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The Blackhawks have recalled Dennis Gilbert from Rockford (AHL).

This is Gilbert's second call-up of the season and this time he could stick around for a while. Connor Murphy was moved to LTIR on Wednesday, so Gilbert could become a main-stay in the Blackhawks lineup moving forward. He will have to battle Slater Koekkoek for that right and comes up with no points in three AHL games.

Dennis Gilbert
Greenway (upper-body) travelled to Nashville but is questionable to play Thursday.

Greenway was forced to leave Tuesday's win over the Oilers with an upper-body injury and did not return. It was a tough break for the young power forward, who had two assists in just 4:54 TOI before departing for the dressing room. Greenway has now collected five assists in his last five games.

Jordan Greenway
The Sabres have assigned Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen to Rochester (AHL).

Luukkonen is the Sabres top goaltending prospect and former second-round pick (2017). He missed the start of the 2019-20 campaign after hip surgery but is close to making his season debut. He was 38-11-2 with a 2.50 GAA and .920 SV% in 53 games with Sudbury (OHL) last year.

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Bishop will start Saturday in Philadelphia.

Bishop allowed three goals on 35 shots in the Stars loss in Columbus on Wednesday. After a dominant 2018-19 campaign, Bishop has struggled to start the year, posting 2.84 GAA and .899 SV% in six starts (1-4-1). Most of his struggles have come on the road, where he’s 1-3-0 with a 3.30 GAA and .891 SV% so far.

Ben Bishop
Reimer starts Wednesday in San Jose.

Reimer allowed three goals on 35 shots in the Hurricanes loss to Columbus lat Saturday. It was Reimer’s first loss of the season and moved him to 2-1-0 with a 2.65 GAA and .933 SV% through three games. The Sharks have struggled in their first six games, but winning a road game in San Jose on the tail-end of a back-to-back is a difficult task for Reimer.

James Reimer
Reimer is expected to start Wednesday in San Jose.

Reimer allowed three goals on 35 shots in the Hurricanes loss to Columbus lat Saturday. It was Reimer’s first loss of the season and moved him to 2-1-0 with a 2.65 GAA and .933 SV% through three games. The Sharks have struggled in their first six games, but winning a road game in San Jose on the tail-end of a back-to-back is a difficult task for Reimer.

James Reimer
Bishop will start Wednesday in Columbus.

Bishop allowed four goals on 22 shots in the Stars loss in Buffalo on Monday. The Stars have stumbled out of the gate, with Bishop going 1-3-1 with a 2.78 GAA and .895 SV% in five games. As rough of a start as it has been, Bishop should be one of the best options on tonight’s six-game slate. The Blue Jackets are 2-3-0 and are averaging just 2.20 goals per game (t-26th).

Ben Bishop
Bishop will start Monday afternoon in Buffalo.

Bishop surrendered two goals on 29 shots in the Stars shootout loss to the Flames last Thursday. Anton Khudobin started Saturday, so Bishop comes into this afternoon’s game well-rested. The 32-year-old has gone 1-2-1 with a 2.48 GAA and .910 SV% in four games this season. Buffalo has played well early-on, going 4-0-1 while averaging 4.00 goals per game (t-4th).

Ben Bishop
Clifton will be a healthy scratch on Monday.

Clifton has no points while playing 15:30 ATOI in the first five games of the season and will be replaced by Steve Kampfer, who is making his season debut. “Cliffy’s played well, but a message that nothing is guaranteed,” is what head coach Bruce Cassidy had to say about scratching the rookie defenseman.

Connor Clifton
Reimer will start Saturday vs. the Blue Jackets.

Reimer stopped 47 of the 50 shots he faced in the Hurricanes win in Florida on Tuesday. With Petr Mrazek starting on Friday, Reimer gets the tail-end of the back-to-back on Saturday. He has impressed so far, going 2-0-0 with a .940 SV% in his first two starts in Carolina. Don’t hesitate to add him and start him vs. the Blue Jackets if you need help in the goalie categories.

James Reimer
Bishop will start Thursday vs. the Flames.

Bishop allowed three goals on 32 shots in the Stars overtime win in Washington on Tuesday. The victory ended a three-game slide to start the season for Dallas and pushed Bishop to 1-2-0 with a. 2.71 GAA and .902 SV% on the year. Bishop is 17-8-2 on home-ice dating back to the start of last season and did not give up a goal on 41 shots in two games vs. the Flames in 2019-20.

Ben Bishop
Reimer will start Tuesday in Florida.

Reimer stopped 32 of 34 shots in the Panthers win in Washington on Saturday. The Hurricanes' goaltending rotation will continue with Reimer facing the team that traded him this offseason. Florida has opened the season at 1-1-0 while averaging 32.5 shots and 3.00 goals per game.

James Reimer
Reimer is in the starter's crease at the Hurricanes morning skate.

Reimer stopped 32 of 34 shots in the Panthers win in Washington on Saturday. The Hurricanes goaltending rotation will continue with Reimer facing the team that traded him this offseason. Florida has opened the season at 1-1-0 while averaging 32.5 shots and 3.00 goals per game.

James Reimer
Bishop will start Tuesday in Washington.

Bishop surrendered three gaols on 30 shots in the Stars loss in St. Louis on Saturday. Anton Khudobin went Sunday in Detroit, so the Stars will go back in Bishop as they look to avoid an 0-4 start in Washington. Bishop was 1-0 vs. the Capitals and went 10-8-0 with a 2.09 GAA and .931 SV% on the road last season.

Ben Bishop
The Penguins have recalled Sam Lafferty from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL) on an emergency basis.

Lafferty was a fourth-round pick of the Penguins back in 2014 and he is expected to make his NHL debut on Tuesday because Evgeni Malkin and Nick Bjugstad are out with lower-body injuries. Lafferty was held pointless in his first AHL game of this season but had 49 points (13G / 46A) in 70 games last year.

Sam Lafferty