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Ersson will be between the visiting pipes in Montreal on Saturday, Renaud Lavoie of TVA Sports reports.

Ersson has struggled since Feb. 27, going 3-5-2 with a 4.36 GAA and an .829 save percentage in 11 starts. Overall, Ersson is 21-15-5 with a 3.15 GAA and a poor .880 save percentage this season. The Canadiens have won three straight outings and have netted 3.00 goals per game this season, tied for 15th in the NHL.

Wolf will guard the home net Saturday against the Golden Knights, Pat Steinberg of Sportsnet 960 The Fan reports.

Wolf will make his third straight start after stopping 26 shots in a 4-1 win over Anaheim on Thursday. Overall, the 23-year-old netminder is 25-16-6 with three shutouts, a 2.62 GAA and a solid .910 save percentage this season. Vegas is tied for fifth in the league with 3.35 goals per game in 2024-25.

Johansson will patrol the visiting crease in Buffalo on Saturday, Mike Harrington of The Buffalo News reports.

Johansson will get a rare start, only his fourth in the last 27 games, as Andrei Vasilevskiy has predictably had a heavy workload. Johansson is 8-5-2 with a 3.11 GAA and an .898 save percentage across 16 contests this season. The Sabres have won five of six games entering Saturday's meeting and rank eighth in the league with 3.26 goals per game in 2024-25.

Stolarz will protect the home goal versus Columbus on Saturday, Lance Hornby of The Toronto Sun reports.

Stolarz will attempt to win his fifth consecutive game. The 31-year-old netminder is 17-8-3 with a sparkling 2.34 GAA and a .920 save percentage. The Blue Jackets have won both games versus the Maple Leafs, but that was with third-string goaltender Dennis Hildeby between the pipes in each contest. Columbus has posted 3.23 goals per game this season, 10th in the NHL.

Montembeault will defend the home crease versus Philadelphia on Saturday, according to Renaud Lavoie of TVA Sports.

Montembeault has won three straight games, allowing five goals on 72 shots (.931 save percentage) in a pair of victories over Florida and one against Boston. He is 28-23-6 with a 2.86 GAA and an .899 save percentage across 57 appearances this season. Philadelphia has generated 2.79 goals per game, 24th in the league in 2024-25.

Shesterkin will patrol the visiting crease in New Jersey on Saturday, according to Arthur Staple of The Athletic.

Shesterkin will make his 11th start in the Rangers' last 12 games. He has gone 4-5-1 with a 2.74 GAA and a .906 save percentage in his past 10 starts, dropping his record of 25-26-5 with five shutouts through 56 appearances this season. New Jersey has registered 2.96 goals per game, 17th in the NHL this season.

Markstrom will defend the home crease versus the Rangers on Saturday, Amanda Stein of the Devils' official site reports.

Markstrom will attempt to win his fourth game in a row. He is 25-14-6 with three shutouts, a 2.48 GAA and a .901 save percentage across 46 appearances this season. The Rangers sit two points behind the Canadiens for the second wild card in the Eastern Conference. New York is generating 3.04 goals per game in 2024-25, 13th in the NHL.

Gustavsson stopped 24 of 27 shots in Friday's 3-1 loss to the Islanders.

Gustavsson is 0-2-2 with 15 goals allowed over his last four games. It's a bad time for a slump, as the Wild are leaning on him to try to maintain a playoff position, but it's possible the workload is catching up to the 26-year-old. For the season, he's at a 29-18-6 record with a 2.55 GAA and a .915 save percentage over 54 starts. The Wild return home to face the Stars on Sunday in what will be a tough matchup for either Gustavsson or Marc-Andre Fleury.

Sorokin stopped 27 of 28 shots in Friday's 3-1 win over the Wild.

Sorokin snapped a four-game losing streak with one of his best games in the last two months. The 29-year-old limited the damage to a Mats Zuccarello tally in the second period. Sorokin's recent struggles have torpedoed the Islanders' playoff chances, but he's still 28-23-6 with a 2.76 GAA and a .905 save percentage across 57 appearances. Next up will be a tough matchup versus the Capitals on Sunday. Assuming he gets the start, Sorokin will look to maintain his status as one of the few goalies Alex Ovechkin hasn't scored on, while the Capitals' captain tries to take sole possession of the all-time goals record.

Knight stopped 24 of 28 shots in Friday's 5-3 loss to the Capitals. The fifth goal was an empty-netter.

It took a couple of saves late in the game, but Knight avoided being the goalie to give up Alex Ovechkin's all-time record-breaking goal. Knight was still on the hook for the goal that allowed the Capitals' captain to tie Wayne Gretzky at 894 goals, as well as three other tallies in this contest. Knight has gone 0-3-1 with 14 goals allowed over his last four contests, and he's lost eight of his last nine outings. He's at a 15-15-2 record with a 2.67 GAA and a .901 save percentage across 34 appearances between Chicago and Florida this season. The Blackhawks' next two games are Sunday and Tuesday versus the Penguins in a home-and-home set that begins in Chicago.