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Barring anything unforseen, these should be the goalie tandems for the start of the playoffs:

Knights: Fleury/Lehner

Avs: Grubauer/Johansson

Blues: Binnington/Husso

Lightning: Vasilevskiy/McElhinney

Jets: Hellebuyck/Brossoit

Pens: Jarry/???. Pens are gonna have to lean heavily on Jarry. DeSmith's status is unkown after being injured in practice on Friday.

Bruins: Rask/Swayman. It appears that Halak has played his last game for the B's. (https://www.pressherald.com/2021/05/12/bruins-notebook-rookie-jeremy-swayman-named-no-2-goalie-for-playoffs)

Wild: Talbot/Kahkonen

Caps: Vanecek/Samsonov. Laviolette is being hush-hush about who will start game 1 on Saturday but my guess is it'll be Vanecek.

Canes: Mrazek/Reimer

Panthers: Bobrovksy/Driedger

Preds: Saros/Rinne: Saros has been the reason why the Preds are in this position and not waiting for the draft.

Leafs: Campbell/Andersen: Campbell (17-2-2 on the season) will start. Freddy is expected to start game 4 on the 2nd of back to back nights.

Oilers: Smith/Koskinen

Habs: Price/Allen

Isles: Varlamov/Sorokin

Will post news as it comes. Here's to an exciting playoffs. an_cheers

 
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Reimer over Nedeljkovic? No chance 

 
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thanks buddy!

 

oilers/jets could be a bunch of high scoring affairs

 

Saros a massive wildcard in the canes/preds series.....if he lights out the canes in trouble

 

Lehner getting the nod over the flower i assume??

 

avs and lightning better hope their #1s stay healthy

 

pens/isles screaming low scoring games to me, see how it plays out

 

like samsonov better than vanecek....curious to see what the caps do

 

does playoff binnington show up? avs could be in trouble if he does, but avs the way better team

 

florida/tampa screaming high scoring games and then you see their starting goalies and wonder....bob and vasi 2 of the best

 
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Quote Originally Posted by Jason316:

Reimer over Nedeljkovic? No chance
That's my opinion. If you have a link stating one way or the other, feel free to post it.

 
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@dubz4dummyz

 

oilers/jets could be a bunch of high scoring affairs

I'm of the opinion that with that porous defense, Hellebuyck will have to stand on his head for the Jets to win. That said, he can do it and the Jets can score in bunches too. 

Saros a massive wildcard in the canes/preds series.....if he lights out the canes in trouble

Agreed. He's been great and could definitely steal some games. I still think the Canes are just too good.

Lehner getting the nod over the flower i assume??

I'm not so sure. I have nothing to go on but Fleury was solid down the stretch and allowed 2 or less goals in his final 9 starts.

avs and lightning better hope their #1s stay healthy

No doubt.

pens/isles screaming low scoring games to me, see how it plays out

I think we see an upset in this series. Isles' goaltending is crazy good and they can score too.

like samsonov better than vanecek....curious to see what the caps do

I think the Caps are in trouble with this duo. Oddsmakers seem to think so, too.

does playoff binnington show up? avs could be in trouble if he does, but avs the way better team

Like Saros, Binnington can steal games but yes...the Avs are the much better team.

florida/tampa screaming high scoring games and then you see their starting goalies and wonder....bob and vasi 2 of the best

Respectfully disagree. Vasy is one of the best in the league, IMO. Bob is not.
 
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Vanecek all-but confirmed for game 1. 

https://twitter.com/TomGulittiNHL/status/1393581447194320897

Vitek Vanecek is the first goalie off the ice at the end of the Capitals morning skate, so he appears to be the starting goalie for Game 1 vs. the Bruins tonight.

 
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No surprise here, but Bobrovsky confirmed for game 1.

https://twitter.com/FlaPanthers/status/1393583956277096457

Coach Q confirms it’ll be Sergei Bobrovsky in net for Game 1 tomorrow night.

