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Thompson will defend the road net in Monday's preseason contest against Columbus, per Tom Gulitti of NHL.com.

Thompson stopped 25 of 28 shots in Wednesday's 5-3 win over New Jersey during his first outing of the exhibition schedule. He will compete for starts with Charlie Lindgren during the 2024-25 season.

Makiniemi was assigned to AHL Lehigh Valley on Sunday.

During his lone preseason appearance, Makiniemi stopped 13 of 14 shots across 31:14 of playing time in Monday's 5-0 loss to Montreal. In 18 regular-season outings for AHL San Jose in 2023-24, he posted an 8-8-0 record with a 3.14 GAA and a .900 save percentage. He will probably spend most, if not all, of the upcoming campaign in the minors.

Pickard (upper body) left Saturday's preseason game versus the Kraken in the first period, Daniel Nugent-Bowman of The Athletic reports.

Pickard's head appeared to hit the post after Seattle's Yanni Gourde pushed Edmonton defenseman Philip Kemp into his own goalie. The severity of Pickard's injury wasn't immediately known. The 32-year-old is projected to open 2024-25 as the backup, but if he remains hurt by Opening Night, Collin Delia or Olivier Rodrigue could fill that role instead.

Halverson is attempting an NHL comeback with the Lightning.

Halverson was taken by the Rangers two rounds before Igor Shesterkin in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft but hasn't played in the NHL since his lone game for the organization in 2017-18. Since then, he played in the ECHL and Germany's second division before earning an AHL contract with Syracuse last season. Halverson split his time between the AHL and ECHL in 2023-24 before becoming Syracuse's starter in the Calder Cup Playoffs. He's a long shot, but he has a dream.

Johansson will guard the road goal in Saturday's preseason game against Nashville, per the NHL media site.

Johansson will look for a better showing after allowing seven goals on 26 shots in Wednesday's 8-7 win over Florida. Regardless of how he does in the preseason, though, Johansson is expected to start the campaign as Tampa Bay's No. 2 goaltender behind Andrei Vasilevskiy.

Saros will protect the home goal in Saturday's preseason game versus the Lightning, Alex Daugherty of The Tennessean reports.

Saros will make his preseason debut Saturday. The 29-year-old goalie signed an eight-year extension with the Predators this summer, cementing his place as the team's top netminder. He should once again be a workhorse in 2024-25 -- he has played no fewer than 64 games in each of the last three regular seasons.

Saturday's contest between Detroit and Pittsburgh, which had been scheduled for 8:30 p.m. ET has been postponed due to travel issues on the part of the Penguins.

Detroit later announced the game would be rescheduled for Monday at 7:00 p.m. ET. The Red Wings and Penguins have another preseason matchup Tuesday, though that contest will be in Pittsburgh, while Saturday's clash would have been in Detroit. If Saturday's tilt had been played as scheduled, Jarry and Filip Larsson would have split the contest, with Jarry starting.

Husso and the Red Wings will not play the Penguins on Saturday as originally scheduled.

The Penguins had travel issues getting to Detroit, causing the game to be officially postponed. Per the Red Wings, the game has been rescheduled for Monday. Husso will likely play Monday, either in the rescheduled game at home or in Buffalo, as the Red Wings will go with a split-squad schedule that day.

Montembeault will patrol the home crease Saturday in preseason action against Toronto, per Simon-Olivier Lorange of La Presse.

Montembeault made 11 saves on 11 shots in a 3-0 exhibition win over New Jersey on Tuesday in 31:28 of playing time. He is expected to share Saturday's contest with Cayden Primeau. Montembeault is projected to start the upcoming campaign as Montreal's No. 1 netminder, while Primeau will be the backup.

Korpisalo will protect the road goal versus the Flyers in Saturday's preseason game, Jon Bailey of Philly Hockey Now reports.

Korpisalo stopped all seven shots he faced versus the Capitals in his preseason debut Tuesday. The 30-year-old will continue to function as the Bruins' starter while Jeremy Swayman remains an unsigned restricted free agent.