Anderson gave up three goals on 38 shots in a 5-3 win over the Lightning on Thursday. It was a strong way to cap-off a very good January for Anderson. He was 6-1-3 with a 2.66 GAA and .917 SV% thus far in 2014. Anderson is 0-0-2 with a 3.24 GAA and .904 SV% against the Maple Leafs this year.

Anderson stopped 34 of 36 shots in a 3-2 win over the Blue Jackets on Tuesday. It was a strong outing for Anderson, who registered his 17th win of the season. Tomorrow he will take on the Lightning for the second Thursday in a row. Last week he stopped 35 of 38 shots in a 4-3 shootout loss.

Anderson stopped all nine shots that he faced after replacing Robin Lehner in Saturday's loss to the Hurricanes. He enters play on Tuesday with a 4-1-3 record, 2.70 GAA and .913 SV% in January. He allowed four goals in a 4-1 loss the first time he faced the Blue Jackets.

There are ten games on the schedule in the NHL tonight. Carolina and Buffalo start things off with a game in Buffalo.  Anton Khudobin is (likely) for the Huricanes, and he has played well this year with an 8-3 record and a 2.05 goals against. Jhonas Enroth has been (confirmed) for the Sabres, and he has had a tough season with only 1 win. We like Carolina....Philadelphia goes against the Blue Jackets in Columbus.  With Steve Mason playing last night, Ray Emery is (confirmed) for the Flyers . Emery has struggled as the backup with only a .901 save percentage.  Sergei Bobrovsky has been (confirmed) for Columbus, and no one is hotter than him with 6 straight wins.   Go with the hot guy....The Blues are at the Garden to play the Rangers.  Jaroslav Halak has been (confirmed) for St. Louis. He appears to have taken back the starting job.  Henrik Lundqvist has been (confirmed) for New York, and he has been hot as well with 5 wins in 6 games. Go with the King in what should be a tough match....The Senators are at Tamba Bay, and Craig Anderson has been (confirmed) for Ottawa. He had been hot with a 5 game winning streak, but  has lost 3 of his last 5.  Ben Bishop, who has been the goalie story of the year, is (confirmed) for the Lightning. He has cooled a bit going only 4-3 in his last 7, but we like him in this game....With Marc-Andre Fleury playing last night, Jeff Zatkoff is (confirmed) for the Penguins against the Islanders. He has only played in 10 games, but he has won 4 of 5. Kevin Poulin is (confirmed) to be in goal for New York. His overall numbers are bad, but he has won 6 of 8 in January.  Have to go with Pittsburgh though....Chicago is at Minnesota, and Antti Raanta is (likely) in goal for the Blackhawks. Raanta has played in only 2 games in January, but he won them both.  Minnesota will surely start Darcy Kuemper (likely) as Josh Harding and Niklas Backstrom are both out. Kuemper is 3-2 in his last 5 games.  Go wth Chicago and Raanta....Toronto is at Dallas, ad it looks like Jonathan Bernier (confirmed)is slowly grabbing the starting job for the Maple Leafs. He has been gettng more ice time lately, and he has 4 straight wins. Kari Lehtonen is (confirmed) for the Stars as he has been struggling lately going 2-8 in his last 10 games. Go with Bernier on this one....The Kings are at Anaheim and will (likely) start Jonathan Quick in goal. Quick has been only 4-4 since returning from injury, but he does have a .938 save percentage  for those games.  ...

Anderson stopped all 34 shots he faced in a 2-0 win over the Capitals on Tuesday. It was Andy's 16th win and third shutout of the season. He continues to put his early season struggles behind him as he has now won seven of his last 10 games. On Thursday he will meet a Lightning team who have averaged 3.20 goals per game in their last 10 games.

