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Hill will patrol the home crease against Florida on Sunday, according to Jesse Granger of The Athletic.

Hill has one win in his last five outings (1-3-1), allowing 15 goals on 119 shots. He has posted a record of 18-9-3 with two shutouts, a 2.66 GAA and a .900 save percentage through 30 appearances this season. Florida is tied for eighth in the league with 3.24 goals per game in 2024-25 and earned a 7-2 win over San Jose on Saturday.

Blackwood will guard the road net Sunday against the Rangers.

Blackwood will look to bounce back after dropping his previous three starts -- he's struggled to an .873 save percentage in that span. Overall, the 28-year-old netminder is 9-4-2 while maintaining an impressive .925 save percentage in 15 starts since joining the Avs.

Fleury turned aside 24 shots in Saturday's 5-4 loss to Calgary.

Two of the Flames' goals came on power plays and he had little chance on two others, but Fleury's reflexes betrayed him on Andrei Kuzmenko's game-winner in the third period, as Fleury went into his butterfly a fraction of a second early and couldn't recover in time to get to the far post on a wraparound. Fleury has dropped two of his last three decisions, giving up five goals in each, but the 40-year-old future Hall of Famer has shown he still has something left in the tank while seeing a fairly heavy workload in January, going 4-2-0 in six starts with a 2.67 GAA and .915 save percentage.

Vejmelka will get the road start Sunday against the Senators, Belle Fraser of The Salt Lake Tribune reports.

Vejmelka is coming off his first shutout of the season, a 26-save effort against Minnesota on Thursday. Overall, the 28-year-old netminder is 11-13-3 with a .913 save percentage and 2.45 GAA this year.

Wolf stopped 21 shots in Saturday's 5-4 win over the Wild.

The Flames took a 4-1 lead midway through the third period, but Wolf had to weather a furious comeback attempt by the home squad, facing 13 shots in the final frame alone. It's the third straight win for the 23-year-goalie and his sixth in his last seven outings, a stretch in which he's posted a 2.28 GAA and .925 save percentage.

Binnington made 17 saves in Saturday's 2-0 loss to the Stars.

While he wasn't overly busy, Binnington had to deal with a number of good scoring chances by Dallas, and he made only one real mistake. Midway through the first period, Evgenii Dadonov got behind the St. Louis defense after a seeing-eye redirected pass from Jason Robertson, and Binninton's stick slipped out of his hand on a poke-check attempt, giving Dadonov time and room to jam the puck under the goalie's pad. Binnington has had an up-and-down January, going 3-4-0 in seven starts with a 2.62 GAA and .904 save percentage.

DeSmith turned aside all 33 shots he faced in Saturday's 2-0 win over St. Louis.

Jake Oettinger's 33-year-old backup played like a starter, making some huge stops in the second period as the Blues tried to rally from an early 2-0 deficit. It was an impressive bounce-back effort from DeSmith after he coughed up six goals in his last outing, and on the season he's 7-6-0 with a 2.42 GAA, .913 save percentage and two shutouts, one short of his career high.

Merzlikins stopped 31 shots in Saturday's 3-2 overtime win over Los Angeles.

The 30-year-old goalie is putting the finishing touches on an impressive January. Merzlikins has taken only one regulation loss in his last seven starts, going 6-1-0 with a 2.26 GAA and .917 save percentage to help the surprising Blue jackets stay in the playoff picture.

Kuemper made 21 saves in Saturday's 3-2 overtime loss to the Blue Jackets.

While Kirill Marchenko's OT winner denied Kuemper the win, the veteran netminder still put together another strong performance. He's allowed more than three goals in an outing only once all season, and that came way back on Oct. 14. Since returning from an undisclosed injury in early December, Kuemper's gone 10-2-3 in 15 starts with a stellar 1.73 GAA and .934 save percentage.

Allen stopped 29 of 32 shots in Saturday's 4-3 overtime win over the Canadiens.

Allen has won back-to-back appearances for the first time since recording wins Nov. 14 and Nov. 23 against the Panthers and Capitals, respectively. The 34-year-old has started in three of New Jersey's last four games, going 2-1-0 with a 1.89 GAA and a .923 save percentage in that span. Three games is not enough to draw any long-term conclusions, but he seems to be overcoming the struggles he had earlier in the year. Expect Allen to remain New Jersey's top option between the pipes as long as Jacob Markstrom (knee) remains out, which will be the case until late February or early March at a minimum.