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Wedgewood will protect the road goal versus the Senators on Thursday, per TSN 1200 Ottawa.

Wedgewood has won four straight games, allowing just six goals on 99 shots over that span. The Senators are surging, however, having won five of their last six games with 24 goals scored in that span.

Knight will protect the home goal versus the Kings on Thursday, Ben Pope of the Chicago Sun-Times reports.

Knight has lost his last three starts, giving up 11 goals on 74 shots in that span. The 23-year-old won his first start with the Blackhawks in a March 3 game versus the Kings, but he was busy in that game with a 41-save effort. The Kings have gone 5-1-1 since that contest, scoring 19 times over seven contests.

Hill will serve as the starting netminder for Thursday's home game against the Bruins, SinBin.Vegas reports.

Hill has played well this month, going 3-1-1 with a 2.19 GAA and .929 save percentage over his last five starts, a stretch that includes a pair of shutout wins. Following Thursday's start, Hill and Ilya Samsonov are slated to split starts during the Golden Knights' back-to-back set over the weekend.

Ersson will start Thursday's road game against the Capitals.

Ersson has hit a rough patch recently, going 1-3-1 with a 4.57 GAA and .827 save percentage over his last six appearances. He could have trouble bouncing back Thursday, as the Capitals lead the league with 3.63 goals per game this season.

Andersen was the first goalie off during Thursday's morning skate, Max Miller of NHL.com reports, indicating that he'll draw the road start against San Jose.

Andersen and Pyotr Kochetkov have alternated starts in recent weeks, and that trend will continue Thursday. Andersen is in the midst of a three-game winning streak in which he's posted a 1.67 GAA and .932 save percentage. Despite Andersen's recent hot streak, Kochetkov is riding a five-game winning streak, so it seems likely that the pair of netminders will continue to split time for now.

Swayman will guard the cage on the road versus Vegas on Thursday, Jim McBride of The Globe reports.

Swayman enters this contest mired in a two-game losing streak in which he gave up eight goals on 53 shots (.849 save percentage). With a back-to-back around the corner, the 26-year-old backstop will likely split the starts against San Jose and Los Angeles on Saturday and Sunday, respectively, with Joonas Korpisalo.

Lankinen is set to start on the road against St. Louis on Thursday.

Lankinen stopped 20 of 22 shots in a 6-2 victory over Winnipeg on Tuesday. He's 24-13-7 with a 2.53 GAA and a .904 save percentage in 44 appearances in 2024-25. The Blues rank 18th in goals per game with 2.93. There will be a little added pressure on Lankinen to perform because Thatcher Demko is set to return from a lower-body injury Thursday. Demko will be the understudy in that tilt, but he might significantly eat into Lankinen's time down the stretch, especially if Lankinen struggles.

Demko (lower body) will fill the backup role against the Blues on Thursday, per NHL.com.

Demko has been out of action since Feb. 8 versus the Maple Leafs and will be back on the bench versus St. Louis. With Demko at least healthy enough for the No. 2 role, he could be ready to start against the Rangers on Saturday. Prior to getting hurt, Demko was seeing a heavy workload, but the team may have to take a more cautious approach and split the starts between Demko and Kevin Lankinen.

Hellebuyck will be in goal on the road versus Edmonton on Thursday, Mike McIntyre of the Winnipeg Free Press reports.

Hellebuyck will be going for his 40th win of the season, a threshold he hasn't reached since the 2017-18 campaign when he racked up 44 wins. Unless the Jets decide to heavily rest Hellebuyck down the stretch, he could set a new personal best in wins as well as shutouts. At this point, Hellebuyck is a near-lock to take home the Vezina Trophy.

Vasilevskiy will patrol the blue paint for Thursday's home game versus Dallas, Gabby Shirley of FanDuel Sports Network Florida & Sun reports.

Vasilevskiy is coming off a 21-save shutout performance over the Flyers on Monday, his 32nd win of the season. If it wasn't for the ridiculous campaign Winnipeg's Connor Hellebuyck is putting together, Vasilevskiy would certainly be in consideration for the Vezina Trophy -- though he should still receive a nomination.