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Gustavsson allowed five goals on 32 shots in Tuesday's 5-2 loss to Colorado.

The Avs jumped out to an early 2-0 lead on Gustavsson with a pair of first-period markers before the 25-year-old netminder surrendered three more goals in the second en route to his third straight defeat. Gustavsson has now allowed nine goals on 67 shots over his last two starts after holding opponents to five goals on 135 shots in his previous five outings. Overall, he's 19-18-4 with an .898 save percentage and 3.11 GAA on the season.

Georgiev stopped 20 of 22 shots in Tuesday's 5-2 win over Minnesota.

The Wild scored a pair of power-play goals late in the first period but Georgiev stopped them there, turning aside 10 shots over the final two frames en route to the 5-2 victory. While it wasn't his busiest night, it's an encouraging performance from the 28-year-old netminder who'd gone 0-2-1 with an ugly .851 save percentage in his prior four outings. Overall, Georgiev improves to 38-17-4 on the year with an .899 save percentage and 2.95 GAA. The Avs are off until Saturday when they'll host the Jets.

Lyon turned aside 21 shots in Tuesday's 2-1 loss to the Capitals.

Detroit out-shot the visitors 43-23 on the night, but Charlie Lindgren stood on his head in the other crease while Lyon got beaten by Dylan Strome and Alex Ovechkin in the final three minutes of the second period. Lyon has allowed two goals or less in five of his last seven starts, posting a 2.29 GAA and .932 save percentage over that stretch, but he has only a 2-3-2 record to show for it as the Red Wings scramble for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. After Tuesday's loss, they sit one point back of the Caps for the No. 8 seed, with the Penguins and Flyers also very much in the mix.

Lindgren stopped 42 shots in Tuesday's 2-1 win over the Red Wings.

Patrick Kane spoiled his shutout bid with just two seconds left in the third period, but it was still a huge performance from Lindgren in a clutch spot -- the win moved the Capitals into the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, one point ahead of both the Wings and the Penguins and two ahead of the Flyers. The 30-year-old netminder has had a bumpy beginning to April, allowing 13 goals on 118 shots (.890 save percentage) while going 1-2-1 in four starts, but Washington will give him every chance to rediscover the form that saw him deliver a 2.13 GAA and .932 save percentage over 14 outings in November and December.

Stolarz made 25 saves in Tuesday's 2-0 win over the Senators.

The 30-year-old netminder also picked up a power-play assist on Anton Lundell's game-winner in the first period with a pass all the way up to Ottawa's blue line that caught the visitors on a line change. Stolarz has seen a little more action than usual over the last few weeks as the Panthers prepare for the playoffs. On the season Stolarz sports a career-high 15 wins with a 2.03 GAA, a .925 save percentage and two shutouts.

Korpisalo turned aside 28 shots in Tuesday's 2-0 loss to the Panthers.

He got beaten twice in a three-minute span during the first period, with one of the tallies coming on a Florida power play, but Korpisalo shut the door the rest of the way. Unfortunately for him, Ottawa's offense never woke up. The 29-year-old goalie has appeared in five straight games but taken the loss in four of them, going 1-4-0 with a 2.96 GAA and .888 save percentage over that stretch. Korpisalo still seems unlikely to cede the starting job to Anton Forsberg over the Senators' final handful of games.

Swayman stopped 22 shots in Tuesday's 4-1 loss to the Hurricanes.

The 25-year-old netminder held Carolina off the board in the first period, but things began to unravel for Boston after Andrei Svechnikov scored a Michigan goal midway through the second frame. Swayman is stumbling to the finish line on the regular season -- he's given up at least three goals in five of his last seven starts, going 4-3-0 with a 3.12 GAA and .874 save percentage over that stretch.

Kochetkov made 22 saves in Tuesday's 4-1 win over the Bruins.

Charlie McAvoy spoiled Kochetkov's shutout bid late in the second period, but it was still an impressive effort from the 24-year-old netminder. He's thriving in a timeshare with Frederik Andersen -- Kochetkov has won three straight starts and has only one regulation loss in his last seven, going 5-1-1 with a 2.26 GAA and .912 save percentage as the Hurricanes try to catch the Rangers for the top seed in the Eastern Conference.

Blackwood stopped 38 of 41 shots in Tuesday's 3-2 overtime loss to the Flames.

Blackwood was spotted a 2-0 lead early in the second period but couldn't guide that advantage to the intermission. Andrei Kuzmenko ended up completing the Flames' comeback in overtime. Blackwood has lost seven of his last eight appearances, though this was one of his better efforts in that span. The 27-year-old is down to 10-24-4 with a 3.38 GAA and a .900 save percentage over 43 appearances. The Sharks' next game is in Seattle on Thursday.

Shesterkin allowed three goals on 28 shots in Tuesday's 4-2 loss to the Islanders. The fourth goal was an empty-netter.

Shesterkin and the Rangers dug themselves in a hole that they could not get out of early in the first period, as the Islanders sniped three markers to take a lead that they would not relinquish. The 28-year-old netminder finished with an .893 save percentage - it was the sixth time in his last 10 games that he finished with a save percentage below .900. The Rangers only have three games left on the season until the playoffs and will face the Flyers on Thursday.