Another thing I noticed is that he went up to Petr Mrazek after Carolina's first goal and gave him a tap on the pad to keep his head up. You love to see that as a young player. That shows confidence.

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Mrazek will guard the cage on the road against the Panthers on Saturday, Mark Lazerus of The Athletic reports.

Aho is also looking forward to playing for Finland in the 4 Nations Face-Off, the international tournament between Finland, Sweden, Canada and the United States which will take place Feb. 12-20 in ...

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Mrazek gave up three goals on 27 shots in Sunday's 4-2 loss to the Wild. The fourth goal was an empty-netter.

Several back ups in net on back end of back-to-back contests for many of the teams in action making Korpisalo, Pickard and ...