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Primeau entered Tuesday's 7-2 loss to the Rangers midway through the first period and stopped 32 of 35 shots.

Primeau relieved an ineffective Sam Montembeault, who was chased after letting in four goals on 10 shots. Primeau held strong for awhile and was called on to prevent several high-danger scoring chances before buckling in the third period under a barrage -- New York fired 45 shots on net, had another 20 attempts that missed the mark, and 16 other attempts were blocked. Montreal head coach Martin St. Louis has some time to consider which netminder will start this coming Saturday against the Blues.

Forsberg posted a 31-save shutout in Tuesday's 4-0 win over Utah.

The Senators scored all four of their goals in the first period, and Forsberg made sure Utah never mounted a comeback. This was the sixth shutout of his career, all of which have come over the last four seasons. The 31-year-old goalie has allowed 10 goals on 104 shots over four appearances this season, going 2-1-0. He'll likely continue to feature in a starting role until Linus Ullmark (strain) is able to return.

Montembeault allowed four goals on 10 shots and was removed during the first period of Tuesday's 7-2 loss to the Rangers.

Montembeault has hit the skids following a strong start to the season. He's allowed 12 goals on 70 shots (.829 save percentage) over his last three starts. Cayden Primeau finished out the game. Montreal is off until Saturday when it hosts the Blues, which gives head coach Martin St. Louis plenty of time to mull which goalie will start.

Shesterkin stopped 19 of 21 shots in Tuesday's 7-2 win over the Canadiens.

The Rangers made life easy on Shesterkin, tallying 54 seconds into the game and going on to score four goals in first 11 minutes. It was the third straight victory and second consecutive on the road for the netminder, who's repelled 84 of 87 shots during the three-game run.

Lindgren stopped 17 of 18 shots faced during Tuesday's 4-1 road win over the Flyers.

Lindgren has allowed three goals over his last two starts after being saddled with a loss in Washington's home opener Oct. 12. The 30-year-old is worth starting whenever he gets the call behind the streaking Capitals, but backup Logan Thompson is expected to get a fair amount of starts in the early going, so Lindgren has yet to secure the kind of workload that would make him a top-tier fantasy netminder.

Reason turned aside 25 of 29 shots faced during Tuesday's 4-1 home loss to the Capitals.

Ersson was hung out to dry by the Flyers' special teams, which conceded two short-handed goals in the first period. The 25-year-old has surrendered three or more goals in each of his last three starts for the rebuilding Flyers, making him difficult to trust from a fantasy perspective even if he does garner the bulk of the starter's workload.

Swayman will protect the road goal Tuesday versus the Predators, Brooks Bratten of the Predators' official site reports.

Swayman has started the year 2-1-1 with 11 goals allowed over four starts. The 25-year-old draws what looks to be a favorable matchup, as the Predators have started the season 0-5-0.

Saros will protect the home goal Tuesday versus the Bruins, Brooks Bratten of the Predators' official site reports.

Saros has lost all four of his starts this season, allowing 14 goals in that span. The 29-year-old's tough start is more a product of poor play from his teammates than it is anything to be concerned about in the long run. The Bruins have scored 21 goals over six games so far.

Annunen will protect the road net in Tuesday's game versus the Kraken, Jesse Montano of Guerilla Sports reports.

Annunen will be rewarded with a second straight start after giving up just one goal on 26 shots to defeat the Sharks on Sunday. The 24-year-old will face a tougher task against a Kraken team with 21 goals scored over six contests this season.

Grubauer will protect the home goal versus the Avalanche on Tuesday, Kate Shefte of The Seattle Times reports.

Grubauer will make his fourth start of the season as the Kraken continue to alternate between him and Joey Daccord. Grubauer has allowed nine goals on 73 shots, but he won his last start despite allowing four goals to Philadelphia. The 32-year-old netminder played three years with the Avalanche, the last of which was his lone 30-win campaign in the NHL.