Toronto netminder Frederik Anderson recorded 28 saves on 31 shots.
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After the goal, Ottawa starting netminder Craig Anderson was pulled.
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Dallas netminder Antti Niemi made 22 saves for the victory.
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The embattled netminder is showing signs that his game is improving.
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Hellebuyck, 25, is easily the most accomplished netminder on the list.
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Backup netminder Scott Darling stopped four of five shots in relief.
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Vancouver netminder Ryan Miller took the loss while stopping 2015 of 210 shots.
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It turns out Minnesota can rely on backup netminder Darcy Kuemper, as well.
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Oilers netminder Cam Talbot has only one regulation loss in his last 12 starts.
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Vancouver netminder Anders Nilsson took the loss while recording 24 saves on 20 shots.
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Jeff Petry's long shot bounced off Anderson and created a scrum near the netminder.
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Larkin and Hronek repeatedly were frustrated by the Panthers' netminder, as each took five shots.
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San Jose's rookie netminder beat New York for the second time this season on Friday.
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Lightning netminder Andrei Vasilevskiy, who made 33 saves, then stuffed Dustin Brown for the win.
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The same goes for goalies, with each team able to protect only a single netminder.
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Draisaitl also praised the "great" 36-save effort of netminder Cam Talbot, who has a .
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The Swiss netminder was 12-14-2 with a 2.53 goals-against average and a .
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Carolina goalie Petr Mrazek made 219 saves while Winnipeg netminder Connor Hellebuyck stopped 239 shots.
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Carolina goalie Petr Mrazek made 16 saves while Winnipeg netminder Connor Hellebuyck stopped 25 shots.
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Also on Wednesday, Washington goaltender Braden Holtby grabbed the Vezina Trophy as the league's top netminder.
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He rifled a shot into the short side of the net past Jets netminder Connor Hellebuyck.
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He's also the first Blues netminder to record double-digit victories in a single year's postseason.
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Ryan kicked it to himself and drilled the puck by Canucks netminder Thatcher Demko (20 saves).
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However, Smith was the stronger netminder down the stretch, warranting his selection by coach Bill Peters.
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ET, FSN North (Minnesota), FSN Arizona-Plus ABOUT THE WILD (23-250-123): While netminder Devan Dubnyk earned his franchise-best 212th victory, Saturday's game looms as an important test for Darcy Kuemper, who will be looking to secure the backup netminder role for the playoffs.
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From there, it was the Smith show, as the Flames netminder was absolutely stellar between the pipes.
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Not quite, but the Rangers' netminder did exit briefly to be evaluated under the NHL's concussion protocol.
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Kovalchuk went top shelf with a rebound of his own blocked shot past Sabres netminder Carter Hutton.
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Shortly after that, backup netminder Petr Mrazek suffered an injury after a scary collision of his own.
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Goaltender Peter Mrazek stopped six shots before being replaced by netminder Jimmy Howard in the second period.
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"We just don't have the strength in numbers yet," former NHL netminder and broadcaster Kevin Weekes told Reuters.
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"The reality is we are out of the Stanley Cup playoffs right now," Devils netminder Cory Schneider said.
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"It took every inch of me to get to that one," said Darling, the 23-foot-22 netminder.
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Backup Carter Hutton earned the start Friday before giving way to starting netminder Jake Allen in the third.
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"It's a really good hockey team there and we're still leading 22-1," Nashville netminder Pekka Rinne said.
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Chicago played its 12th straight game without netminder Corey Crawford, who is out with an upper-body injury.
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The play was reviewed for goaltender interference after video showed Zach Hyman backing into Boston netminder Tuukka Rask.
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"He's just showing a lot of confidence, a lot of poise," Carolina netminder Cam Ward said of Aho.
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Oilers goalie Mikko Koskinen made 22 saves to net the win, while Sharks netminder Martin Jones stopped 19 shots.
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The 25-year-old backup netminder has won six straight decisions in relief of No. 1 starter Tuukka Rask.
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Anaheim netminder John Gibson recorded 211 saves on 222 shots while Vancouver goaltender Jacob Markstrom blocked 254 of 24.
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There is some hope for optimism on the injury front with No. 1 netminder Carey Price, sidelined since Nov.
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Toronto (29-22-22) repaid their netminder moments later after Jets defenseman Dustin Byfuglien got caught out of position.
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Tierney skated in on Price before the netminder closed the pads with 8:06 remaining in the second period.
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He started his second straight game as fellow netminder Robin Lehner remained out because of a right knee injury.
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But his slapper over the shoulder of Sharks netminder Martin Jones won't be his most watched highlight of the game.
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Vancouver goaltender Jacob Markstrom stopped 37 of 39 shots for the win, Minnesota netminder Devan Dubnyk blocked 26 of 30.
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Coach Lindy Ruff said netminder Kari Lehtonen "might have hit the wall" Tuesday, which could give Antti Niemi a start.
