Whether you’re interested for fantasy hockey reasons or just want to know which goalie your team is playing in a given day, we thought it might be helpful to share our best guesses (based on various previews from newspapers and Web sites plus our own instincts) on who might start each day. Here’s what’s on tap for this afternoon’s starts. We’ll get you tonight’s starting goalies later today. We’ll also update this post when starters are confirmed.
7:00 pm ET games
Edmonton @ Montreal
Likely Edmonton starter: Devan Dubnyk - Nikolai Khabibulin will suit up tonight, but he’ll be Dubnyk’s backup tonight. (Source.)
Likely Montreal starter: Carey Price (Source.)
Boston @ Philadelphia
Likely Boston starter: Tim Thomas - (Source.)
Likely Philadelphia starter: Sergei Bobrovsky - The Flyers are hoping to hold off the Penguins and Bobrovsky is probably the best bet to do that. (Source.)
Nashville @ Columbus
Likely Nashville starter: Pekka Rinne - He just picked up a shutout, so that’s the good news. The bad news is that he also played last night, so he might not be as fresh as he could be. (Source.)
Likely Columbus starter: Steve Mason - The Blue Jackets need to get back on track and Mason will get every chance to do so. (Source.)
8:00 PM ET games
Washington @ St. Louis
Likely Washington starter: Semyon Varlamov - I guess Varlamov might just have the starting job back, eh? (Source.)
Likely St. Louis starter: Jaroslav Halak - Ty Conklin had a rough night against Chicago yesterday, so it’s hard to imagine a scenario in which Halak doesn’t get the start. (Source.)
Phoenix @ Minnesota
Likely Phoenix starter: Jason LaBarbera - Sounds like it will be a game between the two team’s backups tonight. (Source.)
Likely Minnesota starter: Jose Theodore (Source.)
9:30 PM ET game
Vancouver @ Calgary
Likely Vancouver starter: Roberto Luongo - Will he stop Brendan Morrison’s ... muffin(s) tonight? (Source.)
Likely Calgary starter: Miikka Kiprusoff - He’s been one of the bright spots for a middling Flames team the last two seasons. (Source.)
10:00 PM ET game
Florida @ Anaheim
Likely Florida starter: Tomas Vokoun - Not certain if he’s going to start, much like his counterpart in Anaheim ...
Likely Anaheim starter: Jonas Hiller - But both seem like good, solid educated guesses.