Mike Smith will start in goal for the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday, NHL.com reports.
The season-long numbers for Smith look awful as he has a 3.04 goals-against average and .907 save percentage, but he has only given up four goals in his last four starts, including a shutout of the Nashville Predators in his previous start.
The Oilers have been rotating their goalies between Mikko Koskinen and Smith, but Smith will now have started five of the last seven games for the Oilers. Neither goalie is reliable and the Oilers will likely have to keep relying on whichever one is playing better to start in the net.