Tuesday, April 3, 2007
The goalies below have been confirmed by a source:
Ray Emery, Ottawa Senators - Emery is the probable starter for Tuesday's game against the Devils, reports the official Senators website.
Marc-Andre Fleury, Pittsburgh Penguins - Fleury is the probable starter for Tuesday's game against the Sabres, reports the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Jaroslav Halak, Montreal Canadiens - Halak is the probable starter for Tuesday's game against the Bruins, reports the Montreal Gazette. Coach Guy Carbonneau is hesitant to make a goalie switch seeing as how his team is battling for a playoff spot. Meanwhile, Cristobal Huet hopes to be cleared to return and if so, will serve as the backup - bumping David Aebischer all the way to the press box. .
Hannu Toivonen, Boston Bruins - Toivonen is the probable starter for Tuesday's game against the Canadiens, reports the Boston Globe. The team wants him to start the next two games likely so that they can evaluate his worth for next season. Tim Thomas is expected to return to the nets on Sunday against the Senators.
The goalies below have not been confirmed by any sources:
Ryan Miller, Buffalo Sabres - Miller is the probable starter for Tuesday's game against the Penguins.
Ed Belfour, Florida Panthers - Luongo is the probable starter for Tuesday's game against the Capitals.
Olaf Kolzig, Washington Capitals - Kolzig is the probable starter for Tuesday's game against the Panthers.
Martin Biron, Philadelphia Flyers - Biron is the probable starter for Tuesday's game against the Maple Leafs.
Andrew Raycroft, Toronto Maple Leafs - Raycroft is the probable starter for Tuesday's game against the Flyers.
Martin Brodeur, New Jersey Devils - Brodeur is the probable starter for Tuesday's game against the Senators.
Henrik Lundqvist, New York Rangers - Lundqvist is the probable starter for Tuesday's game against the Islanders.
Wade Dubielewicz, New York Islanders - Dubielewicz is the probable starter for Tuesday's game against the Rangers. Coach Ted Nolan did not reveal his starter as of yesterday but said he would wait until both of them practice before making a decision.
Cam Ward, Carolina Hurricanes - Ward is the probable starter for Tuesday's game against the Lightning.
Johan Holmqvist, Tampa Bay Lightning - Holmqvist is the probable starter for Tuesday's game against the Hurricanes.
Fredrik Norrena, Columbus Blue Jackets - Norrena is the probable starter for Tuesday's game against the Red Wings.
Dominik Hasek, Detroit Red Wings - Hasek is the probable starter for Tuesday's game against the Blue Jackets.
Nikolai Khabibulin, Chicago Blackhawks - Khabibulin is the probable starter for Tuesday's game against the Predators.
Chris Mason, Nashville Predators - Mason is the probable starter for Tuesday's game against the Blackhawks.
Jussi Markkanen, Edmonton Oilers - Markkanen is the probable starter for Tuesday's game against the Wild.
Niklas Backstrom, Minnesota Wild - Backstrom is the probable starter for Tuesday's game against the Oilers.
Peter Budaj, Colorado Avalanche - Budaj is the probable starter for Tuesday's game against the Flames.
Miikka Kiprusoff, Calgary Flames - Kiprusoff is the probable starter for Tuesday's game against the Avalanche.
Mathieu Garon, Los Angeles Kings - Garon is the probable starter for Tuesday's game against the Canucks. If Sean Burke starts instead, you can pretty much assume that Garon is no longer in the plans for the Kings. We're anticipating that next year, the team will bring back Dan Cloutier and pair him up with Jason LaBarbera.
Roberto Luongo, Vancouver Canucks - Luongo is the probable starter for Tuesday's game against the Kings.
Jason Bacashihua, St. Louis Blues - Bacashihua is the probable starter for Tuesday's game against the Coyotes.
Curtis Joseph, Phoenix Coyotes - Joseph is the probable starter for the Blues.
Year-to-date: 2244 / 2362 = 95.0%
Hockey Today - April 3
Tue, Apr 3, 2007
By Associated Press
SCOREBOARD
Tuesday, April 3
Colorado at Calgary (9 p.m. EDT). The Flames can clinch a playoff spot by beating the surging Avalanche. Oddsmakers have listed Calgary as -162 favorites and the total is set at 5 1/2 goals.
STARS Monday
-Glen Metropolit and Doug Weight, Blues, scored in a 17-second span in the second period to help St. Louis beat Dallas 4-2.
SUDDENLY SACKED
Claude Julien was fired as coach of the first-place New Jersey Devils on Monday and replaced by general manager Lou Lamoriello with less than a week to go in the regular season. It marks the second straight season Lamoriello has taken over behind the bench. Last year, he replaced Larry Robinson in December. Julien posted a 47-24-8 mark in his first season in New Jersey, which has won four of its last five games.
PUSHING BACK
St. Louis won three of the four meetings with Dallas this season after Monday night's 4-2 victory. The Blues are 12-9-4 in their past 25 games against teams headed to the playoffs.
SNAPPED
Dallas' four-game winning streak ended with a 4-2 loss to St. Louis on Monday night.
SPEAKING
''Nothing makes it any easier, believe me. The day anything like this becomes easy, or when it's trading a player or when you have to make these decisions and it becomes easy, that's the day you look for a different position.'' New Jersey general manager Lou Lamoriello, who fired coach Claude Julien on Monday. It's the second time Lamoriello's made a late-season coaching move; he fired Robbie Ftorek with eight games left in the 1999-2000 season, and Larry Robinson led the team to its second Stanley Cup title.
Columbus shuffles players
Tue, Apr 3, 2007
By Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Columbus Blue Jackets added defenseman Derrick Walser and goaltender Tomas Popperle on Tuesday on emergency recall from their American Hockey League affiliate in Syracuse.
The team also assigned goaltender Dan LaCosta to the Crunch.
The Blue Jackets have been hit hard with injuries heading into their final week of the season, losing defenseman Ole-Kristian Tollefsen to a hip pointer on Sunday.
Walser appeared in six games with Columbus this season, scoring two goals. He has eight goals and 21 assists in 88 NHL games. He was acquired in a trade with Carolina on Nov. 29.
Popperle made his NHL debut on Feb. 2 at Calgary, stopping seven of eight shots in relief of Ty Conklin. He has a 24-17-4 record with a 2.85 goals-against average for Syracuse.