Goalie Start: Niemi starts in goal for the Sharks. dailyfaceoff.com Thu 3/27/14 2:56 PM
Niemi allowed two goals on 30 shots in Tuesday's 5-2 victory over the Oilers. Niemi leads the NHL in wins with 36 and has been the hottest goalie in March going 7-1-1 with a 1.88 GAA and .931 SV%. Tonight, he faces a struggling Jets team. Get him in your lineup.
Goalie Start: Niemi is the Sharks confirmed starter. dailyfaceoff.com Tue 3/25/14 7:56 PM
Niemi surrendered two goals on 25 shots in a 3-2 shootout loss to the Capitals on Saturday. He was given last night off so he should be back in goal tonight vs. the Oilers. Niemi has gone 6-1-1 with a 1.86 GAA and .931 SV% in March. He has posted a 2.01 GAA and .922 SV% while going 1-1 vs. the Oilers this season.
Goalie Start: Niemi is expected to be between the pipes for the Sha... dailyfaceoff.com Tue 3/25/14 2:56 PM
Niemi surrendered two goals on 25 shots in a 3-2 shootout loss to the Capitals on Saturday. He was given last night off so he should be back in goal tonight vs. the Oilers. Niemi has gone 6-1-1 with a 1.86 GAA and .931 SV% in March. He has posted a 2.01 GAA and .922 SV% while going 1-1 vs. the Oilers this season.
Goalie Start: Niemi will start for the Sharks. dailyfaceoff.com Sat 3/22/14 2:56 PM
Niemi stopped 16 of 18 shots in a win over the Ducks on Thursday. After seeing his five-game winning streak snapped on Tuesday, Niemi bounced back nicely to record his 35th win of the season. Tonight, he faces a Capitals team he beat with 35 saves in a 2-1 shootout final in December.
THE GOALIE EDGE: 3/22/2014 primepucks.com Sat 3/22/14 2:51 PM
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Lots of action in the NHL with 11 games scheduled today. St Louis and Philadelphia will start things off this afternoon. Ryan Miller has been (CONFIRMED) for the Blues while Steve Mason is (LIKELY) for the Flyers. Miller has been lights out since his trade to St. Louis with a 7-1-1 record. He has really found a home with the Blues. Mason has 3 straight wins so this should be a good contest. Would not go against Miller though. Tampa Bay is at Pittsburgh and we will have two goaltenders who are going in different directions. Ben Bishop (LIKELY) has 5 straight wins for the Lightning, while Marc-Andre Fleury (LIKELY) has lost 3 straight for the Penguins. Like Bishop in this one. Detroit faces Minnesota and Jimmy Howard has been (CONFIRMED) for the Red Wings. Darcy Kuemper has been (CONFIRMED) for the Wild. Kuemper has played very well this season with a 12-5-4 record a 2.22 GA and a .923 SP. He has allowed only 5 goals in his last 3 games. Go with Kuemper. Robin Lehner is (CONFIRMED) for Ottawa against Dallas, while Kari Lehtonen is (LIKELY) for the Stars. Lehner has really had a tough year with a 3.31 GA and a .904 SP. Lehtonen has been pretty solid this year with 25 wins and a 2.52 GA. He did get lit up in his last game against Pittsburgh allowing 5 goals. Still like him in this game. Roberto Luongo is (LIKELY) for Florida against Los Angeles, with Jonathan Quick (LIKELY) for the Kings. Quick and Luongo each have 22 wins on the year, and they have save percentages that are very close for the year. But like Quick in this one, as he has allowed only 11 goals in his last 5 games. The Rangers will be at New Jersey today and Henrik Lundqvist is (LIKELY) for New York while Martin Brodeur is (CONFIRMED) for the Devils. With Cory Schneider struggling this season, Brodeur has gotten a lot of ice time recently. Lundqvist has won 5 of his last 7 games, while Brodeur has lost 2 straight. Like Henrik! Montreal travels to Toronto in a game between Canadien teams. Carey Price is (LIKELY) to be in goal for the Canadiens, and James Reimer is (LIKELY) in goal for the Maple Leafs. Price has won 4 of his last 5 games, while Reimer has lost 5 of 6 in March, and his 3.29 GA is ugly. Take Price. Cam Ward is (LIKELY) for Carolina against Winnipeg, which will (LIKELY) start Al Montoya. Ward has had a really tough year with injuries and poor play. He lost to Boston 5-1 in his last game. ...
Goalie Start: Niemi will be between the pipes for the Sharks. dailyfaceoff.com Thu 3/20/14 2:56 PM
Niemi gave up three goals on 24 shots in a loss to the Panthers on Tuesday. After Niemi won his previous five starts, it was a shocking loss to a bad team. He will get back in the crease tonight with the Ducks in town. Niemi has gone 2-1-0 with a 3.26 GAA and .906 SV% against Anaheim this season.
