Thomas allowed two goals on 35 shots in a 2-1 loss to the Canadiens on Monday. Since returning from his most recent injury he is 1-1-1 with a 2.22 GAA and .935 SV%. Tonight he takes on a former divisional foe for the first time since 2011-12 when he was with Boston. That season he was 4-0-0 with a 2.50 GAA and .903 SV% vs. the Sabres.

There was so much hope this season for the New York Rangers especially since they were getting an offensive-minded coach to go with their amazing elite goaltender and stunning defense. But sometimes hopes and dreams fade away much like Rangers G Henrik Lundqvist's game this season. The "King" had another disappointing game in net losing 4-3 in a shootout to the Rangers-West, or more widely known as the Columbus Blue Jackets.  That leaves Lundqvist with a 12-16-3 record and an inflated 2.78 GAA and a.905 SP, numbers way below his career average.  What are fantasy owners to do?  Unless you have a capable replacement, the best thing to do is to hold on and have faith that the Rangers can put the pieces back together and Lundqvist can rebound for the 2nd half run....If it hasn't been accepted yet, it should be after last night's statement game by the NY Islander's John Tavares. Tavares should be mentioned among the elite forwards in the NHL.  JT not only had a hat trick against the Dallas Stars, he also added 2 assists giving him 51 points in 43 games well on his way to hitting the century mark.  In fact, we had projected Tavares to get 99 points this season in the 2013-2014 PrimePucks™ Fantasy Hockey Draft Guide.  JT has arrived! MORE FANTASY GAME NOTES: Carey Price (26/27 SV) and Tim Thomas (33/35 SV) put on a tremendous goaltending duel last night in Montreal with Price coming away with a 2-1 victory. The victory raised Price's record to 20-11-4 but more importantly is his metrics where he has a 2.22 GAA and a .928 SP, solid numbers for the Habs goaltender...If you are in need of goaltending and can put up with the occasional injury, Thomas can provide you with some decent production as the Florida Panthers have been playing much better of late....Nathan MacKinnon was on his way to a monster game before taking a puck to the ankle. No word yet on the extent of his injury but expect the talented rookie miss a few games.  No need to further endanger this phenom's health ...Jean-Sebastien Giguere took a lot of heat from the Colorado Avalanche's Head Coach Patrick Roy after losing to the Calgary Flames last night 4-3. Jiggy has now lost 4 in a row, so don't expect him to get more playing time anytime soon.

There was so much hope this season for the New York Rangers especially since they were getting an offensive-minded coach to go with their amazing elite goaltender and stunning defense. But sometimes hopes and dreams fade away much like Rangers G Henrik Lundqvist's game this season. The "King" had another disappointing game in net losing 4-3 in a shootout to the Rangers-West, or more widely known as the Columbus Blue Jackets.  That leaves Lundqvist with a 12-16-3 record and an inflated 2.78 GAA and a.905 SP, numbers way below his career average.  What are fantasy owners to do?  Unless you have a capable replacement, the best thing to do is to hold on and have faith that the Rangers can put the pieces back together and Lundqvist can rebound for the 2nd half run....If it hasn't been accepted yet, it should be after last night's statement game by the NY Islander's John Tavares. Tavares should be mentioned among the elite forwards in the NHL.  JT not only had a hat trick against the Dallas Stars, he also added 2 assists giving him 51 points in 43 games well on his way to hitting the century mark.  In fact, we had projected Tavares to get 99 points this season in the 2013-2014 PrimePucks™ Fantasy Hockey Draft Guide.  JT has arrived! MORE FANTASY GAME NOTES: Carey Price (26/27 SV) and Tim Thomas (33/35 SV) put on a tremendous goaltending duel last night in Montreal with Price coming away with a 2-1 victory. The victory raised Price's record to 20-11-4 but more importantly is his metrics where he has a 2.22 GAA and a .928 SP, solid numbers for the Habs goaltender...If you are in need of goaltending and can put up with the occasional injury, Thomas can provide you with some decent production as the Florida Panthers have been playing much better of late....Nathan MacKinnon was on his way to a monster game before taking a puck to the ankle. No word yet on the extent of his injury but expect the talented rookie miss a few games.  No need to further endanger this phenom's health ...Jean-Sebastien Giguere took a lot of heat from the Colorado Avalanche's Head Coach Patrick Roy after losing to the Calgary Flames last night 4-3. Jiggy has now lost 4 in a row, so don't expect him to get more playing time anytime soon.

