A busy Saturday night, with all but six NHL teams in action. The best tilts are on the west coast, however, with the Blackhawks and Canucks and Avalanche and Kings doing battle. Here, as always, is tonight's lineup, our experts' "Best Bet" picks and where to watch the games on TV.
A busy Saturday night, with all but six NHL teams in action. The best tilts are on the west coast, however, with the Blackhawks and Canucks and Avalanche and Kings doing battle.
Here, as always, is tonight's lineup, our experts' "Best Bet" picks and where to watch the games on TV.
Carolina @ Boston, 1:00 PM ET
TV: NHLN-US, SPSO, NESN
Projected Starting Goalies: Cam Ward vs. Chad Johnson
Minnesota @ Winnipeg, 3:00 PM ET
TV: FS-N, TSN-JETS
Projected Starting Goalies: Niklas Backstrom vs. Ondrej Pavelec
Washington @ Toronto, 7:00 PM ET
TV: CBC, NHLN-US, CSN-DC+
Projected Starting Goalies: Braden Holtby vs. James Reimer
Pittsburgh @ Montreal, 7:00 PM ET
TV: CBC, RDS, ROOT
Projected Starting Goalies: Marc-Andrey Fleury vs. Carey Price
Ottawa @ Detroit, 7:00 PM ET
TV: CBC, FS-D
Projected Starting Goalies: Robin Lehner vs. Jimmy Howard
NY Islanders @ Philadelphia, 7:00 PM ET
TV: MSG PLUS, TCN-PH
Projected Starting Goalies: Kevin Poulin vs. Steve Mason
Dallas @ St. Louis, 8:00 PM ET
TV: TXA 21, FS-MW
Projected Starting Goalies: Kari Lehtonen vs. Brian Elliott
NY Rangers @ Nashville, 8:00 PM ET
TV: MSG 2, FS-TN
Projected Starting Goalies: Cam Talbot vs. Marek Mazanec
Anaheim @ Phoenix, 8:00 PM ET
TV: PRIME, FS-A
Projected Starting Goalies: Jonas Hiller vs. Mike Smith
Chicago @ Vancouver, 10:00 PM ET
TV: CBC, NHLN-US, WGN
Projected Starting Goalies: Corey Crawford vs. Roberto Luongo
Colorado @ Los Angeles, 10:30 PM ET
TV: RDS2, ALT, FS-W
Projected Starting Goalies: Semyon Varlamov vs. Ben Scrivens
New Jersey @ San Jose, 10:30 PM ET
TV: MSG PLUS, CSN-CA
Projected Starting Goalies: Martin Brodeur vs. Antti Niemi
The Hockey News Best Bets (with season record):
Ken Campbell, Senior Writer (4-1): Ottawa over Detroit
Ryan Kennedy, Associate Senior Writer (4-1): Ottawa over Detroit
Adam Proteau, Writer/Columnist (2-3): Boston over Carolina
Rory Boylen, THN.com Post-To-Post Blog Editor (2-3): Boston over Carolina
Edward Fraser, The Hockey News’ Managing Editor, joined THN in 2005 after covering the Jr. B Stratford Cullitons. The London, Ont., native graduated from the University of Western Ontario – where he did campus radio color commentary for both men’s and women’s hockey – with a Master’s in Journalism. He really, really hates the loser point.