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.
7:00 pm ET games
Nashville @ St. Louis
Likely Nashville starter: Pekka Rinne - Looks like he’s back, and not a moment too soon, as the Predators are floundering. (Source.)
Likely St. Louis starter: Jaroslav Halak (Source.)
Washington @ Carolina
Likely Washington starter: Michal Neuvirth - If this game does take place (it most likely will), Neuvirth will play. (Source.)
Likely Carolina starter: Cam Ward (Source.)
Columbus @ Chicago
Likely Columbus starter: Mathieu Garon (Source.)
Likely Chicago starter: Marty Turco - We discussed this one earlier today.
Montreal @ NY Islanders
Likely Montreal starter: Carey Price (Source.)
Likely NY Islanders starter: Dwayne Roloson (Source.)
Detroit @ Minnesota
Likely Detroit starter: Jimmy Howard (Source.)
Likely Minnesota starter: Niklas Backstrom (Source.)
Toronto @ New Jersey
Likely Toronto starter: Jonas Gustavsson (Source.)
Likely New Jersey starter: Martin Brodeur (Source.)
Tampa Bay @ Atlanta
Likely Tampa Bay starter: Dan Ellis (Source.)
Likely Atlanta starter: Ondrej Pavelec (Source.)
7:30 pm ET game
Pittsburgh @ Ottawa
Likely Pittsburgh starter: Marc-Andre Fleury (Source.)
Likely Ottawa starter: Brian Elliott (Source.)
8:00 pm ET game
Phoenix @ Dallas
Likely Phoenix starter: Jason LaBarbera - This one’s a coin toss, though.
Likely Dallas starter: Kari Lehtonen (Source.)
9:00 pm ET games
Edmonton @ Vancouver
Likely Edmonton starter: Nikolai Khabibulin (Source.)
Likely Vancouver starter: Roberto Luongo (Source.)
Anaheim @ Los Angeles
Likely Anaheim starter: Jonas Hiller - As usual, this isn’t a sure thing, but he typically gets the nod anyway.
Likely Los Angeles starter: Jonathan Bernier - The Kings have back-to-back games today and tomorrow, so it makes sense to give the “other” Jonathan a start. (Source.)