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Markstrom made 17 saves in Wednesday's 5-3 win over Chicago.

The Panthers grabbed a 3-0 lead on a Seth Jones tally midway through the second period, but the second half of the contest saw Markstrom barely hang onto the lead. The veteran netminder has made two straight starts to kick off November after missing the final five games of October with an upper-body injury, and on the season Markstrom has gone 4-2-1 in eight outings with a 2.57 GAA and .885 save percentage.

Silovs was the first goalie off during Thursday's morning skate, Seth Rorabaugh of Tribune-Review Sports reports, indicating that he'll draw the home start against the Bruins.

Silovs has been inconsistent across the past few weeks, as he's gone 2-2-1 with a shutout, a 2.77 GAA and an .899 save percentage across his last five starts. He'll be between the pipes for a second consecutive game and will face a tough matchup against the Bruins, who are tied for seventh in the NHL with 3.56 goals per game to begin the year.

Garand was the first goalie off during Thursday's morning skate, Vince Z. Mercogliano of The Athletic reports, indicating that he'll draw the home start against the Flyers.

Garand has seen plenty of playing time in recent weeks and will appear in a 12th consecutive game during Thursday's start. He's made 12 total appearances to begin the 2026-27 campaign, going 5-6-1 with a 2.57 GAA and .905 save percentage.

Del Mastro recorded two assists, one shorthanded, in Wednesday's 5-3 loss to the Panthers.

The 23-year-old blueliner produced his first career multi-point night, having a hand in tallies by Roman Kantserov and Frank Nazar as Chicago tried to climb out of an early 3-0 hole. Del Mastro is getting some extra run with Bowen Byram (upper body) sidelined, suiting up for six of the last nine games and averaging 12:34 in ice time on the bottom pairing while delivering 14 hits and putting seven shots on net. Wednesday's points were his first of the season.

Skinner will defend the home crease against the Canucks on Thursday, Mike McIntyre of the Winnipeg Free Press reports.

Skinner picked up his first win since Oct. 13 during Tuesday's 5-4 victory over the Canadiens, and he'll draw a third consecutive start Thursday. Across his 11 starts this year, he's gone 4-4-3 with a 3.41 GAA and .882 save percentage. The Canucks have recorded 3.00 goals per game to begin the regular season, which is tied for 19th in the NHL.

Bedard picked up two assists while adding four shots on net, two hits, two PIM and a plus-1 rating in Wednesday's 5-3 loss to the Panthers.

The star center tried to spark a rally from a 3-0 deficit, helping to set up tallies by Roman Kantserov in the second period and Frank Nazar in the third. Bedard extended his point streak to seven games with the performance, a stretch in which he's racked up three goals and nine points while doing most of his damage at even strength -- just two of those points, both assists, have come on the power play.

Dobes is slated to start Thursday's home game against the Mammoth, Renaud Lavoie of TVA Sports reports.

Dobes had started in just one of the Canadiens' last six games, but he'll return to the crease Thursday. Across his six starts to begin the regular season, he's gone 2-2-2 with a 4.06 GAA and .853 save percentage.

Nazar scored two goals, one shorthanded, in Wednesday's 5-3 loss to the Panthers.

Both tallies came in the third period as Chicago tried to rally from an early deficit, to no avail. Nazar snapped a seven-game goal drought with the performance, and on the season the 22-year-old center has seven points (five goals, two assists) in 14 contests with 25 shots on net, nine PIM and a rough minus-11 rating.

Knight turned aside 25 of 29 shots in Wednesday's 5-3 loss to the Panthers, with Florida's final goal getting scored into an empty net.

Chicago was staring at a 3-0 deficit before finally getting on the board late in the second period, and Knight and his Swiss cheese defense shared responsibility for the poor start to the game. The 25-year-old netminder has lost three straight starts and six of his last seven, going 1-6-0 over that rough stretch despite a semi-respectable 3.19 GAA and .893 save percentage.

Krebs scored his first goal of the season in Wednesday's 2-1 loss to Ottawa.

The 25-year-old center opened the scoring with exactly six minutes left in the second period, tipping home a long-range shot from Tage Thompson. It was Krebs' first goal in 15 games this season to go along with seven assists, but he's provided more value in banger leagues -- he's added 30 hits, 11 PIM and a plus-3 rating to his ledger.