Budaj allowed four goals on 32 shots in a loss to the Bruins in his last start (Mar. 12). He has lost each of his last four starts while allowing a whopping 13 goals. The Habs have a back-to-back on Monday and Tuesday, but it is suprising that they will give Budaj the Bruins and save Carey Price for the... wait for it... Sabres. Budaj is 1-1-0 with a 2.50 GAA and .925 SV% vs. Boston this season.

Budaj allowed four goals on 32 shots in a loss to the Bruins in his last start (Mar. 12). He has lost each of his last four starts while allowing a whopping 13 goals. The Habs have a back-to-back today and Tuesday, but it is very interesting that the may give Budaj the Bruins and save Carey Price for the... wait for it... Sabres. Budaj is 1-1-0 with a 2.50 GAA and .925 SV% vs. Boston this season.

ALL GOALIES ARE CONFIRMED UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED AT THE TIME OF PRINT The Phoenix Coyotes head into Madison Square Garden to take on the New York Rangers. The Yotes will go with Mike Smith as they try to solidify their hold on the 8th playoff position while the Rangers will go with Henrik Lundqvist, who has found his form after a slow start to the season. The Rangers are streaking of late as they try to gain ground for that 4th playoff seed which will give them home ice advantage at least for the first round. Tough match as both goaltenders are on their game.  Advantage to the Blueshirts.....Another good match tonight between two teams gearing up for the playoffs; the Los Angeles Kings visiting Philadelphia to play the Flyers.  Jonathan Quick (LIKELY) gets the call as he will face a hot Flyers team that is 8-1-1 in last ten. Steve Mason has won 4 in a row and has been the answer for Philadelphia in net this season, but Ray Emery gets the nod tonight. This will be Emery's fourth start in the past 21 games.  Philly has been hot, but so has LA.  Tough to call.....Peter Budaj and the Montreal Canadiens head into Boston to take on Tuukka Rask (LIKELY) and the Eastern Conference leading Bruins. The Bruins are winners of 12 straight.  Will 13 be unlucky for he B's?  These two rivals are meeting for the fourth and final time this season and the Habs have a 2-1-0 record.  Should be a doozy as Budaj has played well against the B's this season....Ben Bishop (LIKELY) gets the call against his former team, the Ottawa Senators. Robin Lehner will be called upon again despite losing 5 in a row because Craig Anderson is still out.  Tampa Bay should win at home against a struggling Sens team....Al Montoya will again pilot the Winnipeg Jets as they head to Dallas to take on the Kari Lehtonen and the Stars. The Stars haled a 4-game losing streak against the Senators on Saturday and need to carry that effort forward if they want to make the playoffs.  The Jets still are in reach of that last playoff spot but need to get on a winning streak to make up the ground but starting a 5-game road trip, it will be difficult to do....In the nightcap, San Jose visits Calgary to take on Karri Ramo and the hard-working Flames who are surprising a few people of late with the way they are playing. Ramo gets the nod in consecutive games for the first time since the end of January.  The Flames are 6-4-0 in last ten games.  It won't be easy for Alex Stalock (LIKELY) but the Sharks have their ...

Budaj gave up four goals on 32 shots in a loss to the Bruins on Wednesday. Carey Price, who started yesterday, is getting the night off, so Budaj will face the Sabres. If you need Sunday goalie numbers, look no further for your spot-start than Budaj.

Philadelphia and Pittsburgh will start things off today with a 12:30 match. The Flyers will (LIKELY) start Steve Mason in goal. Mason has played well this year as he has a 27-16-6 record with a 2.56 GAA and a .915 SP.   He is 3-2 in his last 5 games. Marc-Andre Fleury is (LIKELY) for the Penguins. He is having a great year with 34 wins and a 2.28 GAA.  Go with Fleury in this one. Ben Scrivens has been (CONFIRMED) for the Oilers against Carolina. Scrivens has played pretty well this year with a 2.24 GAA and a .930 SP, but he has lost his last 2 games. Anton Khudobin is (LIKELY) for Carolina after Cam Ward played the last game. Khudobin had a good start to the season, but he has gotten leky with losses in 4 of his last 5 games.  Like Scrivens in this game.  Toronto is at Washington, and James Reimer is (LIKELY) for the Leafs. He did shutout the Kings in his last game, but his numbers are not great with a 3.23 GAA and a .914 SP. Jaroslav Halak is (LIKELY) for the Capitals and he is 2-2 in his last 4 games. The Canucks will visit Florida today, and Eddie Lack has been (CONFIRMED) for Vancouver. Lack has gone 2-3 in his last 5 games, allowing 18 goals during that period. Roberto Luongo (CONFIRMED) has also gone 2-3 in his last 5 games, but only allowing 13 goals. Still we like Lack in this game.   The Sharks will visit the Rangers in a 4:00 meeting. San Jose goaltender Antti Niemi (LIKELY) has been hot lately with 4 straight wins. He should face Henrik Lundqvist (LIKELY) for New York  Lundqvist has won 3 of his last 4 games allowing only 7 goals.  This is a tough one, but go with Niemi.  The Avalanche will face the Senators in Ottawa today.  Semyon Varlamov has been (CONFIRMED) for Colorado. He has had a great year with 33 wins, but he got lit up by Anaheim in his last game allowing 5 goals.  He is 4-2 in his lat 6 games though.  Craig Anderson is (LIKELY) for Ottawa despite his collison last game with Milan Michalek which knocked him out of the game. Anderson's 3.10 GAA is not good so we would go with Varlamov.  With Carey Price injured, Peter Budaj (CONFIRMED) will start today for Montreal against Buffalo. Budaj is only 8-8-2 on the year, and he has lost his last 4 games. Michal Neuvirth will (LIKELY) start for the Sabres, and he is only 4-8-2 on the year with a 2.78 GA. Like Montreal in this one.  Detroit is at Chicago this afternoon and Jimmy Howard is (LIKELY) for the Red Wings. He has a losing 14-15-10 record, and has lost 3 of his last 4 games. Corey ...

Budaj allowed two goals on 11 shots before being pulled two minutes into the second period during Saturday's 4-0 loss to the Sharks.With Carey Price still sidelined and Dustin Tokarski lacking NHL experience, the Habs will once again go with Budaj tonight in Boston. He has won two of six starts with a 3.42 GAA and .867 SV% since taking over for the injured Price.

Budaj allowed five goals on 23 shots in a 5-2 loss to the Coyotes on Thursday. Budaj has now lost three of five while posting a 3.28 GAA and .871 SV% since Carey Price was injured. The Sharks have gone 3-1-1 while scoring 4.00 goals per game since the Olympic break, so Budaj's matchup is an ugly one tonight.

Budaj allowed five goals on 23 shots in a 5-2 loss to the Coyotes on Thursday. Budaj has now lost three of five while posting a 3.28 GAA and .871 SV% since Carey Price was injured. The Sharks have gone 3-1-1 while scoring 4.00 goals per game since the Olympic break, so Budaj's matchup is an ugly one tonight.

Budaj allowed two goals on 22 shots in a 2-1 loss to the Kings on Monday. After getting Wednesday night off, the Habs will start Budaj tonight in Phoenix. Budaj has gone 2-1-1 with a 2.87 GAA and .890 SV% in his last four starts with Carey Price sidelined. Budaj enters play tonight with a 7-4-1 road record this season.