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Carey Price(G)|SJS
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Price will start Tuesday in Vancouver.

Price stopped 26 of 27 shots in the Canadiens’ win in New York on Saturday. Price has won four straight starts while posting a 0.98 GAA, .964 SV% and one shutout. He has been great as of late and tonight he faces the Canucks for the second time—he posted a 42-save shutout vs. Vancouver back in early-November.

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Stu Cowan 2017-03-07T17:52:29.000Z
Carey Price
Henrik Lundqvist(G)|FA
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Lundqvist will start Tuesday in Florida.

Lundqvist allowed four goals on 35 shots in the Rangers’ loss in Montreal on Saturday. Lundqvist has lost three of his last four starts while posting a 3.51 GAA and .894 SV%. Tonight he will start the tail-end of the Rangers back-to-back and it will be his second start vs. Florida. He allowed two goals on 30 shots in a 3-2 shootout loss in the first meeting.

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@NYRangers 2017-03-07T18:31:23.000Z
Henrik Lundqvist
Pekka Rinne(G)|FA
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Rinne will start Tuesday in Anaheim.

Rinne gave up two goals on 26 shots in the Predators loss in Montreal last Thursday. Juuse Saros got the nod on Saturday, but they’ll go back to Rinne tonight in Anaheim. Rinne has won three of his last four starts while allowing a combined 12 goals on 112 shots (.893 SV%). He has gone 1-1-0 with a 2.53 GAA and .909 SV% vs. the Ducks this season.

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Eric Stephens 2017-03-07T18:47:44.000Z
Pekka Rinne
Carey Price(G)|SJS
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Price is expected to start Tuesday in Vancouver.

Price stopped 26 of 27 shots in the Canadiens’ win in New York on Saturday. Price has won four straight starts while posting a 0.98 GAA, .964 SV% and one shutout. He has been great as of late and tonight he faces the Canucks for the second time—he posted a 42-save shutout vs. Vancouver back in early-November.

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Chantal Machabee 2017-03-07T17:53:08.000Z
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Cam Talbot(G)|DET
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Talbot will start Tuesday vs. the Islanders.

Talbot gave up three goals on 25 shots in the Oilers’ win over the Red Wings on Saturday. He has six of his last eight starts while posting a 2.52 GAA and .916 SV%. In his first start against the Islanders, Talbot stopped 30 of 33 shots in a 4-3 shootout win.

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Rob Tychkowski 2017-03-07T14:42:12.000Z
Cam Talbot
Ryan Miller(G)|
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Miller is expected to start Tuesday vs. Montreal.

Miller gave up three goals on 44 shots in the Canucks on Saturday. Richard Bachman started Sunday, but expect Miller to be back in the crease tonight vs. the Canadiens. Miller is 13-8-2 with a 2.37 GAA and .921 SV% on home ice this season. In his first start vs. Montreal, he allowed two goals on 21 shots in a 3-0 loss.

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J-F Chaumont 2017-03-07T21:51:21.000Z
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Eddie Lack(G)|
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Lack will start Tuesday in Colorado.

Lack stopped 25 of 26 shots in the Hurricanes’ win in Arizona on Sunday. It was a strong performance for Lack, who was called out by head coach Bill Peters over the weekend. He has struggled this season, but has another strong matchup tonight, making him a potential spot-start.

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Michael Smith 2017-03-07T14:58:07.000Z
Eddie Lack
Thomas Greiss(G)|FA
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Greiss will start Tuesday in Edmonton.

Greiss was yanked after allowing four goals on 21 shots in the first period of the Islanders’ loss in Calgary on Sunday. Greiss has lost three of his last four starts (was pulled twice) while posting a 4.36 GAA and .872 SV%. Tonight he gets the nod against the Oilers—who are 16-10-3 on home ice this season.

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Arthur Staple 2017-03-07T14:39:26.000Z
Thomas Greiss
Jonathan Bernier(G)|FA
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Bernier will start Tuesday vs. the Predators.

Bernier gave up two goals on 27 shots in the Ducks’ loss to Vancouver on Sunday. Bernier will make his sixth straight start with John Gibson still sidelined—Bernier has gone 2-3-0 with a 3.04 GAA and .902 SV% in his previous five starts and tonight he faces the Predators on home-ice. Bernier is 5-1-1 with a 1.93 GAA and .933 SV% at Honda Center.

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Curtis Zupke 2017-03-07T15:05:13.000Z
Jonathan Bernier
Jake Allen(G)|NJD
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Allen will start Tuesday in Minnesota.

Allen stopped all 27 shots that he faced in the Blues’ shutout win in Colorado on Sunday. The win snapped a four-game losing streak for Allen and tonight he will make his fifth appearance against the Wild—he is 2-1-0 with a 2.08 GAA and .911 SV% in three starts and one relief appearance vs. Minnesota.

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Jeremy Rutherford 2017-03-07T14:35:29.000Z
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Tuukka Rask(G)|FA
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Rask will start Wednesday vs. the Red Wings.

Rask allowed three goals on 28 shots in the Bruins’ loss in Ottawa on Monday. Rask has dropped three of his last five starts while posting a 2.61 GAA and .902 SV%. Tonight he will take on the Red Wings for the fourth time this season—he has gone 2-0-1 with a 2.54 GAA and .893 SV% in the first three meetings.

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Fluto Shinzawa 2017-03-08T11:37:44.000Z
Tuukka Rask

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Already this season we’ve seen the hammer brought down by the NHL Department of Player Safety. Notable suspensions and fines include Ryan Reaves of the Toronto Maple Leafs who was given a five-game suspension for an illegal check to the head against the Edmonton Oilers, and Los Angeles Kings forward Tanner Jeannot who was dealt a three-game suspension, also for an illegal hit to the head.

In the 2023-24 season, there were a total of 14 suspensions and 17 fines issued throughout the NHL. The longest suspension served was dealt to former-Detroit Red Wing David Perron at six-games after a cross-checking penalty dealt ironically against his current team in the 2024-25 season, the Ottawa Senators. Additionally, Perron was fined $148,437.48 for his actions.

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