Coyotes head coach Dave Tippett confirmed Smith will start between the posts in Tuesday night's tilt against the Bruins, Sarah McLellan of azcentral sports reports.

EDGE Analysis

This is an interesting matchup for Smith. The Bruins are scoring an average of 3.86 goals per game (third in the NHL), but they give up a lot of goals as well (4.14 goals against per game, second worst in the NHL). Although Smith is having a pretty decent year so far with a 0.922 save percentage and 2.56 GAA, he struggled against the Bruins earlier in the season, giving up five goals on 43 shots faced. Expectations from Smith for this particular game should be tempered.