We will start with the three early game then fill in the rest later. Ottawa and Carolina start thing with a noon game in Carolina. Backup Robin Lehner has been (confirmed) for the Senators, while Anton Khudobin has, also, been (confirmed) for Carolina. Lehner has played only one game in January, but it was a shutout against Minnesota. Khudobin has been great for the Hurricanes with a 9-3-0 record a 2.13 goals against and a .930 save percentage. He has won his last 2 games. Go with the Hurricanes at home. Boston will vist Philadelphia at 1:00 and Tuuka Rask is (confirmed) for the Bruins. Rask is in a bit of a rut losing 6 of his last 8 games. Steve Mason (confirmed) will be in goal for the Flyers. Mason had a good start but he has slowed down somewhat with a 4-3 record in his last 7 games. Despite Rask's recent troubles we would go with him. The third early game is St Louis at the New York Islanders. Jaroslav Halak is (confirmed) for the Blues. Halak has started in 5 straight games, although he has only gone 3-2. With Evgeni Nabokov out, Kevin Poulin (confirmed) will make another start. He is 6-3 in his last 9 games, so he is playing well, but we like the Blues for this one. Toronto will start James Reimer (confirmed) at Winnipeg while Ondrej Pavelec is (likely) for the Jets. Reimer relieved Jonathan Bernier in Toronto's last game and allowed 4 goals on 15 shots in a 7-1 loss. Pavelec has been hot lately winning 4 of his last 5 games. We would go with him. Colorado is at Tampa Bay, and the Avs are going with 21 year old Finnish goalie Sami Aittokallio (confirmed) who will be playing in first game this year having been recently called up from the AHL. Aittokallio played one game in the NHL last season. He is 8-9 with a 2.89 goals against and a.900 save percentage for far this year in the AHL. Ben Bishop has been (confirmed) for the, and he has been lights out this year. Go with him over the kid. Buffalo will visit Columbus and Ryan Miller is (likely) for the Sabres. Miller has been hot lately winning 4 of his last 5 games, but no one is hotterthan Sergei Bobrovsky (confirmed) who has won 9 in a row. Go with Columbus. The Penguins will be at Dallas tonight. Kari Lehtonen (confirmed) will start for the Stars and he had been struggling to start January going 1-7, but hehas won his last 2. Marc-Andre Fleury (likely) should be in goal for the Penguins. Fleury has won six of his last seven, and we would go with him. The Ducks will visit the Kings in LA. Jonas Hiller is (likely) for Anaheim. Hiller has lost his last 2 games, but before that he won 16 in a row. Jonathan Quick is (likely) for LA. Quick is in a bit of a slump losing his last 3 games. Look for Hiller to end his short losing streak. The Wild are at San Jose, and with both Josh Harding and Niklas Backstrom out, it should be Darcy Kuemper (likely) in goal for them. He is 5-3 on the year, including a 2-1 victory over Chicago in his last game. Antti Niemi (likely) should be in goal for the Sharks as his backup played yesterday. We like the Sharks.
FANTASY MUST STARTS:
Jaroslav Halak, St Louis at New York Islanders
Ben Bishop, Tampa Bay vs. Colorado
Sergei Bobrovsky, Columbus vs Buffalo
Antti Niemi, San Jose vs. Minnesota
SLEEPERS:
Braden Holtby, Washington at Montreal
DAILY GOALIE PICKS:
Steve (65-39) Sergei Bobrovsky
Ray: (60-43) Jaroslav Halak
Mike: (51-35) Ben Bishop
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