Thursday Starting Goalies

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Goalies are listed with their YTD stats in bold, then their career stats vs tonight's opponent in parentheses.

Lines from Bookmaker

CAROLINA o5½-115 +220 **Ward: 18-18-8, 2.80 GAA, 0.909 SV% (11-10-2, 2.66, .915)
BOSTON u5½-105 -260 **Rask: 11-5-2, 1.82 GAA, 0.938 SV% (2-1-0, 2.59, .905)

MONTREAL o5-115 +115 **Price: 17-18-8, 2.40 GAA, 0.915 SV% (5-6-1, 2.26, .923)
NEW JERSEY u5-105 -135 Brodeur: 15-12-2, 2.77 GAA, 0.894 SV% (41-18-0, 1.79, .932)

NASHVILLE o5½-110 +120 Lindback: 2-5-0, 2.34 GAA, 0.898 SV% (0-1-0, 3.05, .897)
PHILADELPHIA u5½-110 -140 Bryzgalov: 18-10-5, 2.93 GAA, 0.896 SV% (8-6-3, 2.63, .910)

WINNIPEG o5½-115 +120 Pavelec: 17-17-6, 2.78 GAA, 0.911 SV% (3-4-4, 2.75, .915)
TAMPA BAY u5½-105 -140 Garon: 15-13-2, 2.91 GAA, 0.902 SV% (5-0-0, 0.92, .968)

MINNESOTA o5-120 +120 **Backstrom: 13-12-4, 2.43 GAA, 0.921 SV% (19-5-2, 2.24, .924)
COLORADO u5EV -140 Giguere: 12-8-1, 2.15 GAA, 0.921 SV% (9-11-3, 2.29, .914)

CHICAGO o5½-115 -165 Crawford: 18-12-5, 2.86 GAA, 0.902 SV% (2-3-0, 2.91, .882)
EDMONTON u5½-105 +145 Dubnyk: 8-11-1, 2.83 GAA, 0.911 SV% (1-2-0, 3.63, .908)

DETROIT o5½-105 +105 Howard: 31-11-1, 2.01 GAA, 0.925 SV% (6-5-0, 2.94, .907)
VANCOUVER u5½-115 -125 Luongo: 20-10-4, 2.39 GAA, 0.918 SV% (10-10-4, 2.64, .927)

DALLAS o5½+120 +180 Bachman: 6-2-1, 2.50 GAA, 0.917 SV% (1st start vs SJ; stopped all 11 shots faced in a garbage-time relief appearance in December; Stars lost to Niemi 5-2)
SAN JOSE u5½-140 -210 Greiss: 6-4-1, 1.82 GAA, 0.927 SV% (1st start vs Dallas; 4.60, .818 career vs Dallas; stopped 18 of 22 shots combined in 2 garbage-time relief appearances vs Dallas at the end of the 2009-2010 season; SJ lost in Dallas 5-1 and 8-2)

**Goalie is expected, but not confirmed. Will update.

***b2b info: Dallas played last night (Stars are 0-8 on no rest this season, 4-4 o/u)

[THE Sports PROFIT]

F**k me. Trotz changed his mind. Rinne not going....Lindback is starting.

[Mendoza Line]

Yep. Guess the Pred wanted to stop their own winning streak.



Backstrom is confirmed for Minny

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Ward confirmed for Canes

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Rask confirmed for Boston

Price confirmed for Mont