The Canucks broke away from their rotation and will turn to Kevin Lankinen for the second straight game following a shutout performance against the Flyers on Saturday as Thatcher Demko remains sidelined with a knee injury.
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16 Games for Tuesday, Oct. 22
* = confirmed
Charlie Lindgren, WSH* at Samuel Ersson, PHI* (6 p.m. ET)
Filip Gustavsson, MIN* at Sergei Bobrovsky, FLA* (6:30 p.m. ET)
Jonas Johansson, TB* at Jake Allen, NJ* (6:45 p.m. ET)
Jake Oettinger, DAL* at Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, BUF* (7 p.m. ET)
Igor Shesterkin, NYR at Sam Montembeault, MON* (7:15 p.m. ET)
Dennis Hildeby, TOR* at Daniil Tarasov, CLB* (7:30 p.m. ET)
Alex Lyon, DET* at Ilya Sorokin, NYI* (7:45 p.m. ET)
Connor Hellebuyck, WPG at Jordan Binnington, STL* (8 p.m. ET)
Kevin Lankinen, VAN at Petr Mrazek, CHI* (8:15 p.m. ET)
Alexandar Georgiev, COL at Philipp Grubauer, SEA (8:30 p.m. ET)
Jeremy Swayman, BOS at Juuse Saros, NSH (8:45 p.m. ET)
Frederik Andersen, CAR at Stuart Skinner, EDM* (9 p.m. ET)
Anton Forsberg, OTT* at Connor Ingram, UTA* (9:15 p.m. ET)
Alex Nedeljkovic, PIT* at Dustin Wolf, CGY* (9:30 p.m. ET)
Mackenzie Blackwood, SJ* at Lukas Dostal, ANA* (10:15 p.m. ET)
David Rittich, LA at Ilya Samsonov, VEG* (11 p.m. ET)
Goalies
Charlie Lindgren, WSH at PHI (36% rostered)
The Flyers were shut out in their home opener and looked a little tired after playing four road games in six nights. I expect their offense to improve but they'll have to contend with the Caps' surprisingly effective offense that's averaging four goals per game.
Lindgren was very good in his last start against the Stars, allowing just two goals on 24 shots, and the Flyers offense should pose a much easier challenge, especially if the Caps defense can limit their shots as they did against the Stars.
Kevin Lankinen, VAN at CHI (33% rostered)
Lankinen faces his former team and he's in a groove right now coming off a 26-save shutout against the Flyers. The Canucks are a little banged up but expect to have top center J.T. Miller in the lineup.
The Canucks have dominated this matchup in the post Toews-Kane era, losing only three times in regulation in 20 matchups since 2017. Lankinen should be one of the best streaming options for the night.
Lukas Dostal, ANA vs. SJ (36% rostered)
One thing Dostal can do is rack up the saves. Neither team are particularly inept at scoring, but sometimes a matchup between two bad teams becomes a high-scoring track meet. I do, however, have much more confidence in Dostal than whomever the Sharks start.
Dostal normally faces a lot of shots so he's a good option if your league emphasizes quantity over quality, but I don't expect the Sharks to outshoot the Ducks by much, if at all. Dostal did not face the Sharks at all last season but in two career appearances against them allowed just four goals on 50 shots (.926 SP).
Dustin Wolf, CGY vs. PIT (44% rostered)
Wolf's .944 SP will be put to the test against a Pens team that has had no trouble scoring goals. I think the Flames have a good chance of winning this game but it's risky because they won't have Yegor Sharangovich in the lineup and they managed just 22 shots in an overtime loss to the Kraken. Though they're averaging four goals a game, I expect that number to come down a lot.
Wolf and the Flames' best hope is for the Pens' goaltending to allow a bunch of goals again, which has been happening more often than not lately.
new - Alex Nedeljkovic, PIT at CGY (9% rostered)
Even after allowing five goals on 26 shots (.861 SP) in a 6-3 loss to the Jets in their previous game, the Pens are going back to Nedeljkovic once again. They may say they're not worried about Tristan Jarry, and certainly Joel Blomqvist has a lot of potential, but going back to Nedeljkovic so soon means he's the guy the Pens seem to have the most confidence.
This is an interesting matchup because the series has been pretty close in recent years. This might be a coin flip; however, if Nedeljkovic turns in a strong performance, he'll gain the inside edge on the starting job. I'd shy away from this streaming start because I'm not sure what to expect - they split 1-1-0 last season with seven goals scored per game - and consider picking up Nedeljkovic as more of a long-term play.
David Rittich, LA at VEG (21% rostered)
The Knights are a good team and their matchups against the Kings have generally been quite tight, with the Kings averaging 2.8 goals and the Knights a averaging 2.9 in their all-time series.
However, I think managers can be easily fooled into this start, and I'm just throwing some caution into the wind. What makes Rittich an attractive play is his recent play with only two (!) goals allowed in his past two games, though in one game against the Ducks faced only 15 shots and in the other game he faced the Habs. Rittich is 2-6-0 with a 3.82 GAA and .872 SP all-time against the Knights.
I expect this to be a tight game but unless you're desperate to stream a goalie, I'd shy away from Rittich.
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