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McIntyre leads the Bruins onto the ice for warmups.

McIntyre allowed five goals on 31 shots in the Bruins loss in New York on October 26th. Tuukka Rask started the last five games, but he will get the night off on the second of a back-to-back. McIntyre, who has a .854 SV% in two starts, will be in deep water on the road versus Carey Price.

Zane McIntyre
Hellebuyck will start Tuesday vs. the Stars.

Hellebuyck was pulled after he allowed four goals on 16 shots in the Jets’ loss in New York on Sunday. It was a rough outing for Hellebuyck, who will make his third consecutive start tonight vs. the Stars. Hellebuyck has a pedestrian .900 SV% in eight appearances this season, but his matchup makes him an interesting option on Tuesday—the banged up Stars are 18th in the NHL in scoring (2.58 G/PG).

Connor Hellebuyck
Jones will start Tuesday in Washington.

Jones was yanked after he gave up three goals on seven shots in the Sharks’ loss to the Penguins on Saturday. The loss extended Jones’ losing streak to three games and brought his record to 5-6-0 on the season. Jones has not had the best start to 2016-17, posting a 2.56 GAA and .900 SV% across 11 games and tonight he will be in tough in Washington.

Martin Jones
Rieder (lower-body) will likely return on Tuesday; officially listed as a game-time decision.

Rieder missed last Thursday’s game vs. the Predators, but played on Friday. Rieder is listed as a game-tie decision, so monitor his status when the Coyotes hit the ice for the warmups at 8:30 p.m. ET. Despite being listed as a game-time decision it seems very likely that Rieder will play—he has five points (2G / 3A) in 10 games this season.

Tobias Rieder
The Jets have placed Joel Armia (undisclosed) on injured reserve.

Armia is set to miss is third straight game on Tuesday and is expected to be out for an extended period of time, so the Jets moved him to IR to create a roster spot to activate Tyler Myers from IR and added Jacob Trouba to the active roster after signing him on Monday.

Joel Armia
Crawford will start Wednesday vs. the Blues.

Crawford gave up two goals on 33 shots in the Blackhawks’ win in Dallas on Saturday. Crawford was given a night off on Sunday, so they’ll come back to him tonight vs. the Blues. Crawford has been excellent recently, winning five consecutive games with a 1.00 GAA, .970 SV% and two shutouts. He lost his first starts vs. St. Louis this year, but remains a solid option on Wednesday.

Corey Crawford
Domingue will start Tuesday in Colorado.

Domingue was pulled after he allowed three goals on 21 shots in the Coyotes’ loss in Anaheim on Friday. It was his second starts in as many nights and ended a brief two-game winning streak for Domingue, who now has three wins in his last five starts with a 3.19 GAA and .915 SV%. Try to find a better option than him on a busy Tuesday night.

Louis Domingue
Fisher (upper-body) will miss his third straight game on Tuesday.

Fisher will miss his third straight game despite taking part in the Predators’ morning skate. Fisher’s presence on the ice this morning suggests that Fisher could be back in the lineup on Thursday vs. the Blues. With Fisher out, Mike Ribeiro will continue to skate in the top-6 and Calle Jarnkrok will centre the third line.

Mike Fisher
Rinne will start Tuesday vs. the Senators.

Rinne allowed two goals on 25 shots in the Predators’ shootout loss to the Hurricanes on Saturday. Rinne has now lost seven of his first nine starts (2-4-3) while posting a 2.63 GAA and .916 SV%. Despite a limited number of wins, Rinne has played well recently, posting a .939 SV% across his last three starts. Tonight he faces the Senators on home ice, where he is 1-1-1 with a 1.97 GAA and .930 SV% this season.

Pekka Rinne
Allen will start Wednesday in Chicago.

Allen stopped 22 of 23 shots in the Blues’ win over the Avalanche on Sunday. The win snapped a brief two-game winning streak for Allen, who moved to .500 on the season, despite posting a strong 2.39 GAA, but his .903 SV% still needs some work. Tonight will be Allen’s second start vs. the Blackhawks—he allowed two goals on 19 shots in in a 5-2 win in their first meeting.

Jake Allen
Talbot will start Tuesday in Pittsburgh.

Talbot allowed three goals on 33 shots in the Oilers’ shootout win over the Islanders on Saturday. The win snapped a three-game losing streak for Talbot, who was given Sunday night off, but will be back in goal tonight in Pittsburgh. Talbot has won eight of his 12 starts while posting a 2.36 GAA and .925 SV%, placing him firmly as a No.1 fantasy netminder.

Cam Talbot
Lehtonen was the first goalie off of the ice at the Stars' morning skate.

Lehtonen gave up four goals on 33 shots in the Stars’ loss in Chicago on Sunday. Lehtonen has now given up four goals in three of his last four starts and he’s posted an 0-2-2 record, 3.44 GAA and .875 SV% over that stretch. Lehtonen’s numbers aren’t good, the team in front of him isn’t good and his matchup isn’t good. Look elsewhere tonight.

Kari Lehtonen
Faulk is week-to-week with an upper-body injury.

Faulk was injured in Sunday’s game vs. the Devils and will likely miss at least two weeks with an upper-body injury. With Faulk out, Jaccob Slavin and Brett Pesce will make up the Hurricanes’ top-pair. Noah Hanifin should take over Faulk’s duties on the top power-play unit.

Justin Faulk
Puljujarvi (lower-body) will be a game-time decision on Tuesday.

Puljujarvi missed Sunday’s game in Detroit because of a thigh injury, but he has a chance to return to the lineup on Tuesday. Puljujarvi is listed as a game-time decision, so monitor his status when the Oilers hit the ice for warmups at 6:30 p.m. ET.

Jesse Puljujarvi
The Jets have activated Tyler Myers (lower-body) from IR; he will return to the lineup on Tuesday.

Myers has missed the last five games with a lower-body injury, but will return to the Jets’ line tonight vs. the Stars. Myers, who has two goals in eight games, will skate on the second pairing with Tobias Enstrom and should also see some power-play time on the second unit.

Tyler Myers

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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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