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Tuukka Rask will be on the road Saturday night for a start against the Maple Leafs, Steve Conroy of the Boston Herald reports.

Rask will be on the road Saturday night for a start against the Maple Leafs, Steve Conroy of the Boston Herald reports.

Analysis:

By several accounts, this is a fine matchup for Rask. After all, the Maple Leafs are the worst team in the league in terms of record and third-to-last with an average of 2.38 goals per game. However, the Bruins have lost five straight contests with Rask involved in three of those decisions. While it's not time to get cute and blindly sit a perennial goalie stud like Rask, fantasy owners shouldn't expect this to be a cakewalk since the Buds have dramatically shuffled the makeup of their roster in preparation for next year. This past Thursday, that unfamiliarity wreaked havoc on goalie Frederik Andersen of the Ducks with the Leafs putting six goals against him, and there could still be more shock and awe saved up for the sputtering Bruins.

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