Goalie Starters and Injury Updates 01/10/2010

Here are your NHL injury updates and goalie starters for tonight, January 10, 2010:

Ottawa Senators

• Milan Michalek, Daniel Alfredsson and Jason Spezza expected out.
• Jesse Winchester out a month. [Ian Mendes]
• Filip Kuba left yesterday’s game due to injury, he is day-to-day.
• Pascal Leclaire should be in goal after watching backup Brian Elliot lose last night.  Confirmed by Ian Mendes of Sportsnet

Carolina Hurricanes

• Tuomo Ruutu will miss a few weeks with an upper body injury. [Canes Now]
• Erik Cole and Sergei Samsonov skated and should return next week.
• Eric Staal expected back tonight. [Mike Maniscalco]
• Joe Corvo, Scott Walker and Chad LaRose still out.
• Cam Ward as always expected to start, will get a confirmation later.

Goalie Starters 01/07/2010

Here are your expected starting goalies for tonight, January 7, 2010:

• Marc Andre Fleury expected to start against the Flyers Thursday night, Seth Rorabaugh of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.
• Tim Thomas left the ice first Thursday morning, indicating that he will start the Bruins’ night game against Chicago, the Boston Globe’s Fluto Shinzawa reports.
• Pascal Leclaire missed Wednesday’s practice for maintenance reasons, but is expected to play on Thursday night against Washington reports James Gordon of the Ottawa Citizen.
• Coach John Anderson will start Johan Hedberg against the Rangers says Chris Vivlamore of The Atlanta Journal Consistution.
• Jay Zawaski of 670 The Score reports Antti Niemi in nets for the Hawks.
• Thanks again to Joe English, I pretty much use his help verbatim with the tips.

Goalie Starters 01/03/2010

Please remember to keep refreshing this page or follow me on Twitter for the fastest updates. Here are your expected starting goalies for tonight:

• No lineup changes for the Senators, implying Pascal Leclaire gets the nod in goal writes the Official Twitter Page of the Ottawa Senators.
• Seth Rorabaugh’s Empty Netters puts Tomas Vokoun in nets.  Still no confirmation on the Pittsburgh goalie as this game is the second of back-to-back contests.
• Similar story in Chicago as both the Blackhawks and the Ducks played last night.  If past history is any indicator it will be Antti Niemi against Jean-Sebastien Giguere, but I will confirmed later with links hopefully.
• Should have the starters for the Buffalo vs. Montreal as well as the Flyers goalie up shortly.

Goalie Starters 12/31/2009

Please remember to keep refreshing this page or follow me on Twitter for the fastest updates. Here are your expected starting goalies for tonight:

• Steve Goldstein confirms Tomas Vokoun starting for the Panthers. His opponent will be Jaroslav Halak according to Dave Stubbs of Habs Inside/Out.
• Pascal Leclaire in nets for the Senators, reported via Twitter.
• Jesse Rogers of ESPN Chicago confirms Cristobal Huet in nets.
• Mathieu Garon goes for the Blue Jackets according to Tom Reed of The Columbus Dispatch. On the other end of the ice will be Dan Ellis writes The Official Twitter Page of The Nashville Predators.

UPDATED @ 12:58 PM

• Ansar Khan of Mlive.com announces Jimmy Howard as the Red Wings starter.

Goalie Starters 12/30/2009

Please remember to keep refreshing this page or follow me on Twitter for the fastest updates. Here are your expected starting goalies for tonight:

• Hockeybuzz’s Jon Jordan reports Mike Smith to face Carey Price this evening.
• Rangers coach John Tortorella told Andrew Gross of The Record backup Chad Johnson will start sometime in January.  This statement shows that Henrik Lundqvist starts both tonight and tomorrow.  His opponent will be Michael Leighton according to Frank Seravalli of The Philadelphia Daily News.
• Dan Kamal, radio voice of the Thrashers, reports Ondrej Pavelec to face Tuukka Rask. The Boston Globe Bruins Blog confirms Rask as well.
• Martin Brodeur and Brent Johnson expected by Seth Rorabaugh of Empty Netters. Tom Gulitti of The Record confirms Brodeur in nets.