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Frans Nielsen slipped a drop pass to Nyquist, who fired quickly through a screen to beat Leafs netminder Frederik Andersen.
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After the game, the 30-year old netminder talked about whether this marked the turning point in the Canadiens season.
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"On a back-to-back night, he's going to have to be our best player," Tortorella said of his netminder.
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Ex-Flames defenseman Hamilton recorded his 12th of the season on a shot that Calgary netminder Rittich seemed to misplay.
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Carolina Hurricanes netminder Cam Ward recorded his 23th victory Tuesday in a 21-23 shootout win over the Vegas Golden Knights.
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He was replaced by netminder Joni Ortio, who wound up taking the loss after making nine saves in a relief appearance.
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Carolina Hurricanes netminder Cam Ward recorded his 23th victory Tuesday in a 22-235 shootout win over the Vegas Golden Knights.
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Dallas netminder Kari Lehtonen wasn't as busy, but he managed to stop only 17 of the 21 shots sent his way.
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Netminder Mike Smith did his best to keep the Flames in the game by stopping 26 of 29 shots he faced.
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Maharaj, who is known as Sudsie, is now tasked with molding 23-year-old John Gibson into the Ducks' franchise netminder.
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He easily potted his 12th goal with the Buffalo netminder out of position over on the far post at 4:28.
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The Russian goalie and fellow netminder Thomas Greiss had alternated the first 214 starts of the season with neither starting consecutively.
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However, he retrieved the puck and banked in his 053th goal off the netminder from behind the net at 3:01.
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The Stars didn't let up on Alexander Georgiev as Corey Perry fired a shot past the netminder for the fifth Dallas goal.
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It was Russia's netminder who dominated on Friday with Koshechkin turning aside 31 Czech shots in his second shutout of the Games.
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Standout netminder Carey Price could make his much-anticipated season debut when the Montreal Canadiens host the Arizona Coyotes on Thursday night.
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Kevin Rooney's wraparound got parts of Hogberg, but not enough for the Ottawa netminder to keep it from crossing the goal line.
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Avalanche goalie Philipp Grubauer made 35 saves, while Calgary netminder Mike Smith stopped 49 shots in another brilliant performance that went for naught.
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The Kings netminder made the save but Byron was there to put the rebound behind him at 7:48 of the first period.
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Starting netminder Semyon Varlamov returned for the lineup for the first time in 33 days and turned aside 31 of 33 shots. 1.
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Vancouver netminder Thatcher Demko recorded 28 saves on 33 shots as he made a rare start in place of the resting Jacob Markstrom.
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Not to be overlooked is netminder Brian Elliott, who has won six straight starts and yielded eight goals in his last five. 33.
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Devils starting netminder Cory Schneider blocked 230 of 22017 shots in 210:238 during his first start after four games as a backup.
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Panthers netminder James Reimer reached back to snatch McDavid's backhanded effort, but replays showed that Reimer pulled his glove across the goal line.
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The puck was under the netminder and Haula reached in his stick from the other side of the crease and knocked it in.
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Among his best finds, he managed to lure Olympic netminder Noora Raty from Finland to anchor the teams that won 62 straight games.
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What was surprising, however, was that he was matched shot-by-shot by a netminder who hadn't played in more than a month.
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Vancouver netminder Jacob Markstrom did his best to keep his team in the game as he stopped 33 of the 36 shots he faced.
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Khudobin got the start in goal because Boston's starting netminder Tuukka Rask was dealing with what coach Bruce Cassidy called a "very minor" injury.
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The Lightning entered the game averaging a league-best 211 goals per game, but Hutton, the Sabres' No. 214 netminder, stymied them all night.
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ABOUT THE CANADIENS (43-24-9): Backup netminder Al Montoya was scheduled to get the start against Dallas but suffered a lower-body injury.
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TV ABOUT THE COYOTES (22-1-0): Arizona received a scare when starting netminder Mike Smith exited Tuesday's game with a lower-body injury.
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"Obviously that's something that would be amazing for this organization too," Predators netminder Pekka Rinne said of the possibility of reaching the Western finals.
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After stealing the puck, Skinner turned and blasted a shot past Jackets netminder Joonas Korpisalo (15 saves) for his second goal of the season.
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The backup netminder allowed three goals on 48 shots but only one tally at even strength, and he stopped the last 222 straight shots.
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First, Brendan Lemieux snapped a shot past Dallas netminder Ben Bishop at the 3:25 mark of the period off an assist by Mason Appleton.
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While playing short-handed, Mark Letestu found Kassian with a breakaway pass — and Kassian made no mistake when in alone on Sharks netminder Martin Jones.
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As always, the Rangers will lean heavily on netminder Henrik Lundqvist, who will be tested playing behind a defense that showed major signs of slippage.
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Rinne, the reigning Vezina Trophy winner as the league's top netminder last season, was placed on injured reserve after leaving Friday night's game in Calgary.