 
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DeSmith not on the ice for practice today. Looks like Lagace will back up Jarry in game 1.

https://twitter.com/TaylorHaasePGH/status/1393579433597022221

Looks like it’s just Jarry and Lagace today. Goalies already on the ice getting in work with Buckley, no sign of DeSmith.

 
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Looks like the Avs might just get a boost in their backup situation.

https://twitter.com/adater/status/1393370797712891904

Devan Dubnyk should be back at #Avs practice tomorrow

 
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To recap the starters for game 1:

Confirmed
Wsh: Vanecek
Fla: Bobrovsky
Tor: Campbell

Unconfirmed but still a no-brainer
Col: Grubauer
StL: Binnington
TB: Vasilevskiy
Wpg: Hellebuyck
Pit: Jarry
Nsh: Saros
Bos: Rask
Edm: Smith

Probable
VGK: Fleury
Min: Talbot
Car: Mrazek
Mtl: Price (Provided he's healthy. Otherwise, Allen will start).
NY: Varlamov (Left Monday's game early with a small strain but it appears he's ready for game 1 as he was practicing on Saturday).

 
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Confirmed
Wsh: Vanecek
Fla: Bobrovsky
Tor: Campbell
Min: Talbot
Bos: Rask

Unconfirmed but still a no-brainer
Col: Grubauer
StL: Binnington
TB: Vasilevskiy
Wpg: Hellebuyck
Pit: Jarry
Nsh: Saros
Edm: Smith

Probable
VGK: Fleury
Car: Mrazek
Mtl: Price (Provided he's healthy. Otherwise, Allen will start).
NY: Varlamov (Left Monday's game early with a small strain but it appears he's ready for game 1 as he was practicing on Saturday).

 
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Thanks weeble,  puckclover  in the Playoffs an_cheers.

 
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Thanks Weebs for posting this day in and day out.  peace_5

 
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Confirmed
Wsh: Vanecek
Fla: Bobrovsky
Tor: Campbell
Min: Talbot
Bos: Rask
NY: Sorokin
Pit: Jarry

Unconfirmed but still a no-brainer
Col: Grubauer
StL: Binnington
TB: Vasilevskiy
Wpg: Hellebuyck
Nsh: Saros
Edm: Smith

Probable
VGK: Fleury
Car: Mrazek
Mtl: Price (Provided he's healthy. Otherwise, Allen will start).

 
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Games for Sunday, May 16

Confirmed
Fla: Bobrovsky
Min: Talbot
NY: Sorokin
Pit: Jarry

Likely
TB: Vasilevskiy

Probable
VGK: Fleury
Cgy: Markstrom
Van: Holtby

 
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Games for Sunday, May 16

Confirmed
Fla: Bobrovsky
Min: Talbot
NY: Sorokin
Pit: Jarry
VGK: Fleury

Likely
TB: Vasilevskiy

Probable
Cgy: Markstrom
Van: Holtby

 
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Games for Monday, May 17

Confirmed
Wsh: Anderson
Bos: Rask
Col: Grubauer

Likely
Car: Nedeljkovic

Probable
Nsh: Saros
StL: Binnington

 
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Thanks as always Weebs   

 
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Hey Weebs

 

Thank you forgot always keeping us up to date about whose in the crease!

GL on these playoffs!

 
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Confirmed
Wsh: Anderson
Bos: Rask
Col: Grubauer
Car: Nedeljkovic
Nsh: Saros
StL: Binnington

 
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Games for Tuesday, May 18

Probable
Cgy: Markstrom
Van: Demko
NY: Sorokin
Pit: Jarry
TB: Vasilevskiy
Fla: Bobrovsky
Min: Talbot
VGK: Fleury

 
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Dreidger in for FLA

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Games for Tuesday, May 18

Confirmed
Cgy: Domingue
Van: Demko
TB: Vasilevskiy
Fla: Driedger
VGK: Fleury
Pit: Jarry

Probable
NY: Sorokin
Min: Talbot

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