Curtis McElhinney News

McElhinney stopped all 30 shots that he faced in the Lightning's shutout win in San Jose on February 1st. McElhinney has gone 3-2-0 with a 1.83 GAA, .925 SV% and one shutout in his last five starts. Tonight he'll face his former team in Columbus, who will be without seven members of their regular lineup. Still, they've been banged up seemingly all season and come in having won nine of their last 11 (9-1-1).

McElhinney allowed three goals on 23 shots in the Lightning's loss in Minnesota on January 16th. Andrei Vasilevskiy has started the last four games but they will turn to McElhinney on the tail-end of a back-to-back. He is 3-4-1 with a 3.16 GAA and .903 SV% on the road this year.

McElhinney gave up two goals on 19 shots in the Lightning's 3-1 loss in New Jersey on Sunday. It was a rare night where holding the opposition to two goals wasn't good enough for a Lightning netminder and moved McElhinney to 3-3-1 with a 3.17 GAA and .906 SV%. The Wild offence has been solid as of late, so he'll probably give up a couple of goals but should reward his owners with a 'W' tonight.

McElhinney allowed three goals on 24 shots in the Lightning's loss to the Hurricanes on October 30th. Andrei Vasilevskiy has started seven of the last eight games but McElhinney will start the front-end of the Lightning's back-to-back vs. the Islanders. The veteran netminder has gone 1-1-1 with a 3.00 GAA and .916 SV% in three starts at Amalie Arena this season.

McElhinney stopped 32 of 34 shots in the Lightning's win in Chicago on November 21st. Andrei Vasilevskiy started the last four games, including last night, so McElhinney will face his former team on Saturday. He has won three in a row but lost in his only other start vs. Carolina, allowing four goals on 44 shots in a 4-3 OT defeat.

McElhinney stopped 32 of 34 shots in the Lightning's win in Chicago on November 21st. Andrei Vasilevskiy started the last four games, including last night, so McElhinney will face his former team on Saturday. He has won three in a row but lost in his only other start vs. Carolina, allowing four goals on 44 shots in a 4-3 OT defeat.

McElhinney allowed six goals on 42 shots in the Lighting's win in New Jersey on October 30th. With Andrei Vasilevskiy starting yesterday, McElhinney will showcase what he can do in Sweden. McElhinney is 1-1-2 with a 3.94 GAA and .899 SV% this season and faces a Sabres team that is on a four-game losing skid, averaging just 1.25 goals per game during that stretch.

McElhinney allowed three goals on 40 shots in the Lightning's overtime loss to the Predators on Saturday. With Andrei Vasilevskiy going last night in New York, McElhinney is expected to face the Devils on Wednesday. He has started the season at 0-1-2 with a 3.29 GAA and .915 SV% in his first three games with the Lightning and tonight he faces a Devils team that is the fifth-lowest scoring team in the NHL (2.44 GF/gm).

McElhinney allowed three goals on 40 shots in the Lightning's overtime loss to the Predators on Saturday. With Andrei Vasilevskiy going last night in New York, McElhinney is expected to face the Devils on Wednesday. He has started the season at 0-1-2 with a 3.29 GAA and .915 SV% in his first three games with the Lightning and tonight he faces a Devils team that is the fifth-lowest scoring team in the NHL (2.44 GF/gm).

McElhinney gave up four goals on 44 shots in the Lightning’s 4-3 overtime loss in Carolina last Sunday. It was a solid debut for the veteran netminder, who is an obvious must-stream this afternoon in Ottawa. Dating back to the start of last season, McElhinney is 9-5-2 in his last 16 road starts.