condon
Mike Condon(G)|FA
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Condon will likely start Saturday in Sweden.

Condon allowed two goals on 14 shots after replacing Craig Anderson in the Senators loss to Montreal on October 30th. Condon hasn’t played a lot this season, but it looks like he will make his fourth start this afternoon—the 27-year-old has allowed a combined nine goals on 118 shots (.924 SV%) to this point in 2017-18.

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Bruce Garrioch 2017-11-11T10:30:01.000Z
Mike Condon
Jonathan Bernier(G)|FA
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Bernier will start vs. the Senators in Sweden on Saturday.

Bernier surrendered six goals on 28 shots in Colorado’s 6-4 loss in Brooklyn last Sunday. With Semyon Varlamov starting yesterday and not playing very well, Bernier will go this afternoon in the second game in Sweden. Bernier has started five games so far this season, going 2-3-0 with a 3.63 GAA and .884 SV%.

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Dan Rosen 2017-11-11T09:36:04.000Z
Jonathan Bernier
Tristan Jarry(G)|EDM
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Jaarry will likely start Saturday in Nashville.

Jarry stopped 32 of 34 shots in the Penguins loss in Calgary on November 2nd. It was a strong season debut for Jarry, who was 3-2-0 with a 3.18 GAA and .897 SV% in the AHL before his call-up. With Matt Murray starting last night, the 22-year-old is expected to start tonight in Nashville.

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Josh Yohe 2017-11-11T18:01:58.000Z
Tristan Jarry

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