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. Anaheim will (likely) start Frederik Andersen as Hiller has lost his last 2 games, but, please, he won 14 straight before that. Go with the hot handed Andersen....The Predators are going to Vancouver to play the Canucks, and Devan Dubnyk is (likely) in goal for Nashville. Dubnyk allowed 5 goals in his first game for Nashville. Roberto Luongo is (likely) for the Canucks and he has won two straight since coming back from a brief injury. Got to like Roberto for this game....Finally Winnipeg is at San Jose. Ondrej Pavelec is (likely) for the Jets and he has been hot with 4 straight wins. Alex Stalock has been (confirmed) for the Sharks. Stalock has played in only 8 games this year, but ha has played well going 6-2 with a 1.80 goals against and a .938 save percentage.. Despite the backup we still like the Sharks.
FANTASY MUST STARTS:
Sergei Bobrovsky, Columbus vs. Philadelphia
Roberto Luongo, Vancouver vs. Nashville
Ben Bishop. Tampa Bay vs. Ottawa
SLEEPERS:
Darcy Kuemper, Minnesota vs. Chicago
DAILY GOALIE PICKS:
Steve: (63-39) Sergei Bobrovsky
Ray: (58-43) Ben Bishop
Mike: (49-35) Sergei Bobrovsky
THE GOALIE EDGE: 1/23/2014 primepucks.comThu 1/23/14 1:25 PM