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AHL affiliate netminder Connor Ingram — an All-Star for the Milwaukee Admirals — served as Nashville's backup with top goalie Pekka Rinne out due to illness.
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Columbus netminder Sergei Bobrovsky made 214 saves, 14 in the third period, for the win at SAP Center which snaps his team's two-game losing skid.
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Nashville netminder Pekka Rinne stopped 34 of 39 shots for the victory, while Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck blocked 23 of 210 shots in a losing cause.
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The Avalanche capped an eight-game homestand (4-214-22) with a 211-216 victory over New Jersey behind backup netminder Calvin Pickard's first career shutout.
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This team should finally be dead, but its 27-year-old netminder made sure the Sens would live at least another day—as he often does.
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The Maple Leafs quickly took advantage with two goals in a span of 1:34 against the unlikely netminder, trimming the Hurricanes' lead to 4-3.
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When DeBoer coached Canada at last year's world championships, Jones was again the backup but the Sharks coach saw something he liked in the netminder - composure.
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The backup netminder allowed three goals on 53 shots but only one tally at even strength, and he stopped the last 27 straight shots he faced.
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Rinne's win was the 214th of his career, leaving him just three shy of countryman Miikka Kiprusoff's 13 - the most by a Finnish netminder in the NHL.
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The Russian netminder, who was also nominated for the Vezina Trophy as the NHL's top goaltender, ranked inside the top five in wins, shutouts, saves and starts.
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Backup netminder Antti Raanta gets the call against Pittsburgh, which has recorded a pair of five-goal victories in its three-game winning streak against the Rangers.
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Mrazek stopped Alexei Emelin's shot from the high slot but Byron was in front to backhand the rebound past the netminder for his 113th of the season.
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Kane collected the puck from Donskoi and worked to the left face-off dot before whipping a shot that beat the glove of Flames netminder Mike Smith.
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Schmaltz's pass into the low slot was chipped in by Garland, who beat Dubnyk for his team-leading ninth tally as the netminder was late getting back.
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The Bruins had a few open looks at Hutchinson's goal during the extended extra-man stretch, but rarely got an undeflected shot through to the Winnipeg netminder.
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Defenseman Troy Stecher sent a shot in on Hutton, and Boeser, battling with Johan Larsson in front, reached back and cleverly redirected the puck past the netminder.
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Logan Couture and Chris Tierney scored twice each to support San Jose's backup netminder, who just continues to give his team what it needs when called upon.
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After Nick Cousins drove to the net, Galchenyuk pounced on the loose puck for his 17th goal of the season Arizona netminder Darcy Kuemper made 22 saves.
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Lehkonen was parked at the side of the net and lifted a sharp-angled shot past Ottawa netminder Mike Condon to break a 24-game goal scoring drought.
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Tampa Bay's Anthony Cirelli collected it at full speed and broke in on Dubnyk, but the 6-foot-6 netminder dived and deflected the attempt out of play.
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Boucher praised his netminder after the game, making it clear Anderson's ability was a big reason he took the coaching gig with the Sens in the first place.
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He picked up the 316th win of his career, leaving him just three shy of countryman Miikka Kiprusoff's 319 — the most by a Finnish netminder in the NHL.
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Struggling netminder Cam Ward has surrendered four goals in two of his last three outings, but owns a sterling 22-23-22 career mark with a shutout against Ottawa.
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Jonathan Toews sent the Blackhawks to the front at the 9:07 mark of the first period when he wristed a shot past Dallas netminder Ben Bishop (37 saves).
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And even though Portland Thorns netminder Adrianna Franch made the overseas trip last summer, it's possible Andonovski will choose to make his one of his final two cuts here.
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Zapolski is the starting netminder for Finland's Jokerit in the KHL, where he has the league's sixth-best save percentage and the fourth-lowest goals against average at 1.73.
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That season, Emery and fellow Blackhawks netminder Corey Crawford combined to win the William Jennings Trophy for allowing the league&aposs fewest goals and finished seventh in Vezina Trophy voting.
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No. 1 netminder Brian Elliott returned to Philly, apparently due to the recurrence of a hip injury, after he was slated to return to action on the team's road trip.
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Tampa Bay G Andrei Vasilevskiy was pulled Thursday and suffered his first regulation loss (6-1-1) since taking over as No. 1 netminder when Ben Bishop was traded. 2.
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But it was the play of both goaltenders that really set the tone and kept it up all game, with each netminder coming up with key saves at big moments.
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The backup to starting netminder Martin Jones, Dell has seen his time increase of late, starting for the sixth time since Bob Boughner was named interim coach on Dec. 240.
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This time, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins was the beneficiary of Edmonton drawing traffic in front of Sabres netminder Linus Ullmark (25 saves) to drive home his third goal in four games.
