Goalie Announcements (Oct 20)

Ouch! Only one team managed to qualify for Week Four last night, as Benson actually got wins from both of his goaltenders to get the job done. Both Jaroslav Halak and Carter Hutton were both good enough last night and now Benson is safe, still leaving nine teams to still qualify, now with only three days/nights left to play in the week.

Unfortunately for Scott B., with Jonathan Bernier losing last night, he is now out of projected goalie starts for the week and without a win, so his elimination is certain.

Stacey C.'s proxy team only has one more projected possible goalie start left this week, which won't come until tomorrow, so his team is certainly on the brink, as we head into the weekend.

Everyone else, the seven other teams, have at least two projected starts and with six games on the docket tonight, some of those will be checked off in bunches.  Let's see who can make it and who can't tonight.

Braden Holtby (Grant) versus Petr Mrazek (Mike)
Grant is still in need of a win from the Washington Capitals this week and this start tonight will take away two of his projected starts in one swoop, but they have one more game before the week is out, so he's not in the worst shape just yet.  The Capitals will head to the Little Caesars Arena to take on the Red Wings and it is expected that Petr Mrazek will get the nod tonight, with Jimmy Howard losing on Wednesday.

Antti Niemi (Derek B.) or Matt Murray (Stacey M.) versus Roberto Luongo (Stuart)
The Penguins are going to be on back-to-back nights, starting tonight, so there is a good chance that Antti Niemi will get a start for Derek, either tonight or tomorrow, but when the post was written, neither had been announced, the last goalie starter to be announced.  Tomorrow night is the Tampa Bay Lightning, so it is a matter of picking your poison, as it really seems unlikely that Matt Murray would get both starts.

Carey Price (Dale C.) versus John Gibson (Tony)
The late game in Anaheim features an all-survival match-up between Dale C. and Tony.  The struggling Habs will have to contend with a Ducks team that has also been underachieving to start the year, making for kind of a loser match-up tonight.  Either way, one team is bent on survival tonight... will it be Dale or Tony?