Holtby was yanked in the second period after allowing four goals on 18 shots in a loss to the Flyers on Wednesday. Despite the ugly outing and the acquisition of Jaroslav Halak at the deadline, the Caps will turn to Holtby again tonight in Boston. Holtby won his only start vs. the B's this season.
Holtby's four-game winning streak was snapped when he allowed five goals on 36 shots in a 5-4 OT loss to the Flyers on Sunday. He will face the Flyers again tonight, this time in Philadelphia. He is 4-0-1 with a 2.58 GAA and .923 SV% in his last five outings.
Holtby turned aside 36 of 38 shots in a 4-2 win over the Bruins yesterday. Holtby has won four starts in a row while posting a 2.00 GAA and .940 SV%. This afternoon he will take on the Flyers, who are coming off of a big win on Saturday as well.
Holtby allowed four goals on 34 shots, but walked away with the win over the Panthers on Thursday. Holtby has now won his last three starts and five of his last six. However that streak could come to an end this afternoon as he gets the start in Boston against the 37-16-5 Bruins.
Holtby stopped all 25 shots in a 3-0 win over the Devils in the Capitals last game before the break. Tonight he will get the call vs. Tim Thomas and the Panthers. Holtby enters play with a 7-7-1 record, 2.98 GAA and .902 SV% on the road this season.
Holtby gave up two goals on 36 shots after unexpectedly getting the start for the Michal Neuvirth on Thursday. Holtby has won three of his last four starts while posting a 2.75 GAA, .903 SV% and one shutout. On Saturday he will get a crack at the Devils who have lost four of five.
Neuvirth was the first goalie off this morning and was scheduled to start tonight, but Braden Holtby led the team onto the ice for warmups. There were reports that Neuvirth did not look 100 per cent this morning and maybe missing tonight's start because he is feeling under the weather, we will update when we hear something. Holtby enters play with a 15-13-2 with a 3.00 GAA and .909 SV%.
Holtby gave up four goals on 27 shots in a 5-4 OT win over the Sabres on Tuesday. He has won two in a row while posting a 1.99 GAA and .917 SV%. He will make a third consecutive start tonight in Columbus. Holtby is 2-0-0 with a 2.26 GAA and .931 SV% in two starts plus a relief appearance.
Holtby stopped all 21 shots that he faced in a 5-0 blowout win over the Habs on Saturday. It was Holtby's second shutout of the season and his first win since December 10 (a span of 46 days!). He has a good opportunity to make it two straight when he faces the Sabres and their back-up Jhonas Enroth tonight.
Holtby stopped 24 of 26 shots in a 2-0 defeat at the hands of the Senators on Tuesday. The Capitals offence is in a serious slump right now, so Holtby will need to be at his best if he is going to chalk up his 14th W of the season tonight. He will face a Habs team playing on the tail-end of a back-to-back.
Holtby allowed three goals on 40 shots (.925 SV%) in two consecutive relief appearances last week. With Philipp Grubauer getting sent down on Monday, the Capitals starting gig appears to be Holtby's once again. Tonight he faces a Senators squad who are 6-2-1 in their last nine, but are coming off of back-to-back losses.
Holtby allowed three goals on 40 shots (.925 SV%) in two consecutive relief appearances last week. With Philipp Grubauer getting sent down on Monday, the Capitals starting gig appears to be Holtby's once again. Tonight he faces a Senators squad who are 6-2-1 in their last nine, but are coming off of back-to-back losses.
Holtby will get his first start in exactly two weeks. In his last start he allowed five goals on 37 shots and has allowed a total of 13 goals in his last three outings. He will get his second start of the season vs. the Wild, in the first he stopped 35 of 37 shots in a 3-2 shootout win.
Holtby gave five goals on 35 shots in a loss to the Flyers on Tuesday. He has struggled to 1-2-0 with a 4.91 GAA and .863 SV% in December. Despite a solid matchup tonight he is a risky start tonight given his recent struggles.
Holtby was pulled after allowing three goals on eight shots in a loss to the Lightning last Tuesday. He was given the next two games off in favour of Phillip Grubauer, but will be back in net tonight vs. Philadelphia. He first start vs. the Flyers was a pretty eventful one. He stopped all 30 shots he faced and was assaulted by Ray Emery in the 7-0 win. Fortunately for Holtby he will face Steve Mason… To start the game at least.
Holtby was pulled after allowing three goals on eight shots in a loss to the Lightning last Tuesday. He was given the next two games off in favour of Phillip Grubauer, but appears to be back in net tonight vs. Philadelphia. He first start vs. the Flyers was a pretty eventful one. He stopped all 30 shots he faced and was assaulted by Ray Emery in the 7-0 win. Fortunately for Holtby he will face Steve Mason… To start the game at least.
Holtby allowed two goals on 36 shots in a win over the Predators on Saturday. Holtby has now won three out of his last four starts with a 2.50 GAA and .926 SV%. He gets the nod tonight against the Lightning who have dropped three out of their last four.
Holtby stopped 34 of 36 shots in a win over the Predators last night. Should he get the call tonight it would be his second of the season against the Rangers. In the first contest he gave up two goals on 38 shots as the Caps were shutout 2-0.
Holtby allowed four goals on 23 shots and was pulled after 40 minutes in a loss to Carolina on Tuesday. It looks like he will be back in the cage tonight with a great matchup vs. the Predators.