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Schneider looks to stymie L.A.
The Los Angeles Kings are desperate for points in the Western Conference playoff chase, and will look to get two against one of the NHL’s most in-form goalies tonight at Prudential.
Cory Schneider gets the start for New Jersey, looking to continue what’s been an outstanding month of March; he’s gone 3-3-1 with a 1.94 GAA and .939 save percentage in seven starts, bumping his overall numbers on the season to .929 (second-best save percentage in the NHL) and 2.16 (fifth-best GAA).
The Kings have lost three of four and their offense has sputtered over that stretch, scoring just five times. That doesn’t bode well for a matchup against Schneider, who has held opponents to two goals or fewer in 25 of his last 31 appearances.
For L.A., no word yet on who’ll start but Jonathan Quick appears likely.
Elsewhere...
‘Hawks at ‘Canes: Corey Crawford vs. Anton Khudobin
Wild at Leafs: Devan Dubnyk vs. Jonathan Bernier
Sharks at Sens: Antti Niemi vs. Andrew Hammond
Sabres at Stars: Anders Lindback vs. Kari Lehtonen
Avs at Flames: Semyon Varlamov vs. Karri Ramo
Jets at Oilers: Ondrej Pavelec (probable) vs. Ben Scrivens
