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Hellebuyck turned aside 26 of 27 shots in Sunday's 2-1 overtime win against Minnesota.

Hellebuyck has been nearly perfect to start the season, stopping a combined 81 of 83 shots through Winnipeg's first three contests for a .976 save percentage and a 0.66 GAA. The 2023-24 Vezina Trophy winner hasn't needed much offensive support over the last two games, as Winnipeg has four goals during that span. Hellebuyck's next chance to extend his win streak to four games will be against San Jose on Friday.

Vladar will guard the road crease against Edmonton on Sunday, according to Pat Steinberg of Sportsnet 960 The Fan.

Vladar will make his second start of the 2024-25 campaign -- he was leaky in Wednesday's win against Vancouver, allowing five goals on 25 shots. The 32-year-old will face an Edmonton club that has scored just two goals through two games. Vladar is 38-23-10 with a 3.10 GAA and an .892 save percentage across 76 regular-season appearances throughout his five-year NHL career.

Grubauer will be between the pipes for Sunday's road contest versus Dallas, per the NHL media site.

Grubauer will draw his second start of the season with the Kraken on the second half of a back-to-back. The 32-year-old made 22 saves on 25 shots in Tuesday's season-opening loss against the Blues. Joey Daccord started Saturday's 5-4 shootout win over the Wild. It remains to be seen whether the two goalies are in a timeshare or if Grubauer will get the majority of starts outside of back-to-back situations.

Gustavsson will defend the road net Sunday versus the Jets, per Sarah McLellan of the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

Gustavsson will get the second half of Minnesota's back-to-back after Marc-Andre Fleury played in Saturday's 5-4 shootout loss to Seattle. The 26-year-old Gustavsson made 31 saves in a 3-2 victory over Columbus on Thursday.

Hellebuyck will patrol the home crease Sunday against Minnesota, Carter Brooks of The Hockey News reports.

Hellebuyck has stopped 55 of 56 shots en route to a 2-0-0 record to start the 2024-25 campaign. He posted a 2-0-0 record versus the Wild during the 2023-24 regular season, allowing four goals on 63 shots.

Husso was placed on waivers Sunday, Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet reports.

Husso allowed four goals on 14 shots in Thursday's 6-3 loss to Pittsburgh before being replaced by Cam Talbot early in the second period. If the 29-year-old Husso goes unclaimed from the waiver wire, he could head to AHL Grand Rapids. Detroit still has Talbot and Alex Lyon on the roster to occupy the top two goalie spots.

Wallstedt was reassigned to AHL Iowa on Sunday.

Wallstedt has yet to appear in a game this season, though he's expected to make a handful of starts behind Filip Gustavsson and Marc-Andre Fleury later in the year. Travis Boyd was recalled in a corresponding move.

Shesterkin turned aside 20 shots in Saturday's 6-5 overtime loss to Utah HC.

The Rangers' defense gave Shesterkin very little help on the night, with that laxness highlighted by Clayton Keller's OT winner -- the Utah captain was allowed to simply stroll out from behind the net unchallenged to roof the puck over the 28-year-old netminder. Shesterkin was coming off a shutout of the Penguins in the season opener, so there's little reason for fantasy GMs to worry about this performance, but he'll need a little more defensive support than he got Saturday if he's going to post the elite ratios he's capable of in 2024-25.

Ingram stopped 29 shots in Saturday's 6-5 overtime win over the Rangers.

After a relatively sedate 1-1 first period, both offenses erupted in the second for a combined seven goals. Utah emerged with a 5-4 lead, and while Ingram gave up a tying tally midway through the third frame, he stood tall the rest of the way and got rewarded when Clayton Keller potted the OT winner. Ingram has won three straight games to begin the season, but his 3.55 GAA and .871 save percentage aren't exactly sharp, and those ratios might encourage coach Andre Tourigny to give Karel Vejmelka his first action of the campaign Monday in New Jersey.

Daccord allowed four goals on 38 shots in Saturday's 5-4 shootout win over the Wild.

Daccord got the start between the pipes Saturday after not playing in the season-opening 3-2 loss to the Blues on Tuesday, and he came up huge in the shootout by denying Kirill Kaprizov and Matt Boldy to lift the Kraken to their first win of the campaign. Daccord is expected to return to his backup role Sunday, with Philipp Grubauer starting a tough road matchup against the Stars.