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This is a tough break for the Blackhawks, who have a back-to-back this weekend. Darling was riding a four-game winning streak and this will likely force Corey Crawford to start both games of the back-to-back.

Mrazek stopped 28 of 31 shots in the Red Wings’ overtime loss in Calgary last night. Mrazek continues to play well, but his 2.13 GAA and .928 SV% over his last seven starts has only translated into a 3-3-1 record. Tonight he will face a quality Oilers team that comes in having lost three of their last five

Letang has missed the last four games and is expected to miss at least a few more games. Head coach Mike Sullivan said that he is more than “day-to-day” but the team hopes that he won’t miss an extended period of time.

Mrazek stopped 28 of 31 shots in the Red Wings’ overtime loss in Calgary last night. Mrazek continues to play well, but his 2.13 GAA and .928 SV% over his last seven starts has only translated into a 3-3-1 record. Tonight he will face a quality Oilers team that comes in having lost three of their last five.

Miller gave up three goals on 32 shots in the Canucks loss in San Jose on Thursday. Miller has lost four straight games while allowing at least three goals in each start and posting an .886 SV%. It hasn’t been easy for Miller to pick up wins this season and won’t be easy tonight in LA. He stopped 36 of 37 in a 2-1 win in his only start against the Kings.

Talbot allowed one goal on 26 shots in the Oilers’ win in St. Louis on Tuesday. The win snapped a brief two-game losing skid for Talbot, who will face a Red Wings team that comes in on a tail-end of a back-to-back. The 29-year-old has gone 15-10-2 with a 2.54 GAA and .914 SV% on home ice this season.

Bishop allowed two goals on 30 shots in the Kings’ overtime loss in Calgary in his Los Angeles debut on Tuesday. Jonathan Quick started on Thursday, but it looks like Bishop will get the Canucks tonight in his first start vs. the home crowd. He was pulled in his only start vs. Vancouver when he was with Tampa Bay.

Pominville missed the last three games with mumps, but took part in practice on Saturday and said he expected to play vs. the Sharks on Sunday. Pominville skated on the fourth line and top power play unit and has registered 12 points (2G / 10A) in his last nine games.

Parise missed the last three games with mumps, but took part in practice on Saturday and said he fully intends on playing vs. the Sharks on Sunday. Parise skated on the top line with Eric Staal and Chris Stewart and enters play with 28 points (14G / 14A) in 50 games this season.

Lehtonen allowed six goals on 28 shots in the Stars’ loss to Boston on February 26th. Antti Niemi started the last two games, but it looks like Lehtonen will start tonight in Florida. Lehtonen has gone 5-12-2 with a 3.01 GAA And .894 SV% on the road this season and the Panthers come in having lost four of their last five.

Henrik Lundqvist is coming off of a great outing in Boston and should start in a difficult matchup with Carey Price and the Canadiens. Antti Raanta has not started since February 25th and probably won’t see the crease until the Rangers’ back-to-back on Monday and Tuesday.

Hellebuyck has been leaned on heavily with Ondrej Pavelec sidelined. Hellebuyck is coming off of a 29-save shutout last night and the Jets will likely go back to him if he is up for it. If not, Michael Hutchinson could get the start given it’s a fairly easy matchup against the NHL’s worst team.

Blue Jackets' head coach John Tortorella is expected to address the media when the team arrives at the rink around 5 p.m. ET. Sergei Bobrovsky is coming off of a 38-save shutout and will likely face the tougher of the two opponents in Ottawa on Saturday evening.