UPDATED @ 1:24 PM

• Pascal Leclaire starts for the Sens, as confirmed by their Twitter.  His opponent will be Craig Anderson according to Marc Moser, the radio voice of the Avalanche.

Goalie Starters 12/28/2009

Please remember to keep refreshing this page or follow me on Twitter for the fastest updates. Here are your expected starting goalies for tonight:

• Steve Mason starts for the Blue Jackets according to Tom Reed of The Columbus Dispatch.  Jimmy Howard starts again for the Wings says Ansar Khan of Mlive.com.
• Corey Masisak of The Washington Times announces Jose Theodore as the Caps starter.
• Jaroslav Halak makes his fifth straight start according to Dave Stubbs of Habs Inside/Out.  His counterpart will be Pascal Leclaire as confirmed by Cory Clouston, via Twitter.
• Dan Kamal, radio voice of the Thrashers, announces Johan Hedberg against Martin Brodeur expected for tonight’s game.
• Tim Thomas expected in nets by John Bishop of Bruins.com.

Goalie Starters 12/26/2009

I hope everyone enjoyed their holiday.   Please remember to keep refreshing this page or follow me on Twitter for the fastest updates. Here are your expected starting goalies for tonight:

• Chip Alexander of The News Observer reports Michael Leighton gets the nod for Philadelphia.  The Official Twitter Page of The Philadelphia Flyers does not confirm this.
• Dwayne Roloson in nets for the Isles says Katie Strang of Newsday.
• The Capitals will start Michael Neuvirth announces Tarik El-Bashir of The Washington Post.
• Jonas Siegel of AM 640 writes Jonas Gustavsson gets the nod.
• Mike Smith gets the nod says Erik Erlendsson of The Tampa Tribune.
• The Official Twitter Feed of the Nashville Predators announces Pekka Rinne as their starter tonight.
• Dave Vest of Coyotes.com writes Ilya Bryzgalov is likely to start tonight against the Kings.

Injuries in Ottawa Force a Trade?

The latest from Bruce Garrioch of The Ottawa Sun discusses the injury to Daniel Alfredsson as well as the need to replace his production in the lineup.  After sustaining a hit from Craig Adams on Wednesday, the Senators captain expects to miss a few weeks with a bum shoulder.  The 37-year-old joins pivot Jason Spezza and wing Nick Foligno in the press box as they continue to recover from their own ailments while Chris Neil, Shean Donovan and Pascal Leclaire all returned to the lineup a mere three days ago.

Although center Josh Hennessy initially gets a call up, the rookie definitely is not and will not be the solution.  If this team is to stay within the playoff picture they must make a move quickly and patch the gaping hole in their top six.

Garrioch may be onto something for once with his article.  The controversial reporter discusses the merits of trading for Christopher Higgins or Alexander Frolov, both impending free agents after the season.

Injury Updates 12/23/2009

This thread will be updated all day, so keep refreshing it as the day goes along. Just a quick note, if I omitted a source it is due to a previous report with no recent updates. Here are your injury updates for tonight:

Injuries Tonight

Atlanta Thrashers

• Kari Lehtonen practiced with the team while Mark Popovic remains out.

Boston Bruins

• Derek Morris sitting this game out.  [Boston Globe]
• Milan Lucic looking to return at the Winter Classic. [Boston Globe]
• Mark Stuart remains on IR.

Buffalo Sabres

• Chris Butler not expected back.
• No word on Nathan Gerbe, Thomas Vanek or Patrick Kaleta playing tonight, will update later.

Goalie Starters 12/23/2009

Please remember to keep refreshing this page or follow me on Twitter for the fastest updates. Here are your expected starting goalies for tonight:

• Tim Thomas the first goalie off the ice writes Fluto Shinzawa of The Boston Globe.  Dan Kamal confirms Ondrej Pavelec on the other side of the ice.
• Jimmy Howard set to start for the Red Wings writes Bruce MacLeod of The Macomb Daily.
• In Washigton, Michael Neuvirth set to make another start writes Tarik El-Bashir of The Washington Post. El-Bashir also believes Ryan Miller starts in nets for Buffalo.
• Jonas Siegel of Eat, Sleep, Leafs announces Jonas Gustavsson as the Leafs starter.
• Jaroslav Halak makes his third straight start according to Dave Stubbs of Habs Inside/Out.