Allen allowed one goal on 22 shots in the Blues win over the Bruins on Wednesday. Allen has won three in a row and tonight he makes his eighth consecutive start—he has gone 5-2-0 with a 2.28 GAA and .916 SV% in the previous seven. Allen is also 2-0-0 with a 1.96 GAA and .926 SV% against Vancouver this season.
Allen allowed four goals on 30 shots in the Blues overtime win in Chicago on Sunday. Allen continues to win games, having recorded a ‘W’ in four of his last five starts despite allowing 14 goals on 134 shots (.896 SV%). Tonight he faces a banged up Bruins team that has lost three of their last five (2-2-1).
With Miles Wood out with an upper-body injury, Bratt will play tonight in San Jose. Bratt has been a healthy scratch in two of the last three games, but returns with 13 goals and 22 assists (35 points) in 68 games this season.
Markstrom surrendered four goals on 29 shots in the Canucks loss to the Sharks on Saturday. It was Markstrom’s fourth consecutive loss and moved hime to 1-4-1 with a 2.85 GAA and .915 SV% in March. Markstrom has had a tough year and tonight will be no different as he faces the Golden Knights on home-ice for the first time.
Palat, who has been out since January 20th, skated on the second line and second power-play unit at the Lightning’s morning skate and will play tonight vs. the Maple Leafs. Palat is a huge addition to the Lightning lineup as he picked up eight goals and 22 assists (30 points) in 46 games before getting injured.
Markstrom stopped 23 of 24 shots in the Canucks loss in Arizona on Sunday. Anders Nilsson started two of the last three games, but Marsktrom will go tonight in Anaheim. Markstrom’s last five starts have been a bit of a disaster, as he’s gone just 1-2-2 with a 3.08 GAA and .907 SV%.
Bratt has been in the lineup for the last three games and picked up one assist in those games, but will be replaced by Travis Zajac (undisclosed) tonight in Vegas.
Allen allowed two goals on 40 shots in the Blues blowout win in Los Angeles on Saturday. Allen has really turned his game around in his last two starts, stopping 72 of the last 75 shots (.960 SV%) that he has faced. Tonight he faces the Ducks for the third time this season—he is 0-2-0 with a 3.10 GAA and .875 SV% in the first two meetings.
Markstrom gave up two goals on 34 shots in the Canucks loss to the Coyotes on Wednesday. Markstrom was battling an illness on Friday, but he’ll return to the crease tonight and face Arizona again. Marsktrom is 1-1-0 with a 1.52 GAA and .961 SV% vs. the Coyotes this season.
Allen allowed just one goal on 35 shots in the Blues loss in San Jose on Thursday. It was a tough luck loss for the Blues’ netminder, who is still searching for his 20th win of the season. He recorded the ‘W’ in his first start vs. the Kings this season, a 26-save performance in a 4-2 win vs. L.A. in late-October.
Markstrom allowed three goals on 34 shots in the Canucks win over the Islanders on Monday. Markstrom snapped a personal three-game losing streak and moved to 18-21-6 on the season. He has a quality matchup with the Coyotes in town—the 28-year-old stopped 41 of 42 shots in a 3-1 win over Arizona on February 25th.
Markstrom allowed four goals on 43 shots in the Canucks loss to the Predators on Friday. Markstrom has allowed zero, one, two, three and four goals (in that order) in his last five appearances, posting a .920 SV% in the process. Tonight he faces an Islanders team that has lost six in a row, while being outscored 23-to-13.
