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
New Jersey @ Carolina
Likely New Jersey starter: Johan Hedberg - A slight surprise since Martin Brodeur was activated from the IR, but then again, Hedberg just earned a shutout. (Source.)
Likely Carolina starter: Cam Ward (Source.)
Los Angeles @ NY Islanders
Likely Los Angeles starter: Jonathan Quick (Source.)
Likely NY Islanders starter: Al Montoya - His Islanders debut. (Source.)
Ottawa @ Toronto
Likely Ottawa starter: Craig Anderson - The beginning of a new era in Ottawa? I think it could be. (Source.)
Likely Toronto starter: James Reimer (Source.)
7:30 pm ET game
Florida @ Tampa Bay
Likely Florida starter: Scott Clemmensen (Source.)
Likely Tampa Bay starter: Dan Ellis (Source.)
8:00 pm ET games
Anaheim @ St. Louis
Likely Anaheim starter: Curtis McElhinney - Best bet for quite a while, unless Ray Emery comes walking through that door.
Likely St. Louis starter: Ty Conklin (Source.)
Phoenix @ Nashville
Likely Phoenix starter: Ilya Bryzgalov (Source.)
Likely Nashville starter: Pekka Rinne (Source.)
10:00 pm ET game
Dallas @ Vancouver
Likely Dallas starter: Andrew Raycroft (Source.)
Likely Vancouver starter: Roberto Luongo (Source.)
10:30 pm ET game
Colorado @ San Jose
Likely Colorado starter: Peter Budaj (Source.)
Likely San Jose starter: Antti Niemi - Not a sure thing, but a pretty reasonable bet.