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Hellebuyck (rest) will sit out Thursday's regular-season finale at home against Vancouver, per Mike McIntyre of the Winnipeg Free Press.

Hellebuyck was solid in his last start, stopping 20 of 23 shots in Tuesday's 4-3 win over Seattle. The 30-year-old had a spectacular regular season, recording a .921 save percentage and a 37-19-4 record in 60 appearances. He can be penciled in as the starter for Game 1 of Winnipeg's first-round series versus Colorado.

Cooley will guard the road crease in Thursday's regular-season finale against Calgary, per Sheng Peng of San Jose Hockey Now.

Cooley struggled tremendously in his last start, allowing eight goals on 22 shots in a 9-2 loss to Edmonton on Monday. The 26-year-old has recorded an .882 save percentage and a 2-2-1 record in five NHL appearances this year.

Wolf will start Thursday's regular-season finale at home against San Jose, per Pat Steinberg of Sportsnet 960 The Fan.

Wolf stopped 30 of 35 shots in his last start Sunday in a 6-5 win over the Coyotes. The 23-year-old has been sub-par this season, recording an .891 save percentage and a 6-7-1 record in 16 appearances. He will have a favorable matchup against San Jose, which is 8-24-4 on the road this year.

Delia was recalled from the minors Thursday.

Delia hasn't seen any NHL action this season, and he's struggled in the AHL. The 29-year-old has recorded an .872 save percentage and an 11-19-1 record in 32 appearances with Manitoba. It wouldn't be surprising to see Delia return to the minors following Thursday's regular-season finale versus Vancouver.

Andersen was back on the ice Thursday in the lead-up to Saturday's Game 1 matchup with the Islanders, Walt Ruff of the Hurricanes' official site reports.

Andersen was in the starter's crease at Thursday's practice session, suggesting he'll get the starting nod for Saturday's home clash versus the Islanders. The backstop had been splitting the workload with Pyotr Kochetkov down the stretch but it seems unlikely that trend will continue into the postseason.

Fleury will start Thursday at home against Seattle, per Jessi Pierce of NHL.com.

Fleury struggled in his last start against one of his former teams, surrendering seven goals on just 30 shots in a 7-2 loss to Vegas on Saturday. The 39-year-old has recorded an .895 save percentage and a 17-14-5 record in 39 appearances this year. He will have a favorable matchup against Seattle, who ranks 29th in goals per game at 2.59.

Tomkins made 34 saves in Wednesday's 6-4 win over the Maple Leafs.

The 29-year-old goalie went down as the man who denied Auston Matthews his 70th goal of the season, making seven stops on the Toronto superstar in the first period alone. Tomkins supplied Tampa Bay with decent netminding down the stretch, going 2-0-1 in three April starts while giving up 10 goals on 95 shots (.895 save percentage), but he'll be firmly on the bench behind Andrei Vasilevskiy when the Lightning begin their first-round series against the Panthers on Sunday.

Jones turned aside 26 shots in Wednesday's 6-4 loss to the Lightning.

Tampa Bay jumped out to a 2-0 lead before seven minutes had elapsed in the first period and built a 5-1 lead before the second intermission, and Toronto's late rally ended up falling short. This could be Jones' last appearance for the Maple Leafs -- the 34-year-old netminder will be a free agent in the offseason, and the team is more likely to bring back Ilya Samsonov to pair with Joseph Woll. Jones went 11-8-1 during his season in blue and white with a 2.87 GAA and .902 save percentage over 22 outings, numbers that should be good enough to earn him an offer from a team in need of a veteran backup in the crease.

Sorokin stopped 40 shots in Wednesday's 5-4 win over the Penguins.

The 28-year-old goalie will take some momentum into the postseason. Sorokin made 40 or more saves in each of his last two starts, and he's gone 3-0-1 over his last four appearances while giving up nine goals on 133 shots (.932 save percentage). He'd been splitting work again with Semyon Varlamov to close out the regular season though, and Varly has won five straight starts of his own while posting a .945 save percentage. As a result, Varlamov seems to be the favorite to get the nod between the pipes Saturday when the Isles begin their first-round series in Carolina.

Nedeljkovic made 27 saves in Wednesday's 5-4 loss to the Islanders.

Neither team had anything to play for, as the Penguins were already eliminated from the playoffs while the Isles were locked into a first-round matchup against the Hurricanes, but they still put together a spirited back-and-forth affair. The regulation loss was the first for Nedeljkovic since March 9 -- the 28-year-old took over the starting job for Pittsburgh down the stretch, and over his last 12 outings he went 8-1-2 with a 2.93 GAA and .902 save percentage. He'll be an unrestricted free agent this offseason, and he should be able to do better than the one-year, $1.5 million deal he signed with the Pens last July given his late-season performance.