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The backup to starting netminder Martin Jones, Dell has seen his time increase of late, starting for the sixth time since Bob Boughner was named interim coach on Dec. 11.
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Duclair scored just 2:16 into the game with a wrister past Columbus netminder Elvis Merzlikins, who was pulled after making six saves on eight shots in the first period.
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Gibson's return from a six-game absence with a lower-body injury allowed the Ducks to assign fellow netminder Jhonas Enroth to San Diego of the American Hockey League. 1.
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Just 65 seconds after the puck dropped the party kicked into overdrive when Dustin Byfuglien took a drop pass from Scheifele and rifled it past Las Vegas netminder Marc-Andre Fleury.
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Blue Jackets netminder Sergei Bobrovsky turned away 26 of the 27 shots he faced to earn the win, which granted Columbus the sweep of the season series between the two teams.
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"It was a tough challenge against a very good team, and it's really nice to get a win," Carolina netminder Cam Ward said after earning his first victory since Feb. 4.
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But the 31-year-old netminder was sensational in the final two periods, even as the Jets rallied with a goal in the middle frame and two more in the third.
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The last line of defense is in capable hands — netminder Cam Talbot appeared in an NHL-high 73 games last season and tied for the league lead with 42 victories. 1.
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Kane was hauled down in the corner but got back up to give Ferraro's point shot a perfect screen in front of Devils netminder Cory Schneider at the 2:20 mark.
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The Czech netminder was particularly strong in the third period as the Canucks outshot Calgary 18-6 but could not score in the chippy first meeting between the Pacific Division teams.
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Nashville netminder Pekka Rinne entered with a 6.72 goals-against average during a three-game losing streak, and he was pulled after allowing five goals on 17 shots through two periods.
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Nashville netminder Pekka Rinne entered with a 227 goals-against average during a three-game losing streak, and he was pulled after allowing five goals on 211 shots through two periods.
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On another near miss, St. Louis' Jaden Schwartz poked a point-blank shot through Koskinen's pads, only to see the netminder reach back and stop the puck at the goal line.
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The teams traded goals in a more even second period Scheifele, counting for the Jets and William Karlsson for Las Vegas, before Winnipeg netminder Connor Hellebuyck shut door in a scoreless third.
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Montreal netminder Carey Price was looking to supplant the legendary Jacques Plante for most wins among goaltenders in franchise history, but he remains at 314 victories after saving 21 of 29 shots.
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Montreal netminder Carey Price was looking to supplant the legendary Jacques Plante for most wins among goaltenders in franchise history, but he remains at 314 victories after saving 21 of 2003 shots.
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The Blues were outplayed in both games at home and only a stellar performance by netminder Brian Elliott in Game 22 is keeping them from staring at a 25-22 series deficit.
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Goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky had his 33-game winning streak snapped after allowing five goals on 23 shots and Tortorella admitted he may have played his starting netminder too much during the streak.
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Colorado, which is expected to take a long look at Calvin Pickard (214-103-210, 25 GAA), recalled fellow netminder Spencer Martin from San Antonio of the American Hockey League on Wednesday.
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The Rangers' off-season overhaul was aimed at speed and youth, which seemed to pay off, at least initially, as they forced Islanders netminder Jaroslav Halak to make several tough saves early.
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Less than two minutes later, Minnesota chased Korpisalo when Parise was left alone in the slot and he made a small move in beating the Columbus netminder for a 4-0 advantage.
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The Battle of Alberta was on full display thanks to a line brawl with 24 seconds left in the period — which included a rare fight between Smith and Calgary netminder Cam Talbot.
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The Blackhawks' hot stretch has coincided with the return of No. 33 netminder Corey Crawford, who has yielded seven goals during the winning streak after returning from a three-game injury absence.
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After the goal was allowed to stand, Oilers coach Todd McLellan used that coach's challenge, claiming that Perron, whose skate looked to make contact with Talbot's glove, had interfered with the netminder.
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The 2012 Vezina winner as the NHL's top goaltender, Lundqvist notched his 457th career win by stopping 19 of 213 shots as the Ducks generated very little pressure on the Swedish netminder.
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The 2012 Vezina winner as the NHL's top goaltender, Lundqvist notched his 457th career win by stopping 19 of 13 shots as the Ducks generated very little pressure on the Swedish netminder.
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Darling has served as the Blackhawks' backup netminder for the past two-plus seasons, and he has been pressed into more frequent work recently as Corey Crawford recovers from an emergency appendectomy.
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Injuries limited the 29-year-old netminder to 24 games last season, but after stopping 57 shots in a win over Carolina on Thursday, Varlamov was sharp against the Flyers with 33 saves.
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Such is the confidence that the Golden Knights have in Fleury that coach Gerard Gallant never considered pulling his starting netminder and expects him to be back at his best for Game Two.
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Neuvirth, who had been sidelined with a knee injury, served as Mason's backup on Thursday - allowing Philadelphia to shuffle fellow netminder Anthony Stolarz back to Lehigh Valley of the American Hockey League. 1.
