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Vancouver goes with Markstrom
There’ll be plenty of eyes on the crease in Vancouver tonight as Jacob Markstrom makes his season debut against the Sharks.
Markstrom, a former touted prospect with Florida that came to the Canucks as part of the Roberto Luongo trade, has spent all of this season in AHL Utica and revived his career, going 17-7-2 with a 1.95 GAA and .932 save percentage, earning a spot in the All-Star Game.
Markstrom was recalled last week after Ryan Miller went down to injury, and served as Eddie Lack’s backup. Tonight, he’ll play in his first NHL game since April of 2014.
No word yet on who’ll start for San Jose. Alex Stalock played last night and shut out the Habs, so the Sharks could turn to Antti Niemi.
Elsewhere...
Preds at Devils: Carter Hutton (probable) vs. Cory Schneider
Flames at Flyers: Karri Ramo vs. Steve Mason
Caps at Jackets: Braden Holtby vs. Sergei Bobrovsky
Sabres at Bolts: Anders Lindback vs. Ben Bishop
Leafs at Panthers: Jonathan Bernier vs. Roberto Luongo
Sens at Wild: Andrew Hammond vs. Devan Dubnyk (probable)
Isles at Stars: Jaroslav Halak vs. Kari Lehtonen (probable)
Ducks at Coyotes: Frederik Andersen (probable) vs. Mike Smith
Kings at Oilers: Jonathan Quick (probable) vs. Ben Scrivens (probable)