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Bishop will start Friday vs. the Islanders.
Bishop allowed three goals on 25 shots in the Stars loss to the Jets on Monday. After a hot-start with the Stars, Bishop has now lost four of his last five starts while posting a 3.64 GAA and .887 SV%. Tonight he faces an Islanders team that has gone 3-1-1 in their last five—Bishop has gone 4-1-0 with a 1.76 GAA and.937 SV% on home-ice this season.
The Devils have activated Kyle Palmieri (foot) from IR.
The Devils have placed Marcus Johansson (concussion) on IR.
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Talbot is expected to start Thursday in New Jersey.
Talbot allowed a single goal on 37 shots in the Oilers win in Brooklyn on Tuesday. Talbot has gone 2-2-0 with a 2.76 GAA and .919 SV% in his first four starts of November. One of those wins came against the Devils, who he will face again tonight. He stopped 31 shots in the 6-3 win last week and is 2-2-1 with a 2.03 GAA and .937 SV% on the road so far.
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Schneider is expected to start Thursday vs. the Oilers.
Schneider allowed two goals on 37 shots in the Devils’ loss to St. Louis on Tuesday. Schneider has now dropped his last two starts, including a game in Edmonton, but he gets another crack at them tonight on home ice. Schneider has gone 3-2-0 with a 2.96 GAA and .918 SV% at the Prudential Center this year.
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Raanta will start Thursday in St. Louis.
Raanta gave up three goals on 37 shots in the Coyotes loss in Pittsburgh on Tuesday. Since returning to the Coyotes crease, Raanta has allowed a combined nine goals on 105 shots (.914 SV%). He draws a rough road matchup tonight in St. Louis as the Blues come in averaging 3.25 goals for per game this season.
Bartkowski is expected to be a healthy scratch on Thursday.
Andersson is expected to make his season debut on Thursday.
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Smith will start Thursday vs. the Red Wings.
Smith allowed five goals on 21 shots in the Flames loss to the Canucks on Tuesday. The loss snapped a three-game winning streak for Smith, who enters play tonight with a 2.52 GAA and .923 SV% in 14 games. He has not faced the Red Wings yet this season, but has gone 4-5-0 with a 2.95 GAA and .902 SV% on home ice.
Ristolainen is week-to-week with an upper-body injury.
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Hutton will start Thursday vs. the Coyotes.
Hutton stopped 26 of 27 shots in the Blues’ win in Carolina on October 27th. Jake Allen has seen the majority of the work, but Hutton has been excellent in three starts, going 3-0-0 with a 1.67 GAA and .950 SV%. He is a great spot-start option tonight with the last placed Arizona Coyotes in town.
Flyers are hopeful that Patrick (upper-body) will return to the lineup next Tuesday.
Stempniak (back) will go to Charlotte (AHL) on a conditioning stint.
Pesce (concussion) is expected to return to the Hurricanes blueline on Friday.
Drouin (upper-body) is "probable" for Thursday's contest.
Shaw (undisclosed) will be in the Canadiens lineup on Thursday.
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Hutton is in the starter's crease at the Blues morning skate.
Hutton stopped 26 of 27 shots in the Blues’ win in Carolina on October 27th. Jake Allen has seen the majority of the work, but Hutton has been excellent in three starts, going 3-0-0 with a 1.67 GAA and .950 SV%. He is a great spot-start option tonight with the last placed Arizona Coyotes in town.
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Elliott will start Thursday against the Blackhawks.
Elliott stopped 32 of 34 shots in the Flyers’ loss in Chicago on November 1st. Michal Neuvirth started the last two games but is believed to be dealing with an illness, so Elliott gets another crack at the Blackhawks tonight. The veteran netminder is 2-1-1 with a 3.21 GAA and.877 SV% on home ice this season.
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