THE GOALIE EDGE: 3/20/2014 primepucks.com Thu 3/20/14 1:37 PM
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Coming off a 6-0 blanking of the New York Islanders, Ilya Bryzgalov gets his second start in a row for the Minnesota Wild as he takes on the New Jersey Devils. Cory Schneider gets a turn in net for the Devils who are in desperate need of a win. Schneider looks to get both his team and his personal performance back on the winning track...Tim Thomas (LIKELY) goes for the Dallas Stars against a Philadelphia Flyers' team that has been surging up in the standings ever since their start of the season slump. Steve Mason draws back in net after Ray Emery Gave Mason a rest against the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday. The Flyers are soaring whereas the shine has been lost from the Stars who have lost 3 in a row. Flyers should continue to roll...The Montreal Canadiens and Carey Price are coming off a big win against the Colorado Avalanche and look to make it 4 in a row tonight against the Columbus Blue Jackets. Sergei Bobrovsky will look to keep the Jackets in playoff position as they are holding onto the 8th spot, tied with Washington in points and Detroit a point behind. Bobber is 3-2-1 in past 6 but Price is rounding into form. Hot Habs should pull this one out...Robin Lehner got lit up against the New York Rangers for 8 goals in his last start and now will face a surging Tampa Bay Lightning team that has Steven Stamkos back in full swing. The Sens are truly missing Craig Anderson in net as Lehner has lost 3 in a row in his place. Ben Bishop (LIKELY) will go for the seventh straight game even after starting last night's game. Bolts might be too much for a fragile Lehner....Marc-Andre Fleury gets back in the crease for the Pittsburgh Penguins in tonight's tilt against the Detroit Red Wings after Jeff Zatkoff started the past 2. Jimmy Howard draws in for the Wings who are looking to leapfrog into a playoff spot with a win tonight. Without their superstars in the lineup, Howard needs to come up huge tonight. Tough task as Fleury will look to get back on track after sitting...Matthew Hackett gets his first start of the season tonight as Buffalo heads into Edmonton to face Ben Scrivens and the Oilers. The Oilers seem to have solidified their goaltending with the arrival of Scrivens and Viktor Fasth. The Oil should beat a spiraling Sabres team that has lost 7 in a row....Roberto Luongo (LIKELY) and the Florida Panthers are coming off a spectacular game against San Jose and looks to keep it going...
Goalie Start: No surprise, Niemi in goal vs. Florida. dailyfaceoff.com Tue 3/18/14 2:56 PM
Niemi stopped all 41 shots that he faced in a 1-0 win over the Rangers on Sunday. He has been magnificent since the calendar turned to March. He has won all five starts while posting a 1.60 GAA, .946 SV% and two shutouts. With the fantasy playoffs in full swing in most leagues, there is no better time for Niemi to be playing his best hockey of the season. He is a must-start vs. the Panthers, but you already knew that.
Goalie Start: Niemi will be in net for the Sharks. dailyfaceoff.com Sun 3/16/14 2:56 PM
Niemi stopped 35 of 38 shots in a win over the Islanders on Friday. He has now won four straight while positing a 2.00 GAA and .926 SV%. He is one of the best goalies in the NHL right now and the Sharks are sizzling, so get him into your lineup. He stopped 18 shots in a 9-2 win vs. the Rangers back in October.
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Philadelphia and Pittsburgh will start things off today with a 12:30 match. The Flyers will (LIKELY) start Steve Mason in goal. Mason has played well this year as he has a 27-16-6 record with a 2.56 GAA and a .915 SP. He is 3-2 in his last 5 games. Marc-Andre Fleury is (LIKELY) for the Penguins. He is having a great year with 34 wins and a 2.28 GAA. Go with Fleury in this one. Ben Scrivens has been (CONFIRMED) for the Oilers against Carolina. Scrivens has played pretty well this year with a 2.24 GAA and a .930 SP, but he has lost his last 2 games. Anton Khudobin is (LIKELY) for Carolina after Cam Ward played the last game. Khudobin had a good start to the season, but he has gotten leky with losses in 4 of his last 5 games. Like Scrivens in this game. Toronto is at Washington, and James Reimer is (LIKELY) for the Leafs. He did shutout the Kings in his last game, but his numbers are not great with a 3.23 GAA and a .914 SP. Jaroslav Halak is (LIKELY) for the Capitals and he is 2-2 in his last 4 games. The Canucks will visit Florida today, and Eddie Lack has been (CONFIRMED) for Vancouver. Lack has gone 2-3 in his last 5 games, allowing 18 goals during that period. Roberto Luongo (CONFIRMED) has also gone 2-3 in his last 5 games, but only allowing 13 goals. Still we like Lack in this game.
The Sharks will visit the Rangers in a 4:00 meeting. San Jose goaltender Antti Niemi (LIKELY) has been hot lately with 4 straight wins. He should face Henrik Lundqvist (LIKELY) for New York Lundqvist has won 3 of his last 4 games allowing only 7 goals. This is a tough one, but go with Niemi. The Avalanche will face the Senators in Ottawa today. Semyon Varlamov has been (CONFIRMED) for Colorado. He has had a great year with 33 wins, but he got lit up by Anaheim in his last game allowing 5 goals. He is 4-2 in his lat 6 games though. Craig Anderson is (LIKELY) for Ottawa despite his collison last game with Milan Michalek which knocked him out of the game. Anderson's 3.10 GAA is not good so we would go with Varlamov. With Carey Price injured, Peter Budaj (CONFIRMED) will start today for Montreal against Buffalo. Budaj is only 8-8-2 on the year, and he has lost his last 4 games. Michal Neuvirth will (LIKELY) start for the Sabres, and he is only 4-8-2 on the year with a 2.78 GA. Like Montreal in this one. Detroit is at Chicago this afternoon and Jimmy Howard is (LIKELY) for the Red Wings. He has a losing 14-15-10 record, and has lost 3 of his last 4 games. Corey ...