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Oettinger will get the road start Saturday against the Canadiens, Mike Heika of the Stars' official site reports.

Oettinger is currently riding a four-game winning streak, posting a .909 save percentage and 2.20 GAA in that span. Overall, the 26-year-old netminder is 20-9-1 with a 2.41 GAA and a .908 save percentage this season.

Hildeby will guard the home net Saturday against Vancouver, Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet reports.

It'll be just the second start in 10 games for Hildeby -- he stopped 30 of 32 shots in an overtime win over the Flyers on Sunday in his last appearance. The 23-year-old Hildeby has made four starts this season, going 3-1-0 with a 3.23 GAA and an .892 save percentage. Vancouver has scored just one goal in two contests going into Saturday's matchup.

Primeau stopped all 16 shots faced Friday in AHL Laval's 6-0 win over Cleveland.

Primeau's won two straight starts since rejoining the Rocket and has done it with style, allowing one goal on 44 shots (.977 save percentage) as he works to get back to the NHL. However, Jakub Dobes does not appear to be going anywhere for the time being. He's won all three starts with Montreal, including victories over Florida, Colorado and Washington.

Binnington will guard the home crease against Columbus on Saturday, Mark Scheig of The Hockey Writers reports.

Binnington was less than stellar in his last outing Tuesday, allowing five goals on 25 shots in a 6-4 loss to Minnesota. The defeat dropped Binnington's record to 11-15-3. The 31-year-old netminder has three shutouts, a 2.87 GAA and an .896 save percentage. The Blue Jackets are averaging 3.43 goals per game in 2024-25.

Markstrom is expected to patrol the home crease versus Tampa Bay on Saturday, according to Amanda Stein of the Devils' official site.

Markstrom will make his fourth consecutive start. The 34-year-old netminder is 20-8-3 with three shutouts, a 2.20 GAA and a .911 save percentage. He will have his hands full as the Lightning are the top-scoring team in the NHL, averaging 3.69 goals per game in 2024-25.

Ersson will defend the home crease versus Anaheim on Saturday, Jordan Hall of NBC Sports Philadelphia reports.

Ersson has given up only four goals on 70 shots in his last three appearances. He is 9-7-2 with a 3.02 GAA and an .883 save percentage this season. The Ducks are averaging only 2.51 goals per game in 2024-25.

Tokarski posted a 14-save shutout in Friday's 2-0 win over the Canucks.

Tokarski has won each of his last three starts and earned his first shutout of the campaign. Even though he possesses limited fantasy upside due to the nature of his backup role, Tokarski has been reliable when called on for duty. He's gone 4-1-0 with a 2.00 GAA and a .907 save percentage through five appearances.

Demko stopped 18 of 20 shots in Friday's 2-0 loss to the Hurricanes.

Demko played for the first time since Jan. 2 after missing three games in a row due to back spasms. Even though he looked competent between the pipes, he didn't get much support from the offense in this low-scoring matchup. Demko has gone winless in his last three appearances, going 0-1-1 with a 3.24 GAA and an .869 save percentage in that span. With the Canucks playing on the second leg of a back-to-back Saturday at Toronto, it wouldn't be surprising if Demko is rested, with Kevin Lankinen guarding the Canucks' crease instead.

Georgiev gave up two goals on 26 shots in Friday's 2-1 loss to Utah.

Georgiev's losing streak reached six games Friday, but this was his best performance during the skid. The 28-year-old gave up a goal to Barrett Hayton with 1:32 left in the third period, which was the difference. Georgiev is now 9-13-0 with a 3.46 GAA and an .878 save percentage over 25 appearances this season. Yaroslav Askarov is set to start at home versus the Wild on Saturday, and Georgiev could find himself on the bench more often until he gets back into the win column.

Vejmelka stopped 18 of 19 shots in Friday's 2-1 win over the Sharks.

The Sharks didn't generate a ton of pressure, but the game was tied 1-1 late into the third period. Barrett Hayton put Utah ahead 2-1 with 1:32 left, but the team still had to kill a penalty to preserve the lead over the final 56 seconds. Vejmelka was a winner for just the second time in his last seven outings, improving to 10-11-3 with a 2.38 GAA and a .916 save percentage over 26 appearances. Connor Ingram is back from an upper-body injury and likely to start Saturday versus the Islanders, but it's unclear how Utah will divide the goaltending duties beyond that contest. Vejmelka played well enough in Ingram's absence to deserve at least a 50-50 split of the starts over the remainder of January.