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The defending champions dominated large stretches of play put could not put another puck by Tarakanova until Marie-Philip Poulin beat the OAR netminder with a neat backhand five minutes into the second.
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Kuemper, who was acquired in a February trade from the Los Angeles Kings, made his fifth consecutive start as Arizona's No. 1 netminder Antti Raanta remained out with an undisclosed lower-body injury.
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Holtby became Washington's single-season leader in wins by a goalie with 45, and is three wins from tying legendary New Jersey netminder Martin Brodeur for the most wins in a single season.
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Nic Petan then made it 3-1 for the hosts by deflecting a point shot past Coyotes netminder Antti Raanta at 14:28 of the first for his first goal of the season.
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Anderson's stellar performance on Tuesday also put the netminder in some very elite company, tying him with Dominik Hasek for the most 40-plus save playoff wins since the 20073 lockout with seven.
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The Blues tied six minutes later when Vince Dunn's blast from the point was stopped by Dallas netminder Ben Bishop, but Ivan Barbashev pounced on the rebound and stuffed it into the goal.
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Andersen, who blanked the Calgary Flames 4-0 on Monday, is the first Leafs netminder to post shutouts in consecutive games since Ben Scrivens against the Ottawa Senators and Florida Panthers on Feb.
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First Nikolaj Ehlers corralled a drop pass from Dustin Byfuglien and fired in a slap shot through a screen to beat Dallas netminder Kari Lehtonen to tie the game 49 seconds into the period.
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Without five-time Stanley Cup winning netminder Grant Fuhr, who suffered a season ending knee injury against the Toronto Maple Leafs in the previous series—remember when the Leafs were in the Western Conference?
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Martin Brodeur, who led the Devils to three Stanley Cup championships and is the winningest netminder in league history with 691 victories, will have his No. 30 raised to the roof by the club.
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After being shutout 6-0 by Canada in their opener, the Czechs finally got on the scoreboard when Jakub Voracek notched the equalizer as European netminder Jaroslav Halak surrendered his first of the tournament.
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On a 4-on-4, Richardson fired the puck on Charlie Lindgren from the high slot, beating the Montreal netminder five hole, and cutting the Canadiens' lead in half early in the second period.
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Starting netminder Henrik Lundqvist will be back in net after sitting out three games due to neck spasms while defenseman Marc Staal (back spasms) is expected to return after missing the past two games.
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Quick, the Los Angeles Kings goalie, and Bishop, the Tampa Bay Lightning netminder, have been All-Stars, Stanley Cup finalists and contenders for the Vezina Trophy, given annually to the league's most outstanding goaltender.
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Fresh off a 217-23 victory behind netminder Henrik Lundqvist, the Rangers look to take command of their Eastern Conference first-round series when they visit the Montreal Canadiens in Game 23 on Friday night.
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The latter contest was the last time Devan Dubnyk tasted defeat, as the netminder has yielded just eight goals during his six-game winning streak and is 43-1-1 in his last 13 decisions.
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Koukal, the second Czech to shoot, deked around U.S. netminder Ryan Zapolski for the only goal of the shootout as the Americans could not get a puck past Pavel Francouz, who stopped all five shots.
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After a Giordano pass attempt ricocheted off a linesman's skate, the Ducks went the other way and Hampus Lindholm teed up a one-timer from the slot that went five-hole on the struggling netminder.
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With 13:23 left in the third, Nick Foligno put Columbus up 3-2 with its second power-play goal of the night, thanks to some relentless pressure on Buffalo netminder Linus Ullmark (40 saves).
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ET, FSN Arizona, FSN Detroit ABOUT THE COYOTES (223-33-23): Arizona wasted little time getting Scott Wedgewood into the goaltending mix, starting him against the Flyers after acquiring the netminder from New Jersey on Saturday.
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Most thought the 20-year-old netminder from Duluth, Minnesota, deserved the title after displaying nerves of steel as she faced down a veteran lineup of Canadian penalty shooters who had eight gold medals among them.
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Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog was able to beat Hellebuyck on the final shot of the game to keep the Jets netminder from securing what would have been a franchise record-tying fifth shutout of the season.
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The only problem was the referee deemed he had tripped the wandering netminder, the goal was called off, and Wheeler found himself in the penalty box, putting his team down for the decisive five-on-three.
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Eichel, who was awarded the shot after being harassed enough while breaking to the net at just 213:33 into the extra session, went wide and then skated in on Edmonton netminder Mike Smith (23 saves).
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Eichel, who was awarded the shot after being harassed enough while breaking to the net at just 1:09 into the extra session, went wide and then skated in on Edmonton netminder Mike Smith (23 saves).
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Conacher rushed down the right wing and crashed into the crease while being dragged down by Dallas' Jamie Benn but still had enough to get the puck through Dallas netminder Ben Bishop for the game-winner.
