Fantasy Watch: Goalie Starts

Jan 7th-13th

Anaheim Ducks (3) – Look for Giguere to start all three games this week.

Atlanta Thrashers (3) – Hedberg gave Lehtonen a much needed rest this past week, so expect Lehtonen to receive a heavy workload this upcoming week.

Boston Bruins (3) – Thomas should receive all three starts this week.

Buffalo Sabres (3) – Miller has only yielded four starts to Thibault this season, so it should be no surprise to see Miller starting all three games this week.

Carolina Hurricanes (3) – If Ward's struggles continue, expect to see more of backup John Grahame.

Calgary Flames (3) – Kiprusoff has been a workhorse all year and will most likely be in net for all three games.

Chicago Blackhawks (4) – Lalime played horrible in his last appearance for the Blackhawks, allowing five goals on 17 shots. Without a reliable backup, expect Khabibulin to be busy this week with four starts.

Columbus Blue Jackets (3) – Look for Norrena to steal a start from Leclaire this week.

Colorado Avalanche (4) – Budaj has regained his #1 status, but with four games on the schedule, expect Theodore to start at least one game.

Dallas Stars (4) – With four games expect Smith to make one start.

Detroit Red Wings (3) – Osgood and Hasek have both been phenomenal lately and should continue to split starts.

Edmonton Oilers (3) – Garon hasn't played well enough to earn Edmonton's starting job, so look for Roloson to appear in one game.

Florida Panthers (4) – Even with a busy schedule, expect to see Vokoun start all four games.

Los Angeles Kings (3) – LaBarbera and Sebastian-Aubin will both see action for this upcoming week.

Minnesota Wild (4) – Harding should make one start this week due to four games on the schedule.

Montreal Canadiens (3) – Look for Huet to start all three games this week.

Nashville Predators (4) – Ellis has started Nashville's last two games, and should get another start this upcoming week.

New Jersey Devils (3) – Rarely ever getting a break, Brodeur should receive all three starts this week.

New York Islanders (4) – With DiPietro day-to-day, Dubielewicz becomes New York's #1 guy.

New York Rangers (3) – Look for Lundqvist to start all three games this week.

Ottawa Senators (3) – Gerber has been Ottawa's #1 guy this year, but expect Emery to continue to receive at least one start per week.

Philadelphia Flyers (4) – Nittymaki recently gave Biron a rest, so look for Biron to start all four games this week.

Phoenix Coyotes (4) – With four games on the schedule, Tellqvist will be called upon this week.

Pittsburgh Penguins (3) – Conklin has been on fire winning his last six starts and will continue to start until he falters.

San Jose Sharks (3) – Nabokov has started every game for San Jose this year.

St. Louis Blues (4) – With Legace currently day-to-day, Toivonen becomes St. Louis' top goaltender

Tampa Bay Lightining (3) – Ramo has struggled in his first stint in the NHL, but Tampa continues to stick by him.

Toronto Maple Leafs (3) – With Toskala still sidelined, Clemmensen and Raycroft will continue to split starts.

Vancouver Canucks (3) – Luongo has won three of his last four starts and should start all three
games this week.

Washington Capitals (2) – Look for Kolzig to start both of Washington's games this week.


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Nightly Recap: Crosby Extends Point Streak to 18

Boston 5 - Toronto 2 - Peter Schaefer had three points, including two third period goals and Tim Thomas stopped 34. After Stepping in for the injured Manny Fernandez, Thomas has put up amazing numbers this year with a record of 7-4-2, coming into the game he had a 1.65 GAA and .950 save percentage. Give it up for Timmy, puts it all out there every night.

New York Rangers 4 - Philadelphia 3 (SO) - Brendan Shanahan scored the shootout winner, snapping a shot over the shoulder of Marty Biron. Shanny may be 38 but he still has a lightning quick release, he is 2/3 on shootouts this year. Scott Gomez and Sean Avery had two points each for the Rangers. Gomez now has an 8 game point streak (11 points) after his horrendously slow start. Avery has posted 7 points in his past 5. He may be hated by everyone in the league, but unlike other goons he's got skillz.

Ottawa 3 - Buffalo 2 - It was Daniel Alfredsson's 800th career game, he scored his 14th and 15th goals of the season. Martin Gerber won his league leading 12th games, while making 35 saves.

Pittsburgh 3 - New York Islanders 2 - Evegni Malkin had two assists to extend his point streak to 12 games and Sidney Crosby assisted on George Laraque's game winner extending his point streak to 18. It was Laraque's first goal in 40 games.

Florida 2 - Washington 1 - I'm going to be honest, while flipping channels on Centre Ice, I really felt no reason to want to watch this game at all. Anyways, Ovechkin scored his 12th of the year.

Nashville 5 - Chicago 4 (OT) - Marty Erat scored the game winner 15 seconds into overtime, he had two points on the night following up his 4 point night from Monday. Alex Radulov had three points for the Preds and Radek Bonk, Vernon Fiddler, and David Legwand each had two. Super rookies Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane had one point each.

Minnesota 4 - Edmonton 2 - BEAST of the night Eric Belanger had a career high four assists. The Wild are now 8-0-1 in their past nine matchups versus the Oilers.

San Jose 6 - Phoenix 0 - Evegni Nabokov made 15 saves for the shutout, Joe Pavelski had two goals and Patrick Marleau had three assists. Rookie Devin Setoguchi scored for his 4th consecutive game.

Anaheim 6 - Los Angeles 3 - Anaheim scored three third period goals plus an empty netter to pull away from the Kings. Corey Perry and Chris Kunitz had three points each, Ryan Getzlaf and Rob Niedermayer each had two.

Tomorrow's Games (all times Eastern)
7:00pm ATL@CAR, NYI@NJ,
7:30pm MTL@BUF,
8:00pm WSH@TB
8:30pm COL@DAL, CLB@STL
10:00pm MIN@VAN