Grubauer hasn’t played since February 4th against Vegas, where he stopped 27 of 31 shots (.871 SV%) in a losing effort. Grubauer has proven to be a serviceable backup this season, but he has a difficult task in front of him tonight in the form of the Minnesota Wild.
Kempny has played in the last two games, but it looks like he will be replace by Carl Dahlstrom in the lineup in Minnesota.
Olofsson was a healthy scratch for the last two games but he will draw back in tonight in St. Louis. Olofsson brings very little offence to the table, having collected just two assists in 28 games this season.
Tanev is dealing with an upper-body injury and is not going to play Tuesday and could miss a couple of weeks. There’s no word when Tanev suffered the injury but a call-up from Manitoba (AHL) is likely to be announced before tomorrow’s game.
Schwartz, who has been sidelined since December 9th, has been medically cleared to return and it looks like he’ll be back on Thursday. The Blues have gone 8-10-1 while averaging just 2.16 goals per game since Schwartz was sidelined.
Grubauer allowed three goals on 39 shots in the Capitals win in Carolina last Friday. With their last six games being three back-to-back sets, Grubauer has been busy recently and it looks like he will start his third game in 10 days tonight vs. Montreal. In his last five appearances, Gruabuer has stopped 151 of the 158 shots (.956 SV%) that he has faced.
Grubauer allowed three goals on 39 shots in the Capitals win in Carolina last Friday. With their last six games being three back-to-back sets, Grubauer has been busy recently and it looks like he will start his third game in 10 days tonight vs. Montreal. In his last five appearances, Gruabuer has stopped 151 of the 158 shots (.956 SV%) that he has faced.
Dunn went down to the AHL during the Blues’ bye week but returns to the Blues with one goal and one assist (two points) in two games with Chicago. The 21-year-old has recorded seven points (3G / 4A) in 39 games in St. Louis.
Burakovsky was expected to be in the lineup last night but was a late scratch due to an illness. The Capitals elected to keep him back in Washington for Friday’s game, recalling Travis Boyd from Hershey (AHL) to serve as their reserve forward.
Grubauer allowed one goal on 38 shots in the Capitals win over the Canucks on Tuesday. With Braden Holtby starting last night, Grubauer will start the tail-end of the home-and-home with the Hurricanes. Dating back to the start of December, Grubauer has gone 2-0-2 with a 1.05 GAA, .965 SV% and one shutout in his last five games.
The Blues have the next six days off so they will allow Dunn to get some playing time in San Antonio. Dunn has not played in a 11 days, so this will allow him to get back up to speed during the bye week.
Grubauer stopped all 37 shots that he faced in the Capitals shutout win in New York on December 27th. It seems like an odd time to get Grubauer a start with a back-to-back later this week, but the 26-year-old has allowed just five goals on 132 shots (.962 SV%) in his last five appearances. He makes for an interesting spot-start, especially in a week where a lot of goalies are on a bye week.
Dunn has missed the last four games with an illness, but will likely play Tuesday vs. the Panthers. Dunn has been pretty quiet on the Blues back-end this season, picking up just seven points (3G / 4A) in 39 games.