ALL GOALIES CONFIRMED UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED AT TIME OF PRINT Braden Holtby gets a chance to prove he deserves the starter's role in Washington as the Capitals take on the Ottawa Senators. With Philipp Grubauer being sent down to the AHL, Holtby and Neuvirth will compete for the starting job.  Washington may be without Alex Ovechkin who suffered a LBI (lower body injury), so monitor his situation as he is definitely a game-changer.  The resurrected Craig Anderson has lost 2 in a row after putting together a string of 7 solid efforts before that and winning 6 of those 7. Both teams need this game so expect a battle.  Caps have lost 5 in a row and 9 of their last 11, and the Sens have lost 2 in a row....Speaking of battles, the Battle of New York returns to the Garden tonight with Kevin Poulin and the Islanders head into MSG to take on Cam Talbot and the Rangers. Lundqvist sits this one out with an illness but he did appear to tweak something at the end of last game agaisnt the Caps on Sunday.  The Rangers don't lose much with Talbot in there, but this rivalry is always heated. Rangers have been on a roll lately, go with the Blueshirts...The sensation is back!  Martin Jones (LIKELY) looks like the starter tonight for Los Angeles as the Kings take on the red-hot Sergei Bobrovsky and the Columbus Blue Jackets. Bobber has won 5 in a row since his return and the Blue Jackets have played themselves back into a playoff spot.  There is still a long way to go, but the Jackets are playing team hockey.  Jones had been spectacular in his earlier call-up, but now that he is no longer an unknown entity, but things may be different the second time around.  When you're hot, you're the pick.  Ready the cannon...Tim Thomas (LIKELY) should be well enough from his battle with the flu bug to take on Ryan Miller and the Buffalo Sabres. Clemmensen started last night to give Thomas an extra day to recover and played well to put it mildly but Thomas should get the call.  Miller's numbers are decent but not his win totals.  The Sabres have been playing well, but not well enough to win consistently.  Cats win...Steve Mason recently signed a 3-year contract extension and was pulled in the start right after. Look for Mason to rebound as he has something to prove.  Plus, he has been playing well all season long.  Anton Khudobin (LIKELY) gets the nod for The Hurricanes was playing well when he returned from injury but has settled back down to Earth by losing 3 of the past 4. Look for ...

Anderson allowed four goals on 31 shots in a loss to the Rangers on Saturday. Despite allowing nine goals in back-to-back losses, the Senators will turn to Anderson on Tuesday. The decision probably has to do with Andy's 2-0-0 record with a 2.50 GAA and .926 SV% against the Capitals this season.

Anderson allowed five goals on 23 shots in a 5-4 OT loss to the Canadiens on Thursday. It was an ugly game for Andy, but he gets an opportunity to bounce back quickly when he faces the Rangers tomorrow. He has yet to lose in regulation in 2014 (3-0-2) while posting a 3.13 GAA and .894 SV%.

Anderson stopped 32 of 33 shots in a 2-1 win over the Predators on Saturday. He was given Tuesday night off, but will be back in the cage tonight vs. the Habs. In his one previous start against Montreal he stopped 26 of 29 shots in a 4-3 OT win.

Got a cup filled to the brim and piping hot..... For as far back as I can remember, the Tampa Bay Lightning always had the Philadelphia Flyers number. The Bolts won yesterday afternoon 6-3. Claude Giroux has made it into the top 20 in NHL scoring. He'll definitely finish in top 10.  And he had such a sloooooooow start. Voracek is continuing his steady pace of hotness. Andrej Meszaros has arisen from the dead! Anaheim is continuing to amaze me. First overall in the NHL. Tomas Plekanec had 11 SOG last night. Patrick Kane has only 1 assist in past 6 games. Hmmmmmmmmm.  But he had 23 points in 14 December games so I wouldn't be worried. A lot of 2-1 games and low-scoring games on Saturday. Marek Zidlicky is having a nice rebound season for the Devils. In fact, the last time Zids hit the 40-point mark was the year of the last Winter Olympics in 2009-2010 with 43 for the Minnesota Wild.  I wonder if he is turning into an every-4-year fantasy player. Tim Thomas has been playing lights out since his return from injury. Craig Anderson and the Ottawa Senators are playing like they mean it now.   They are 6-2-2 in last 10 and Anderson has earned the win in all 6 of those. May be too late to grab any of these 3 goaltenders who were struggling until just a few games ago; Anderson, Lundqvist, and Howard. T-Rask with a brilliant 1-0 shutout of the San Jose. Jimmy Howard with a 3-1 victory over the LA Kings. Is the Eastern Conference turning the tide form the early season domination from the Western Conference? Eastern Conf was 6-0 against Western Conf yesterday. I think Ryan Ellis will explode one day. He has so much offensive talent.  Maybe he needs to go elsewhere like Cody Franson did a few years back. Columbus is 7-3-0 and in the hunt for a playoff spot people. Heed the warning Eastern Conf. Something big is going to happen in Winnipeg soon methinks. Will J-S Giguere get back in the net for Colorado soon after his 4 straight losses? Paul Stastny was having such a good season. Let's hope his injury isn't too serious. Minnesota almost had their third hat trick of the week with Charlie Coyle getting 2 within seconds of one another. He would have joined Justin Fontaine and Ryan Suter with a hattie. This Anaheim team is like a true duck. They paddle hard underneath but you don't see the effort.  Flawless. Mathieu Perreault has 6 points in past 3 games. Could this be the start of a breakout?  He has the talent. Colonel Klinkhammer was held off the board yesterday. The ...