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Today’s Starting Goalies - December 26th

Los Angeles Kings v Phoenix Coyotes

of the Los Angeles Kings of the Phoenix Coyotes during the preseason NHL game at Jobing.com Arena on September 23, 2010 in Glendale, Arizona.

Christian Petersen

Whether you’re interested for fantasy hockey reasons or just want to know which goalie your team is playing in a given day, we thought it might be helpful to share our best guesses (based on various previews from newspapers and Web sites plus our own instincts) on who might start each day.

7:00 pm ET games

Nashville @ St. Louis

Likely Nashville starter: Pekka Rinne - Looks like he’s back, and not a moment too soon, as the Predators are floundering. (Source.)

Likely St. Louis starter: Jaroslav Halak (Source.)

Washington @ Carolina

Likely Washington starter: Michal Neuvirth - If this game does take place (it most likely will), Neuvirth will play. (Source.)

Likely Carolina starter: Cam Ward (Source.)

Columbus @ Chicago

Likely Columbus starter: Mathieu Garon (Source.)

Likely Chicago starter: Marty Turco - We discussed this one earlier today.

Montreal @ NY Islanders

Likely Montreal starter: Carey Price (Source.)

Likely NY Islanders starter: Dwayne Roloson (Source.)

Detroit @ Minnesota

Likely Detroit starter: Jimmy Howard (Source.)

Likely Minnesota starter: Niklas Backstrom (Source.)

Toronto @ New Jersey

Likely Toronto starter: Jonas Gustavsson (Source.)

Likely New Jersey starter: Martin Brodeur (Source.)

Tampa Bay @ Atlanta

Likely Tampa Bay starter: Dan Ellis (Source.)

Likely Atlanta starter: Ondrej Pavelec (Source.)

7:30 pm ET game

Pittsburgh @ Ottawa

Likely Pittsburgh starter: Marc-Andre Fleury (Source.)

Likely Ottawa starter: Brian Elliott (Source.)

8:00 pm ET game

Phoenix @ Dallas

Likely Phoenix starter: Jason LaBarbera - This one’s a coin toss, though.

Likely Dallas starter: Kari Lehtonen (Source.)

9:00 pm ET games

Edmonton @ Vancouver

Likely Edmonton starter: Nikolai Khabibulin (Source.)

Likely Vancouver starter: Roberto Luongo (Source.)

Anaheim @ Los Angeles

Likely Anaheim starter: Jonas Hiller - As usual, this isn’t a sure thing, but he typically gets the nod anyway.

Likely Los Angeles starter: Jonathan Bernier - The Kings have back-to-back games today and tomorrow, so it makes sense to give the “other” Jonathan a start. (Source.)