Akira Schmid News: Starting against Ottawa

Schmid was the first goalie off during Wednesday's morning skate, Jesse Granger of The Athletic reports, indicating that he'll draw the home start against Ottawa.

Schmid has been effective across the past several weeks, going 5-0-3 with a 2.33 GAA and a .906 save percentage over his last eight starts. Ottawa has 3.14 goals per game this season, which ties the club for the ninth-best mark in the NHL.