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Holtby gets second straight start
Washington Capitals starter Braden Holtby will look to improve on his stellar Saturday performances when he gets the nod against the Boston Bruins tonight. Holtby, who suffered a 2-1 shootout loss against the Montreal Canadiens Thursday, is an impressive 19-5-3 in his career in Saturday starts to go along with a 2.18 GAA and a .929 save percentage. Holtby also has five shutouts. Tuukka Rasks gets the nod for the Bruins.
Elsewhere...
Pittsburgh at Toronto: Marc-Andre Fleury vs. Jonathan Bernier
Anaheim at Detroit: Frederik Andersen vs. Jimmy Howard
Ottawa at Tampa Bay: Robin Lehner vs. Ben Bishop
New Jersey at Florida: Cory Schneider vs. Roberto Luongo
Carolina at New York Islanders: Anton Khudobin vs. Chad Johnson
Montreal at Philadelphia: Carey Price vs. Ray Emery
New York Rangers at Columbus: Cam Talbot vs. Sergei Bobrovsky
Calgary at St. Louis: Brian Elliott vs. Jonas Hiller
Dallas at Nashville: Anders Lindback vs. Pekka Rinne
Buffalo at Chicago: Jhonas Enroth vs. Corey Crawford
Minnesota at Colorado: Darcy Kuemper vs. Semyon Varlamov
L.A. at Arizona: Jonathan Quick vs. Mike Smith
Edmonton at Vancouver: Victor Fasth vs. Ryan Miller
Winnipeg at San Jose: Ondrej Pavelec vs. Alex Stalock