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Bishop starts Tuesday vs the Bruins.

Bishop allowed three goals on 27 shots in the Lightning’s win over the Hurricanes last Friday. Bishop is riding a six-game winning streak, while posting a 1.48 GAA, .951 SV% and one shutout. Tonight he makes his fourth start of the season vs. the Bruins—he is 2-1-0 with a 2.01 GAA and .938 SV% in the first three meetings.

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Bishop leads the Lightning onto the ice for warmups.

Bishop stopped 33 of 34 shots in the Lightning’s win in Ottawa on Thursday. Bishop has won five straight starts while posting a 1.20 GAA and .962 SV%. He has been red-hot and one of those wins came against the Hurricanes, who he’ll face again tonight—he stopped 29 of 31 shots in a 4-2 win that evening and makes for a strong start again tonight.

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Bishop is expected to start Saturday vs. the Hurricanes.

Bishop stopped 33 of 34 shots in the Lightning’s win in Ottawa on Thursday. Bishop has won five straight starts while posting a 1.20 GAA and .962 SV%. He has been red-hot and one of those wins came against the Hurricanes, who he’ll face again tonight—he stopped 29 of 31 shots in a 4-2 win that evening and makes for a strong start again tonight.

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Bishop will start Thursday in Ottawa.

Bishop allowed one goal on 33 shots in the Lightning’s win in Boston on Sunday. Bishop has won four consecutive starts while posting a 1.25 GAA and .960 SV%. Andrei Vasilevskiy started on Monday, but Bishop will start tonight in Ottawa. The 29-year-old has gone 2-0-0 with a1.50 GAA and .946 SV% in his first two start vs. the Senators this season.

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Bishop expected to start Thursday vs. his former team.

Bishop allowed one goal on 33 shots in the Lightning’s win in Boston on Sunday. Bishop has won four consecutive starts while posting a 1.25 GAA and .960 SV%. Andrei Vasilevskiy started on Monday, but it looks like Bishop will start tonight in Ottawa. The 29-year-old has gone 2-0-0 with a1.50 GAA and .946 SV% in his first two start vs. the Senators this season.

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Bishop will start Sunday in Boston.

Bishop stopped all 21 shots that he faced in the Lightning’s shutout win over the Devils on Friday. Bishop has won three in a row while posting a 1.34 GAA and .956 SV%. Tonight will be his third start vs. the Bruins this season—he has gone 1-1-0 wit ha 2.51 GAA and .921 SV% in the first two meetings.

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Bishop will start Friday in New Jersey.

Bishop allowed two goals on 31 shots in the Lightning’s win in Carolina on Sunday. Andrei Vasilevskiy started on Tuesday, but the Lightning will go back to Bishop tonight in New Jersey. He has won two in a row while stopping 66 of 70 (.943 SV%). Bishop has not faced the Devils this season, but come in at 5-3-0 with a 2.66 GAA and .910 SV% in February.

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Bishop will start again on Sunday.

Bishop allowed two goals on 39 shots in the Lightning’s win in Pittsburgh yesterday. Despite a busy afternoon, Bishop will start again tonight in Carolina. Bishop is 4-3-0 with a 2.75 GAA and .906 SV% since the All-Star break and 9-8-1 with a 2.22 GAA and .922 SV% on the road this season.

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Bishop leads the Lightning onto the ice for warmups.

Bishop surrendered four goals on 31 shots in the Lightning’s loss to the Sharks on Tuesday. Bishop stopped 27 of 30 shots in a 6-3 win vs. Pittsburgh 15 days ago. Overall, he is 3-3-0 with a 2.88 GAA and .896 SV% since the All-Star break.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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Bishop will starts Sunday vs. the Panthers.

Bishop stopped all 21 shots that he faced in the Lightning’s shutout win over the Avalanche on Tuesday. Bishop has won two in a row while allowing just two goals on 47 shots (.957 SV%). Tonight he will face a the Panthers on home ice—Bishop has gone 9-7-2 with a 2.05 GAA and .924 SV% on home ice.

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Bishop will be between the pipes for the Lightning.

Bishop allowed two goals on 26 shots in the Lightning’s win in Edmonton on Friday. Andrei Vasilevskiy started on Saturday, but it looks like Bishop will go tonight in Colorado. Bishop lost in his first start vs. the Avalanche, but he has played well on the road, going 7-6-1 with a 2.08 GAA and .925 SV% away from home this season.

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