NHL schedule and starting goalies: Ducks host Blackhawks Wednesday night

Jonathan Daniel

There are five games scheduled in the NHL on Wednesday night. Here is a look at the complete schedule with TV information and the expected starting goalies.

There are five games scheduled in a Western Conference-heavy Wednesday night schedule in the NHL.

Four of the five games will feature teams from the West, including a showdown between the conferences' top-two teams, the Chicago Blackhawks and Anaheim Ducks. The lone Eastern Conference game will feature the Tampa Bay Lightning and Toronto Maple Leafs.

Here's a full look at the schedule and tonight's starting goaltenders:

Tampa Bay Lightning at Toronto Maple Leafs
7 p.m. ET | TV: RDS, TSN, SUN
Goalies: Mathieu Garon (confirmed), James Reimer (expected)
Blog coverage: Raw Charge, Pension Plan Puppets

Minnesota Wild at Detroit Red Wings
7:30 p.m. ET | TV: TSN2, NBCSN
Goalies: Niklas Backstrom (expected), Jimmy Howard (expected)
Blog coverage: Hockey Wilderness, Winging it in Motown

Dallas Stars at Colorado Avalanche
9:30 p.m. ET | TV: FS-SW+, ALT
Goalies: Kari Lehtonen (expected), Semyon Varlamov (expected)
Blog coverage: Defending Big D, Mile High Hockey

San Jose Sharks at Edmonton Oilers
9:30 p.m. ET | TV: TSN, CSN-CA
Goalies: Antti Niemi (expected), Devan Dubnyk (expected)
Blog coverage: Fear the Fin, Copper & Blue

Chicago Blackhawks at Anaheim Ducks
10 p.m. ET | TV: NHLN-US, CSN-CH, FS-W
Goalies: Corey Crawford (expected), Jonas Hiller (expected)
Blog coverage: Second City Hockey, Anaheim Calling