The Pittsburgh Penguins, Carolina Hurricanes and Nashville Predators could all start the first round without their No. 1 goalie.
Penguins goalie Tristan Jarry missed the final six games of the regular season with a lower-body injury. Casey DeSmith started five of the final six games, going 3-2-0 with a 2.24 goals-against average and .940 save percentage.
DeSmith is expected to be in net for the Penguins in Game 1 against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday (7 p.m. ET; ESPN, CBC, SN, TVAS, MSG, ATTSN-PT).
Similarly, Hurricanes goalie Frederik Andersen missed the final six games with a lower-body injury and is questionable for Game 1 against the Boston Bruins at PNC Arena on Monday (7 p.m. ET; ESPN, SN360, TVAS, BSSO, NESN).
Carolina could turn to Antti Raanta, Andersen's backup all season, or rookie Pyotr Kochetkov, who played in three of the last four games, going 3-0-0 with a 2.42 GAA and .902 save percentage.
Predators goalie Juuse Saros missed the final two games with an undisclosed injury. Nashville remains hopeful he'll be ready for Game 1 against the Colorado Avalanche at Ball Arena on Tuesday (9:30 p.m. ET; ESPN, SN360, SNE, TVAS, ALT, BSSO).
If Saros can't go, David Rittich or Connor Ingram will start.