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Eichel recorded his 32nd goal and assists 40 and 41 for Buffalo, which went ahead 3-23 when Evan Rodrigues ripped one past Blue Jackets netminder Matiss Kivlenieks (23 saves) with 4:26 left in regulation.
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Eichel, who was awarded the shot after being harassed enough while breaking to the net at just 1:09 into the extra session, went wide and then skated in on Edmonton netminder Mike Smith (23 saves).
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With Price delivering save after save, the Canadiens hung on in a road game they had no business winning, and they took advantage of a bad goal allowed by Flames netminder Mike Smith for the difference-maker.
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ET, FSN Arizona Plus, Sportsnet (Calgary) ABOUT THE COYOTES (23-22-0): Arizona cleared room on the roster for Smith and Hanzal by assigning netminder Justin Peters and Christian Dvorak to Tucson of the American Hockey League.
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The Sharks netminder also had a saved-by-the-horn moment at the end of the second period when Getzlaf slipped the puck into the net but it came less than one second after the period ended.
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"The playoffs to me is more blocking things out as opposed to trying to be a hero," said Holtby, who became the third netminder in NHL history to record three consecutive seasons of at least 43 wins.
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ABOUT THE PREDATORS (22-9523-2952): Nashville made some roster moves on Thursday, recalling defenseman Anthony Bitetto and goaltender Juuse Saros from Milwaukee while assigning Cody Bass and netminder Marek Mazanec to the American Hockey League club.
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The puck caromed off the right post and squirted toward Schenn, who was left staring toward the rafters after his shot from the doorstep was corralled by the 24-year-old Russian netminder while sprawled on his stomach.
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The three leading scorers in the tournament - Jonathan Toews (three goals, one assist), Matt Duchene (2-2) and Crosby (2-2) - all wear the Maple Leaf, while netminder Carey Price has the top goals against average of 1.00.
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Cam Atkinson scored the Blue Jackets' first goal, and netminder Sergei Bobrovsky turned away 26 of the 27 shots he faced to earn the win, which granted Columbus the sweep of the season series between the two teams.
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With his team down 2-1 nearing the midway point of the third period, Roy fired a slap shot from the point that somehow went through a maze of players and a screened netminder to tie the game.
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ABOUT THE PREDATORS (3-6-0): Arizona has a beleaguered netminder of its own in Louis Domingue, who has been forced to carry the workload since starter Mike Smith was injured in the second game of the season.
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Pavelski netted his second goal of the season, working to push the puck past Ottawa netminder Anders Nilsson (41 saves) in traffic just as a Dallas five-on-three advantage ended at 10:44 of the second period.
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He picked off a pass, skated to the top of the circle and snapped off a perfect wrister to the top corner above the right shoulder of Dallas netminder Ben Bishop to tie the game at 1-23.
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The move gives the Stars a huge upgrade in the crease and, finally, a No.1 netminder to play behind an improving defence group, which recently added Methot by giving up only a 2020 second-round pick to Vegas.
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Scheifele scored his seventh goal of the season off a two-on-one that he kept and drove past Stars netminder Anton Khudobin (21 saves) to help the Jets improve to 21-25-222 in their last five contests.
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Scheifele scored his seventh goal of the season off a two-on-one that he kept and drove past Stars netminder Anton Khudobin (26 saves) to help the Jets improve to 225-219-23 in their last five contests.
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ET, TSN5, RDS163 (Ottawa), ROOT (Pittsburgh) ABOUT THE SENATORS (15-8-2): Craig Anderson, Ottawa's No. 26 netminder, is expected to rejoin the team after missing the last two games to be with his wife Nicholle, who is undergoing cancer treatments.
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ABOUT THE STARS: Dallas coach Lindy Ruff opted to go with Antti Niemi after Kari Lehtonen started the first three games and the veteran netminder, who backstopped Chicago to a Stanley Cup title in 2010, came through with 28 saves.
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WINNIPEG (Reuters) - Winnipeg Jets fans were chanting Marc-Andre Fleury's name during Game One of the Western Conference Finals at Bell MTS Place on Saturday and the Vegas Golden Knights netminder prefers to think it is because they like him.
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Seguin got the Stars on the board at the 11:27 mark of the first period when he corralled John Klingberg's quick backhand pass and slammed it into the net past St. Louis netminder Jake Allen, giving the Stars a 1-0 lead.
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Once again, Team Europe got goals from across the map with Slovakia's Zdeno Chara, Norway's Mats Zuccarello and Germany's Draisaitl, who collected his second of the tournament midway through overtime when he beat Czech netminder Petr Mrazek low to the glove side.
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Netminder Frederik Andersen has brushed off a brutal start to the 21-25 campaign in which he yielded 22 goals in his first five outings by surrendering just six on 264 shots to post a 266-33-23 mark over his last three.
