Fleury allowed just one goal on 28 shots in the Golden Knights overtime win in Arizona on Saturday. Fleury dazzled in his first week with the Golden Knights, earning Second Star of the Week honours from the NHL. Fleury is 2-0-0 with a 0.98 GAA and .973 SV% to start the 2017-18 season and tonight he gets another crack at the Coyotes in the Vegas home opener.
Fleury spent the first 13 years of his NHL career in Pittsburgh but now becomes the face of the Golden Knights after being selected in the expansion draft this summer. Fleury has carried a 2.58 GAA and .912 SV% across his lengthy NHL career but will likely struggle in his first season with Vegas because the team in front of him needs a lot of work.
Bogosian has had a terrible time with injuries during his career, missing a combined 64 games over the last three seasons. With Bogosian out, Matt Tennyson will be on the blueline, paired with Marco Scandella.
Foligno is a big-body (6’2” / 215 lbs.) that has improved offensively in each of his six NHL seasons, setting a new career-high in goals (13) and tying a career-best in points (23) a season ago. Foligno will likely take Pominville’s spot as a third line winger in Minnesota, but doesn’t offer nearly any fantasy value due to his limited power play exposure.
Grosenick, 27, was named the Aldege “Baz” Bastien Award for the AHL’s top goaltender this season, finishing second in wins (30), t-2nd in SV% (.926), third in GAA (2.04) and 1st in shutouts (10). With both Martin Jones and Aaron Dell under contract for 2017-18, Grosenick will likely remain in the AHL next season.
Merrill played as a seventh defenseman with Joseph Blandisi out on Sunday, but with Blandisi returning from an illness, Merrill will serve as a healthy scratch vs. the Jets.
