Looking at the schedule, I think today's game makes a lot of sense for Markstrom.
We've got two more back-to-backs: today + tomorrow against Nashville, and the 28/29th against Minnesota/Winnipeg, so you figure Markstrom's getting one game out of each set. And then 3 games over 7 days in between.
If it were up to me, I'd give Markstrom the Vancouver game in the middle so he gets 3 more games with plenty of rest in between. But if you give him the other 2 instead, the rest still looks fine to me:
Today @ Chicago
2 days off
21st vs Dallas
5 days off
26th @ Nashville
2 days off
29th @ Winnipeg
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