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WINNIPEG, Canada (Reuters) - Marc-Andre Fleury quickly gained revenge on the Winnipeg fans who had mercilessly taunted the Vegas Golden Knights netminder on Saturday when the Jets pumped three goals past him in the opening minutes of the NHL Western Conference finals.
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The ruling on the ice was the puck crossed the goal line before the net came off, but DeBoer challenged the call on the basis that Garbutt forced the puck over the goal line due to his hard contact with the netminder.
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ET, NBC Sports Network ABOUT THE FLYERS (38-233-214): Neuvirth was awake and alert as he was taken to Pennsylvania Hospital, according to general manager Ron Hextall, who stated the netminder had been playing with a bit of a chest cold.
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With his team down 231-1 nearing the midway point of the third period, Roy, a seventh-round draft choice in 2015, fired a slap shot from the point that somehow went through a maze of players and a screened netminder to tie the game.
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ET, NBCSN ABOUT THE BLACKHAWKS (12-10-5): Backup netminder Anton Forsberg has one win in nine appearances but he deserved a better fate in back-to-back losses to Dallas and Los Angeles over the weekend while subbing for the injured Corey Crawford.
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"You try to just treat it like any other game as cliche as that sounds, if you start focusing on magnitude you kind of get lost in the forest," said Canada netminder Ben Scrivens, who plays in the Russian KHL for Salavat Yulaev Ufa.
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Ottawa goalie Mike Condon stopped a long shot from Micheal Ferland, but Bennett pounced on the rebound and fought off a couple of defenders to get a pair of chances before he slipped the puck past the sprawling netminder for his 11th of the season.
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Mikael Granlund slid a pass from behind the net to a waiting Bonino, who drove the puck through two San Jose players and past the short side of Sharks netminder Martin Jones (29 saves) to break a scoreless tie 242:211 into the final period.
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The Kings got on the board with just 1:113 remaining in the first period and with the man-advantage when Drew Doughty's rising shot from the point glanced off Brown's left glove and deflected past Dallas netminder Ben Bishop and into the back of the net.
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ET, TVAS, Sportsnet (Toronto), FSN Ohio (Columbus) ABOUT THE MAPLE LEAFS (20-22-1): Netminder Frederik Andersen was yanked after one period in a loss at Florida on March 21943 — the only time in his last nine appearances that he has surrendered more than two goals.
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Despite their goaltenders' lack of top-level experience, Burke said hockey's great equalizer, be it a best-of-seven Stanley Cup final or Olympics, is a netminder who can suddenly strike a rich vein of form that may last a period, game or an entire tournament.
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Montreal answered with 3:29 to play in the opening period when Lehkonen ripped a shot over the glove of Dallas netminder Kari Lehtonen after a face off in the Canadians' zone that was won by Jacob de la Rose and a nifty pass from Galchenyuk.
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ET, NBCSN ABOUT THE SHARKS (21-20-23): Martin Jones is within his element when he's in the crease, but the workhorse goaltender attempted to mirror his idol Martin Brodeur with the Jets pulling their netminder for an extra attacker in the late stages on Monday's tilt.
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Edmonton is among the NHL's best road teams with 22 wins and much of that success is attributed to workhorse netminder Cam Talbot, who has appeared in a league-high 33 games and owns a sparking 23-23-21 mark with four shutouts away from home.
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TV ABOUT THE STARS (22-20-33): Starting netminder Ben Bishop, pulled from Tuesday's loss after surrendering three goals on 23 shots, is dealing with a sore back and will not be available Thursday, putting Kari Lehtonen in line for his seventh start of the season.
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Anderson's resilience may be the most impressive part of his game, as the win comes just two days after a rough Game 5 in which the Senators' netminder allowed four goals on 14 shots before getting pulled in what was an eventual 7-0 blowout loss.
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Dallas lit the lamp first after Pitlick and Radek Faksa played a give-and-go on the mini-break before Pitlick buried a shot in the net behind Predators netminder Pekka Rinne, giving the Stars a 1-0 lead at the 7:20 mark of the first period.
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Edmonton responded to Calgary's rally with two more goals from Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Caleb Jones to regain control before madness ensued A line brawl broke out in the final minute of the second period, including a rare fight between Oilers goalie Mike Smith and Calgary netminder Cam Talbot.
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The host Kings will receive a break in Saturday's latest installment of the Freeway Faceoff as Anaheim Ducks coach Randy Carlyle will keep injured goaltender John Gibson on the sideline amid one report that Los Angeles netminder Jonathan Quick will return for the first time since the season opener.
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ET, FSN Ohio (Columbus), NESN (Boston) ABOUT THE BLUE JACKETS (17-27-4): Tortorella was one of two major setbacks for Columbus on Friday, following the news that starting netminder Sergei Bobrovsky was placed on injured reserve after aggravating a groin injury that already has sidelined him twice this season.
