With Semyon Varlamov out with a groin injury again, Pickard is back and will start on Tuesday. During his last recall, he won three games with a 1.99 GAA and .936 SV% in three starts and two relief appearances. He becomes the Avs’ temporary starter but has an rough matchup tonight with the Predators in town.
With Semyon Varlamov out with a groin injury again, Pickard is back and in-line to start on Tuesday. During his last recall, he won three games with a 1.99 GAA and .936 SV% in three starts and two relief appearances. He becomes the Avs’ temporary starter but has an rough matchup tonight with the Predators in town.
Griffith has been a healthy scratch for the last three games, but he will get back into the lineup today vs. the Coyotes. Griffith has five goals and two assists in 19 games this season. Pastrnak has one assist in five games.
Smith allowed four goals on 23 shots in Tuesday’s 5-2 loss to Calgary. Since November 8th, Smith has lost eight of nine while Devan Dubnyk has won three of four, yet the Coyotes continue to ride Smith hoping for him to rediscover his game—he was 80-51-25 with a 2.42 GAA and .921 SV% in his three previous seasons with Arizona.
Smith allowed two goals on 27 shots in the Coyotes win over the Oilers last night. The win snapped a personal seven-game losing skid for Smith, who owns a 3.19 GAA and .894 SV% on the season. The Oilers are in tail-spin mode while tonight’s opponent, the Flames, are playing solid hockey. On a busy night, there are better options than Smith.
Pickard had a great stint with the Avalanche, winning three games in three starts and two relief appearances, while posting a 1.99 GAA and .936 SV%. With Semyon Varlamov set to return on Thursday, the Avalanche had to send Pickard back to the AHL.
Henrique missed Saturday’s game, but will be back in the lineup tonight vs. the Penguins. With Henrique back in the lineup and Scott Gomez signing with the team yesterday, Michael Ryder will be the Devils’ healthy scratch.
Smith allowed four goals on 35 shots in the Coyotes loss to the Avalanche last Tuesday. He was given Saturday night off, but will be back in the crease tonight in Edmonton. Smith has lost seven straight starts and has just four wins on the year, but one of them came in a 23-save performance in a 7-4 win over the Oilers on October 15th.
Henrique missed Saturday’s game after suffering an upper-body injury on Friday. He didn’t skate this morning, but that won’t stop him from traveling to Pittsburgh on Tuesday. That is a positive sign that the injury is minor, but there is still no word on when he will return to the lineup.
Pickard allowed two goals on 24 shots in the Avalanche’s win over the Stars on Saturday. Since being recalled, Pickard has posted three wins with a 1.41 GAA and .955 SV% in two starts and four appearances. He allowed three goals on 36 shots in a 3-2 loss in his first start against Montreal.
Henrique suffered the upper-body injury on Friday vs. the Red Wings. He will be replaced by Damien Brunner in the lineup tonight vs. the Isles. He has recorded two goals and three assists in his last five games, so this is a tough loss for the Devils.
Pickard allowed three goals on 45 shots in the Avs loss to the Blackhawks on Wednesday. Pickard has been sensational in his short time with the big clue, which has led to them placing Reto Berra on waivers, so it looks like the kid is here to stay. He has a 1.18 GAA and .966 SV% in his last three appearances.
Pickard stopped all 25 shots he faced after replacing Reto Berra in the Avs’ come-from-behind win over the Coyotes last night. He has won the first two games of his career in relief efforts—stopping all 42 shots. He has earned the start tonight, but draws a tough matchup vs. the Blackhawks.
Smith stopped 28 of 30 shots in the Coyotes 2-1 loss to the Ducks on Sunday night. Smith has lost each of last six outings while posting a 2.86 GAA and .901 SV%. It has been a tumultuous start for the Canadian Olympian, who can’t seem to find any consistency in his game. At least tonight, he faces an Avalanche who rank 24th in scoring.
Smith stopped 28 of 30 shots in the Coyotes 2-1 loss to the Ducks on Sunday night. Smith has lost each of last six outings while posting a 2.86 GAA and .901 SV%. It has been a tumultuous start for the Canadian Olympian, who can’t seem to find any consistency in his game. At least tonight, he faces an Avalanche who rank 24th in scoring.
Griffith, 21, had five goals and two assists in 18 games with the Bruins during his lengthy call-up. The Bruins needed to send someone to the AHL who did not need to clear waivers in order to activate Brad Marchand, so expect Griffith to be back with the Bruins soon.
Smith allowed three goals on 27 shots in the Coyotes loss to the Stars on Thursday. Devan Dubnyk got the win last night, but in the second game of a back-to-back, Smith will be back in goal tonight in Anaheim. Smith is 4-10-1 with a 3.30 GAA and .890 SV% on the year, but one of those four wins came on November 7th in Anaheim.
Demers was acquired from the Sharks on Friday and he skated on the Stars’ second pair with Trevor Daley. “He’s a good puck-moving guy, a right-handed shot,” said Daley. “He’s a guy that can jump in to be in your top four and eat up a lot of minutes.” Daley will also man the point with Alex Goligoski on the Stars second power-play unit.
Demers, 26, has three assists and a minus-6 rating in 20 games with the Sharks. Demers addresses the Stars need for a right-handed D-man. He is just two of seven blueliners on the Stars' squad that is a righty. He is a better puck moving defenseman than Dillon, but obviously is not nearly as big.
