Mrazek stopped all 28 shots that he faced in the Red Wings 3-0 shutout in over the Avalanche on Thursday. He has won seven of his previous nine starts while posting a 2.67 GAA and .906 SV%. Detroit’s crease is starting to get crowded, but this could be his last start before heading back to the AHL. He makes for a must-start with an excellent matchup in Arizona.
Kinkaid allowed one goal on 27 shots in the Devils 3-1 win over the Panthers last Saturday. With Cory Schneider making 33 saves last night, Kinkaid will go tonight vs. the Habs. Kinkaid is 2-3-3 with a 2.34 GAA and .919 SV% on the season. Despite some short-term success, this is a dangerous spot-start matchup.
Getzlaf, who was listed as a game-time decision, is not on the ice for warmups so he will miss a second straight game. Expect Rickard Rakell to centre the top line again tonight with Ryan Kesler's line also eating up big minutes.
Bryzgalov allowed six goals on 25 shots in the Ducks loss to the Sharks last Saturday. He has struggled in 2014-15 going 1-3-0 with a 4.68 GAA and .832 SV%. He is a dangerous start vs. Alex Ovechkin and the Capitals.
The Capitals recalled Grubauer this morning and sent Andre Burakovsky down to make room, they wouldn’t do that if they didn’t plan on giving him the nod. So Grubauer will make his season debut. He has gone 16-9-4 with a 2.03 GAA and .924 SV% in Hershey (AHL).
There were reports earlier today that Lundqvist would miss at least one month, but the details were sparse. He was struck by a puck in the neck on Saturday and suffered some sort of damage to the blood vessels. He will miss three weeks and then be re-evaluated at that time. In the mean time, Cam Talbot receives a huge boost in fantasy value as he becomes this Rangers starter for the next three weeks.
With Frederik Andersen making 44 saves last night and Philipp Grubauer potentially going for the Caps, we could see Bryzgalov in the Ducks crease for the sixth time this season.
The Capitals recalled Grubauer this morning and sent Andre Burakovsky down to make room, they wouldn’t do that if they didn’t plan on giving him the nod. There is no official word, but given the back-to-back situation it looks like Grubauer will make his season debut. He has gone 16-9-4 with a 2.03 GAA and .924 SV% in Hershey (AHL).
Varlamov made 28 saves on 29 shots in the in the Avs’ loss to the Wild last night. He will go again tonight having lost two straight despite stopping 54 of 56 (.964 SV%) shots. Tonight he faces a Jets team who have lost six in a row, so get Varly in your lineup.
Varlamov stopped 26 of 27 shots in Colorado’s 3-0 loss to the Red Wings on Thursday. Varly has gone 2-1-1 with a 1.74 GAA and .942 SV% since the All Star break. Tonight he will meet the Wild for the third time this season—he is 0-2-0 with a 4.32 GAA and .901 SV% in the first two games.
It seems like the Capitals really wanted to start Philipp Grubauer tonight vs. the Ducks. They recalled him this morning and sent Burakovsky down to make room for him. The call-up is not expected to be long-term, so expect Burakovsky back soon.
Greiss gave up three goals on 22 shots in the Penguins win over the Jets on January 27th. Marc-Andre Fleury started the last five games, but it is Greiss’ turn tonight in Vancouver. Greiss has gone 3-1-3 with a 2.50 GAA and .922 SV% on the road this season.
Fleury stopped all 22 shots that he faced in the Penguins shutout win over the Oilers on Wednesday. Fleury now leads the NHL with seven shutouts—he is also eighth in wins (24), GAA (2.30) and 13th in SV% (.920). Tonight he will face a Flames team that just won’t go away—they have won four of five since the All Star break.
Bennett has just one goal in his last nine games and will be a healthy scratch for the second straight game tonight in Calgary.
Hall missed another practice on Friday and coach Todd Nelson called him “highly unlikely” to play on Saturday. Hall remains day-to-day and needs to get in some practice before he returns.
Rynnas did not get any action during his recall. Anders Lindback’s conditioning stint is up with Texas so he will swap places with Rynnas again.
Lindback started two games with Texas during his conditioning stint—he went 1-0-1 with a 1.89 GAA and .946 SV%. He will try and carry that success back to Dallas where he is 2-7-0 with a 3.79 GAA and .875 SV% this season. He could get the start in the front-end of the back-to-back tomorrow in Buffalo.
Fleury stopped all 22 shots that he faced in the Penguins shutout win over the Oilers on Wednesday. Fleury now leads the NHL with seven shutouts—he is also eighth in wins (24), GAA (2.30) and 13th in SV% (.920). Tonight he will face a Flames team that just won’t go away—they have won four of five since the All Star break.
The Stars originally announced that Nemeth would miss the rest of the regular season with an arm laceration, but it sounds like they will get him back in early-to-mid March. The Stars have a ton of young depth on D though, so Nemeth would likely be heading back to the AHL.
Nichushkin’s original timetable was four months, which would have had him returning in mid-to-late March. If he returns at the front end of the 3-6 week timetable, the Stars will have him back in the last week of February or first week of March.
