Elliott allowed four goals on 34 shots in the Flyers overtime loss to the Coyotes on Monday. Despite the loss, Elliott will start again tonight in Chicago. The 32-year-old has gone 3-1-0 with a 3.25 GAA and .891 SV% in four starts on the road this season. The Blackhawks used to be a tough matchup, but not so much in the first month of 2017-18.
Elliott allowed four goals on 34 shots in the Flyers overtime loss to the Coyotes on Monday. Despite the loss, Elliott is expected to go again tonight in Chicago. The 32-year-old has gone 3-1-0 with a 3.25 GAA and .891 SV% in four starts on the road this season. The Blackhawks used to be a tough matchup, but not so much in the first month of 2017-18.
Lagace entered Monday’s game in Brooklyn after Oscar Dansk suffered a lower-body injury and struggled, allowing four goals on 11 shots. With Dansk hurt, Gerard Gallant said “next man up” so Lagace is expected to go head-to-head with Henrik Lundqvist in his first career start. The Rangers come in at 3-7-2 while averaging 2.83 goals for per game.
Lagace entered Monday’s game in Brooklyn after Oscar Dansk suffered a lower-body injury and struggled, allowing four goals on 11 shots. With Dansk hurt, Gerard Gallant said “next man up” so Lagace is expected to go head-to-head with Henrik Lundqvist in his first career start. The Rangers come in at 3-7-2 while averaging 2.83 goals for per game.
Vasilevskiy allowed two goals on 31 shots in the Lightning’s win over the Red Wings last Thursday. Vasilevskiy was given a night off on Saturday, so they’ll come back to him tonight in Florida. The 23-year-old rolls in on an eight-game winning streak and has posted a 2.20 GAA, .936 SV% and one shutout in 10 starts this season. He is already 1-1-0 with a 4.08 GAA and .905 SV% in two starts vs. Florida.
Vasilevskiy allowed two goals on 31 shots in the Lightning’s win over the Red Wings last Thursday. Vasilevskiy was given a night off on Saturday, so they’ll come back to him tonight in Florida. The 23-year-old rolls in on an eight-game winning streak and has posted a 2.20 GAA, .936 SV% and one shutout in 10 starts this season. He is already 1-1-0 with a 4.08 GAA and .905 SV% in two starts vs. Florida.
Elliott stopped 28 of the 30 shots that he faced in the Flyers’ 4-2 win over the Maple Leafs on Saturday. Elliott’s first seven starts have brought mixed results, but there has been more good than bad so far. Overall, he is 5-2-0 with a 3.14 GAA and .885 SV% to start his Flyers career and should make for a good start against the winless Coyotes tonight.
Atkinson was forced to exit Saturday’s game early because of a lower-body injury, putting his status for tonight’s game in jeopardy. On Monday morning the Blue Jackets recalled Tyler Motte from Cleveland (AHL) which suggests that Atkinson won’t be available against the Bruins.
Vasilevskiy stopped 31 of 32 shots in the Lightning’s 5-1 win in Carolina on Tuesday. Vasilevskiy is now riding an impressive seven-game winning streak and has posted a 1.71 GAA, .948 SV% and one shutout over that stretch. Tonight he will face the Red Wings for the second time this season—he stopped 29 of 31 shots in a 3-2 win in the first meeting.
Vasilevskiy stopped 28 of 29 shots in the Lightning’s win over the Penguins on Saturday. Vasievskiy has been excellent this season, winning seven of his first eight starts (including six straight) while posting a 2.38 GAA, .933 SV% and one shutout. He will face a Carolina team that has started the season at 3-2-1 with 2.67 goals for per game.
Elliott stopped 23 of 24 shots in the Flyers’ win over Edmonton on Saturday. Despite Michal Neuvirth leading the NHL in SV%, the strong performance earned the 32-year-old netminder another start tonight. So far, he is 2-0-0 with a 1.50 GAA and .936 SV% at the Wells Fargo Center and made 21 saves in a 3-2 overtime win in Anaheim on October 7th.
Elliott stopped 23 of 24 shots in the Flyers’ win over Edmonton on Saturday. Based on Monday’s practice it looks like the Flyers will come back to the 32-year-old netminder vs. the Ducks. So far, he is 2-0-0 with a 1.50 GAA and .936 SV% at the Wells Fargo Center and made 21 saves in a 3-2 overtime win in Anaheim on October 7th.
With Malcolm Subban (lower-body) joining Marc-Andre Fleury (concussion) on IR, Lagace has been recalled to serve as Oscar Dansk’s backup going forward. The 24-year-old netminder has gone 2-2-0 with a 3.24 GAA and .888 SV% in four games with Chicago so far this season—he has never appeared in an NHL game.
