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Bishop will start Tuesday vs. the Sharks.

Bishop gave up two goals on 21 shots in the Lightning’s 2-1 loss to the Blues on Sunday. Bishop has gone 3-2-0 with a 2.64 GAA and .902 SV% in five starts since the All-Star break and tonight will be his 42nd start of the season. In his first start vs. the Sharks he allowed two goals on 26 shots in a 4-3 loss and he is 14-8-2 with a 1.99 GAA and .925 SV% on home ice this season.

Ben Bishop
Reimer will start Monday in Chicago.

Reimer allowed two goals on 19 shots in the Maple Leafs win in Vancouver on Saturday. Reimer has gone 3-2-0 with a 3.33 GAA and .888 SV% since the All-Star break. Reimer has played well despite having an ugly roster in front of him. He is a risky start against a Blackhawks team that won 4-1 in their first meeting.

James Reimer
Bishop will get the nod Friday vs. the Predators.

Bishop allowed four goals on 27 shots in the Lightning’s loss in Montreal on Tuesday. He has gone 2-1-0 with a 2.72 GAA and .902 SV% since the All-Star break and 6-2-0 in his last eight outings. Tonight he will face a Predators team that has lost three of four—he allowed four goals on 33 shots in a 5-4 shootout loss in their first meeting.

Ben Bishop
Bishop starts Tuesday vs. the Canadiens.

Bishop gave up three goals on 30 shots in the Lightning’s win over the Penguins last Friday. Andrei Vasilevskiy will start the first game of their back-to-back on Monday, but Bishop start’s Tuesday vs. the Canadiens. In his first start against Montreal, he allowed three goals on 34 shots in a 4-3 shootout defeat.

Ben Bishop
Reimer will get the net on Tuesday.

Reimer was pulled after allowing three goals on eight shots in the Maple Leafs blowout loss to the Senators on Saturday. Reimer was not given a chance by his teammates and it was a mercy pull by Mike Babcock. Reimer will make his first start of the season vs. the Flames—he has gone 6-5-1 with a 2.26 GAA and .929 SV% on the road this season.

James Reimer
Bishop starts Friday vs. the Penguins.

Bishop allowed one goal on 25 shots in the Lightning’s win over the Red Wings on Wednesday. Bishop has won five of his last six games while posting a 1.59 GAA, .939 SV% and one shutout. Bishop is red-hot right now and tonight he faces a Penguins team that has won four straight while averaging 4.25 goals per game.

Ben Bishop
Sheahan (illness) will play on Thursday vs. Florida.

Sheahan missed yesterday’s game with an illness, but will be back in the lineup tonight vs. the Panthers. Sheahan has not scored in seven games and comes in with 13 points (7G / 6A) in 49 games this season. With Sheahan back in, Teemu Pulkkinen will be a healthy scratch.

Riley Sheahan
Reimer starts Thursday vs. the Devils.

Reimer allowed three goals on 42 shots in the Maple Leafs OT win over the Bruins on Tuesday. Reimer got February off to a nice start, recording his ninth win of the season. Tonight, Reimer will take on a Devils team that has won five of their last six games while averaging 3.00 goals per game. Reimer has gone 3-4-5 with a 2.24 GAA and .929 SV% on home ice this season.

James Reimer
Bishop will start Wednesday vs. the Red Wings.

Bishop allowed four goals on 30 shots in the Lightning’s loss in Florida on January 23rd. The Lightning used Andrei Vasievskiy in their final game before the break so that Bishop would be rested enough after playing in the All-Star to start tonight vs. the Red Wings. This is a huge matchup and Bishop comes in at 0-2-0 with a 2.05 GAA and .923 SV% in two starts vs. Detroit this season.

Ben Bishop
Reimer will start Tuesday in Boston.

Reimer allowed five goals on 27 shots in the Maple Leafs loss in Florida last Tuesday. Reimer went 1-4-2 with a 2.42 GAA and .923 SV% in seven starts in January and will have a tough time finding the win column in Boston on Tuesday—the Bruins come in having won five of their last seven.

James Reimer
Reimer starts Tuesday in Florida.

Reimer stopped 27 of 29 shots, but it wasn’t enough as the Maple Leafs fell to the Canadiens in a shootout on Saturday. Reimer has posted a 1.99 GAA and .938 SV% in January, but that has resulted in a 1-3-2 record because the Maple Leafs have averaged just 1.33 goals per game in those games.

James Reimer
Bishop starts Saturday vs. the Panthers.

Bishop stopped 17 of 18 shots in the Lightning’s win over the Blackhawks on Thursday. Bishop has won his last four starts while posting a 1.00 GAA and .957 SV%. Tonight he will face the Panthers for the third time this season—he has gone 1-0-1 with a 2.40 GAA and .900 SV%. Florida comes in on the tail end of a back-to-back after winning last night.

Ben Bishop
Reimer starts Saturday vs. the Canadiens.

Reimer made 40 saves on 41 shots in the Maple Leafs’ 1-0 OT loss to the Hurricanes on Thursday. He has stopped 71 of the last 74 shots (.960 SV%) that he has faced, so tonight he will start for the fifth time in six games. Reimer comes in at 1-3-1 with a 2.02 GAA and .939 SV% in his last five outings and he draws an excellent matchup vs. an ice-cold Canadiens team.

James Reimer
Bishop gets the nod for the Lightning on Thursday.

Bishop stopped 26 of 27 shots in the Lightning’s win over the Panthers on Sunday. Andrei Vasilevskiy started on Tuesday, so they will go back to Bishop tonight vs. the Blackhawks. Bishop has won his last three starts while posting a 1.00 GAA, . 959 SV% and one shutout. The Blackhawks have won 12 straight games—their last loss was back on December 27th.

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