NEW YORK - Rod Brind'Amour played it coy on Monday morning when asked who his starting netminder would be for Game 5 against the New York Rangers.
Frederik Andersen was in what is normally the starter's crease as the Carolina Hurricanes started their day at Madison Square Garden, with Pytor Kochetkov at the opposite end of the ice.
However, when the head coach was asked if he'd be turning back to Freddie for a second consecutive game, all Brind'Amour had to say was, "Maybe."
"A lot goes into (the decision) now because (how each goalie is feeling) is the number one concern," Brind'Amour continued. "We had a good rotation going, do we go back to that because that's when we had the most success? There's been a lot of discussions."
Andersen stopped 22 out of 25 shots faced in Saturday's Game 4 victory, forcing a second trip to the Big Apple. In Game 3, Kochetkov also stopped 22 out of 25, but took the overtime loss.
In front of their crease, the Canes are expected to go with the same lineup that was victorious in Raleigh.
Brind'Amour shared on Sunday that Brett Pesce has resumed skating after suffering a lower-body injury in Game 2 of Round 1, but he was not on the ice with the team at morning skate.
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Tonight's Betting Odds
Odds at Time of Publishing, provided by Fanatics Sportsbook: Canes -115
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Tonight's Projected Lineup...
Forwards
Guentzel - Aho - Svechnikov
Martinook - Drury - Necas
Teravainen - Staal - Jarvis
Kotkaniemi - Kuznetsov - Noesen
Defense
Slavin - Burns
Skjei - DeAngelo
Orlov - Chatfield
Starting Goaltender
TBD
Injuries
Jesper Fast (Upper-Body)
Brett Pesce (Lower-Body)
Scratches
Jackson Blake
Dylan Coghlan
Max Comtois
Brendan Lemieux
Scott Morrow
Bradly Nadeau
Antti Raanta
Ronan Seeley
Ryan Suzuki
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PP1: Aho, Jarvis, Svechnikov, and Teravainen with Skjei
PP2: Guentzel, Kuznetsov, Necas, and Noesen with DeAngelo/Burns
