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Howard likely to start against Minnesota Saturday night

Sounds like Jimmy Howard will get the start against Minnesota tomorrow evening. Coach Mike Babcock wouldn’t commit it totally, but hinted he was leaning toward using Howard. Howard missed two games earlier in the week when his wife gave birth to their first child. Ty Conklin started games against Washington and Columbus and lost both.

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