ALL GOALIES CONFIRMED UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED AT TIME OF PRINT
The New York Rangers are finally getting to play a game at home after a season-openign 9 game road trip. The Blueshirts will also be getting back their star starting goalie in Henrik Lundqvist who sat out the past two games due to a minor lower body injury (LBI). The Rangers will be facing Peter Budaj, who is only making his second start of the season. They catch a break as Montreal plays back-to-back night as decied to rest Price an extra day. Price has a .937 SP and a 2.12 GAA but is just 5-5-0 on the season. Look for the offensively-starved Rangers to struggle in their first game back at the new and improved Madison Square Garden. Rub the Budaj for an upset ....Nicklas Backstrom and the Minnesota Wild will look to make it a sweep against Corey Crawford and Chicago in their home-and-home series as the Blackhawks will look for revenge and also stop their modest 2-game losing streak. Expect Minnesota to extend their winning streak to 4....With only 1 win of the team's total of 2, it would be difficult to pick Ryan Miller over any team right now. Plus, his mind may be elsewhere since Thomas Vanek was traded yesterday, leaving Miller as one of the last the last viable pieces that the team can trade and get a bounty back for. Kari Lehtonen starts for the Dallas Stars. The long, cold winter has started earlier than usual this year in Buffalo....Justin Peters is getting his third straight tough start for the Carolina Hurricanes as he is up against Marc-Andre Fleury (LIKELY) and the Pittsburgh Penguins. The last two starts were against Minnesota and Colorado on the road. The Canes only hope is that Fleury reverts to his playoff type performance, but that is unlikely as he has been playing lights out this year although he did give up 4 goals against Toronto in his last start. Go with Fleury....The late game pits Braden Holtby (LIKELY) and the Caps against Roberto Luongo (LIKELY) and the Canucks. Vancouver returns after a 7-game road trip while Washington is in the midst of a 5-game trip. Holtby has been hot-and-cold while Luongo has been steady. Go, go Roberto!
FANTASY MUST-STARTS
Roberto Luongo, Vancouver vs. Washington
Marc-Andre Fleury, Pittsburgh @ Carolina
Kari Lehtonen, Dallas @ Buffalo
SLEEPER ALERT
Peter Budaj, Montreal @ New York
DAILY GOALIE PICKS
Steve (13-12) Marc-Andre Fleury
Ray (11-14) Marc-Andre Fleury
Mike (12-12) Marc-Andre Fleury
THE GOALIE EDGE: 10/28/2013 primepucks.comMon 10/28/13 2:00 PM