Bishop allowed five goals on 34 shots in the Stars loss to the Predators last Saturday. Bishop and Anton Khudobin have been splitting time and tonight is Bishop’s turn between the pipes. The 31-year-old is 4-2-1 with a 2.57 GAA, .918 SV% and one shutout on home-ice this season.
The Bruins blueline continues to take hits, with Zdeno Chara sustaining what looked to be a serious injury on Wednesday. Clifton could make his NHL debut on Friday after picking up just four assists in 14 games with Providence.
Thompson has been a healthy scratch for the last four games, but will replace Zemgus Girgensons on Saturday afternoon. Thompson has registered one assist and 12 shots in nine games far this season.
Bishop allowed three goals on 32 shots in the Stars win in Washington on Saturday. Bishop has been impressive in his last five starts, going 4-1-0 while allowing just 11 goals on 147 shots (.925 SV%). Tonight he faces a sputtering Blue Jackets team on the road, where he has gone 2-2-0 with a 2.53 GAA and .911 SV% this season.
Reimer allowed three goals on 26 shots in the Panthers 3-2 loss in New Jersey last Saturday. Despite Roberto Luongo (knee) being activated from IR on Thursday morning, Reimer will start the Panthers first game in Finland this afternoon. The 30-year-old netminder has gone 1-3-1 with a 3.41 GAA and .878 SV% in five starts and two relief appearances this season.
Bishop allowed two goals on 22 shots in the Stars loss in Detroit on Sunday. The loss snapped a brief two-game winning streak for Bishop, who heads to Montreal with an 0-2-0 record, 3.15 GAA and .867 SV% in two starts on the road this season.
Reimer stopped 20 of 22 shots in the Panthers win over the Islanders on Wednesday. Reimer finally recorded his first win of the season and earned himself another start in New Jersey this afternoon. Reimer is 1-0-1 with a 2.93 GAA and .883 SV% in two starts and two relief appearances on the road this season.
Greenway has just one assist in nine games with the Wild this season and just two assists in his first 15 career games. He heads to Iowa to work on his game and also suggests that Joel Eriksson Ek will be back this weekend.
Bishop allowed two goals on 33 shots in the Stars win over the Kings on Tuesday. Bishop snapped a three-game losing streak with the win and has now won three of his first six starts with a 2.38 GAA, .923 SV% and one shutout on the season. Tonight he faces a Ducks team that is average the fifth fewest goals per game (2.40) this season.