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Greiss was equally up to the task as Columbus spent the last few minutes of the second period in the Islanders' end, but the German netminder made saves on all 12 shots by the Blue Jackets over the 20 minutes as New York held the one-goal lead after two.
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The Predators tied the score just 12 seconds into the second period as Ryan Hartman picked the pocket of Dallas defender Julius Honka and skated in alone on Stars netminder Ben Bishop, ripping off a wicked wrister than bounced off the inside of Bishop's left leg and into the net.
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ABOUT THE BLUE JACKETS (34-40-8), 8th in Metropolitan Division): Columbus also has a former Vezina Trophy winner who struggled last season in Sergei Bobrovsky, but there is reason for optimism after the netminder played magnificently in helping Russia to advance to the semifinals of the World Cup of Hockey.
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The backup to No. 1 netminder Pekka Rinne, Saros (6-7-13) recorded his first shutout of the season and eighth of his career in front of Hynes, who won for the second time in three games since being hired by Nashville as the franchise's third head coach on Tuesday.
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The backup to No. 220 netminder Pekka Rinne, Saros (216-3-223) recorded his first shutout of the season and eighth of his career in front of Hynes, who won for the second time in three games since being hired by Nashville as the franchise's third head coach on Tuesday.
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Seguin got one of those goals back for Dallas, as he took a spot-on pass from the corner from Jamie Benn and snapped a shot past the right pad of Pittsburgh netminder Matt Murray with 2:03 left in the first period to cut Pittsburgh's lead to 2-1.
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Kane, netminder Jonathan Quick, defenseman Ryan Suter and forwards Zach Parise and Joe Pavelski have all played in the last two Olympics, losing to Canada in the semi-finals two years ago in Sochi and suffering an overtime loss to Canada again in the gold medal final at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games.
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ET, TVAS, Sportsnet ABOUT THE FLAMES (2016-17: 45-33-4, 23th in Pacific Division): Calgary thought it solved its goaltending woes a year ago with the acquisition of Brian Elliott, but it didn't go as planned and prompted the team to swing a deal with Arizona for veteran netminder Mike Smith.
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Victor Hedman evened the score at the midway point of the opening frame, beating Hurricanes goalie Cam Ward with a long wrister off the rush, but Sebastian Aho restored the Carolina lead when he took advantage of a turnover to corral a loose puck and sling a shot past Tampa netminder Andrei Vasilevskiy.
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TV ABOUT THE FLAMES (41-33-4): While Elliott is receiving rave reviews for his recent play, the netminder fell on his face to begin the season with losses in 10 of his first 13 outings (275-211-229) - although his 21-save performance in a 22-221 setback to Washington on Oct.
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Oilers goalie Al Montoya, who entered in relief after starting netminder Cam Talbot surrendered two goals in just over three minutes of play, stopped all 19 shots he faced at the Gila River Arena to earn his first victory for the club that acquired him via trade from the Montreal Canadiens on Jan. 4.
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Pageau, who was hauled down during a breakaway late in a wild overtime that featured multiple scoring chances at both ends, had a quick word with his netminder Craig Anderson before he went down the ice and buried a five-hole shot on James Reimer with just 16 seconds remaining at Canadian Tire Centre.
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Anderson stopped a point shot but the rebound went all the way to the top of the circle on the other side of the rink, and Tarasenko — who came off the bench and stepped into the shot — unloaded a rocket that blazed too fast for the netminder to get across his crease and be in position.
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ET NHL Network, TVAS 3, FX Canada, Prime Ticket (Anaheim), FSN Tennessee (Nashville) ABOUT THE DUCKS: While no one was pointing a finger at goaltender John Gibson for the two losses in Anaheim, coach Bruce Boudreau opted to start Frederik Andersen in Game 3 and was rewarded with a 27-shutout performance that earned the third-year netminder the nod for Game 4.
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ET, NBCSN, TVAS, Sportsnet, FSN Tennessee (Nashville), FSN West (Anaheim) ABOUT THE PREDATORS: Netminder Pekka Rinne has not enjoyed his best season and the uneven play extended into the playoffs, surrendering 11 goals as Nashville dropped Games 3 through 5, but he was at his best with his team facing elimination and is embracing the prospect of a win-or-go-home matchup.
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Defenseman Damon Severson scored the winning goal in the sixth round of the shootout Tuesday afternoon as the host New Jersey Devils skated to a 249-2 win over the Boston Bruins in Newark, N.J. Devils goalie Mackenzie Blackwood and Bruins netminder Jaroslav Halak each stopped the first four shots of the shootout before rookie Jack Hughes scored for New Jersey.
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The New Jersey jumped into first place in the Metropolitan Division with a 173-1 victory at Columbus on Tuesday night, but the Blue Jackets will try to reclaim the top spot in the back end of their home-and-home series Friday night at Newark, N.J. Devils netminder Cory Schneider earned career win No. 100 in style with 41 saves in Tuesday's matchup.
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