There was so much hope this season for the New York Rangers especially since they were getting an offensive-minded coach to go with their amazing elite goaltender and stunning defense. But sometimes hopes and dreams fade away much like Rangers G Henrik Lundqvist's game this season. The "King" had another disappointing game in net losing 4-3 in a shootout to the Rangers-West, or more widely known as the Columbus Blue Jackets.  That leaves Lundqvist with a 12-16-3 record and an inflated 2.78 GAA and a.905 SP, numbers way below his career average.  What are fantasy owners to do?  Unless you have a capable replacement, the best thing to do is to hold on and have faith that the Rangers can put the pieces back together and Lundqvist can rebound for the 2nd half run....If it hasn't been accepted yet, it should be after last night's statement game by the NY Islander's John Tavares. Tavares should be mentioned among the elite forwards in the NHL.  JT not only had a hat trick against the Dallas Stars, he also added 2 assists giving him 51 points in 43 games well on his way to hitting the century mark.  In fact, we had projected Tavares to get 99 points this season in the 2013-2014 PrimePucks™ Fantasy Hockey Draft Guide.  JT has arrived! MORE FANTASY GAME NOTES: Carey Price (26/27 SV) and Tim Thomas (33/35 SV) put on a tremendous goaltending duel last night in Montreal with Price coming away with a 2-1 victory. The victory raised Price's record to 20-11-4 but more importantly is his metrics where he has a 2.22 GAA and a .928 SP, solid numbers for the Habs goaltender...If you are in need of goaltending and can put up with the occasional injury, Thomas can provide you with some decent production as the Florida Panthers have been playing much better of late....Nathan MacKinnon was on his way to a monster game before taking a puck to the ankle. No word yet on the extent of his injury but expect the talented rookie miss a few games.  No need to further endanger this phenom's health ...Jean-Sebastien Giguere took a lot of heat from the Colorado Avalanche's Head Coach Patrick Roy after losing to the Calgary Flames last night 4-3. Jiggy has now lost 4 in a row, so don't expect him to get more playing time anytime soon.

Thomas allowed four goals on 42 shots, but still walked away with a 5-4 shootout win on Saturday vs. Nashville. Thomas has really stabilized the Panthers crease posting a 10-10-2 record in 23 starts - in games not started by Thomas the Panthers are 6-10-4.

Thomas allowed four goals on 42 shots, but still walked away with a 5-4 shootout win on Saturday vs. Nashville. Thomas has really stabilized the Panthers crease posting a 10-10-2 record in 23 starts - in games not started by Thomas the Panthers are 6-10-4.

Thomas stopped 30 of 31 shots in a 2-1 shootout loss to the Panthers on Tuesday. He will be back in the cage tonight vs. the Predators in Florida. In 11 home starts he is 5-4-1 with a 2.41 GAA and .923 SV%. Nashville has the 25th best offence in the NHL, so the matchup is a strong one for the veteran Panthers' netminder.

ALL GOALIES CONFIRMED UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED AT TIME OF PRINT Busy day in the NHL today with 12 games. The Bruins and Winnipeg kick it off with a matinee in Boston. Ondrej Pavelec has been confirmed for the Jets while Tuukka Rask is in net. Rask is having a great season, but he has lost two straight games.  Expect him to rebound today against Winnipeg....Antti Niemi (LIKELY) is in goal for San Jose against Colorado. Semyon Varlamov has been confirmed for the Avs. Varlamov has been having a great year, and with the game in Colorado, this one is a pick'em game....Anton Khudobin will be in goal for Carolina with Evgeni Nabokov confirmed for the Islanders. Nabokov's strong play since  returning from injury is one of the main reasons for New York's recent hot streak.  Go with the Islanders in this one.....Craig Anderson has been confirmed for Ottawa against Montreal.  He had a miserable start to the season, but has been playing well lately with 5 straight wins.  Carey Price has been confirmed in goal for the Habs.  We like the hot goalie in this one, so go with Ottawa....With Henrik Lundqvist giving up 5 goals against Pittsburgh, expect Cam Talbot to be in goal today for the Rangers against Toronto. Jonathan Bernier has been confirmed for the Maple Leafs. Bernier has won 3 straight games, look for him to get one more tonight....Marek Mazanec (LIKELY) gets the nod tonight for Nashville against Florida. Tim Thomas is confirmed to get the start for the Panthers. Go with Florida....Cory Schneider continues to rotate in net for the Devils and he is confirmed today against Buffalo. The Sabres have confirmed that Ryan Miller will start tonight for them. Schneider stopped a 4 game losing streak with a win in his last game against the Islanders.  We like the Devils going with Schneider....Sergei Bobrovsky was reactivated a few days ago from IR for Columbus but it will be Curtis McElhinney who gets the start against St. Louis who have confirmed Brian Elliott again. Elliott has been lights out since replacing Jarosalav Halak who has some type of illness. Have to like Elliott in this one....Jimmy Howard starts for Detroit against Dallas.  Howard has been struggling with 4 straight losses, but his Olympic pick may give him some incentive against Dallas.  The Stars will start back up Dan Ellis (LIKELY) in this one. Expect Howard's losing streak to end....With Josh Harding still out with an illness, the Wild have confirmed Niklas Backstrom will start in goal against ...

Thomas allowed two goals on 26 shots in a 3-2 win over the Red Wings on December 10. Tonight he will take on the Blues in what is ugly fantasy matchup.

Thomas has missed the last five games with a lower-body injury, but his full participation suggests that he could start on Monday vs. Tampa Bay.