Injury
Klein (back spasms) is not expected to play this weekend.
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Raanta will start Saturday in New Jersey.
Raanta allowed two goals on 32 shots in the Rangers’ win in Columbus on February 13th. Henrik Lundqvist has started nine of the last 10 games, but Raanta will face the Devils in the first game of the Rangers’ back-to-back. In his first start against the Devils, Raanta stopped all 19 shots he faced in a 5-0 shutout win.
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Domingue will start Friday in Dallas.
Domingue allowed five gaols on 33 shots in the Coyotes’ loss in Edmonton on February 14th. He missed three games with a lower-body injury, but was able to backup Mike Smith last night and will be in the crease tonight in Dallas. Domingue is an ugly 2-9-1 with a 4.24 GAA and .868 SV% in 14 appearances on the road this season.
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Schneider will start Saturday vs. the Rangers.
Schneider allowed two goals on 23 shots in the Devils’ loss to the Senators on Tuesday. Schneider has gone 4-3-1 with a 2.13 GAA and .934 SV% in eight starts in February. Tonight he will face the Rangers for the third time this season—he has gone 0-1-1 with a 3.36 GAA and .879 SV% in the first two meetings of 2016-17.
Signing
The Blues have signed Patrik Berglund to a five-year deal worth $19.25M ($3.85M AAV).
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Johnson will start Friday in Florida.
Johnson allowed four goals on 23 shots in the Flames’ loss to the Coyotes on February 13th. Johnson has struggled mightily as if late, posting a 4.75 GAA and .822 SV% in his last five outings. Tonight he faces the Panthers for the second time this season—he stopped 20 of 22 in a 5-2 win in the first meeting between the two.
Call up / Send down
Bickell has cleared waivers and been assigned to Charlotte (AHL).
Larsson (lower-body) won't play Friday; hopeful he'll play on Sunday.
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Talbot will start Friday in Washington.
Talbot allowed three goals on 34 shots in the Oilers’ win in Floirda on Wednesday. Talbot extended his winning streak to four games, having posted a 2.25 GAA and .933 SV% over that stretch. He was excellent, stopping 34 of 35 shots in a 4-1 win in his first start of the season against the Capitals.
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Luongo will start Friday vs. the Flames.
Luongo surrendered two goals on 35 shots in the Panthers’ win in Los Angeles last Saturday. James Reimer has started three of the last four games, but Luongo will go tonight vs. the Flames. Bobby Lu struggled in his first start against the Flames—allowing four goals on 28 shots in a 5-2 loss in Alberta back in mid-January.
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Lehtonen was the first goalie off of the ice for the Stars.
Lehtonen allowed three goals on 37 shots in the Stars win over the Lightning before their bye week. The Stars are back in action tonight and will go right back to Lehtonen, who is 2-5-0 with a 3.18 GAA and .896 SV% in February. He stopped 35 of 37 shots in a 3-2 win in Arizona in his first start vs. the Coyotes this season.
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Holtby starts Friday vs. the Oilers.
Holtby allowed one goal on 34 shots in the Capitals win in Philadelphia on Wednesday. Holtby is now 6-0-1 with a 2.12 GAA and.914 SV% in February and tonight he faces the Oilers for the second time this season. He gave up four goals on 29 shots in the Capitals’ 4-1 loss in Edmonton back in late-October.
Call up / Send down
The Sabres have recalled Justin Bailey from Rochester (AHL).
Call up / Send down
The Sabres have recalled Evan Rodrigues from Rochester (AHL).
Call up / Send down
The Blue Jackets have placed Lukas Sedlak (oblique) on IR.
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