The Panthers were outshot badly last night 50-35, but still won 4-3, so beating a team like San Jose is a huge boost heading into this game. St. Louis is a pretty good team, but they have a few key injuries, so the Panthers have an opportunity to take advantage of it and go right back after two more points tonight.
Starting in net for St. Louis will likely be Ben Bishop. Bishop isn't exactly a tiny goalie -- he's 6'7" and surprisingly quick and agile. Last night, he appeared in his first career NHL game after Manny Legace went down with a knee injury and in forty minutes, allowed a pair of goals on seventeen shots. Chris Mason is still recovering from an appendectomy.
With Vokoun getting the start last night and Craig Anderson's strong performance Wednesday, it will be Anderson in net tonight.
Michael Frolik's ice time has been on the rise and his play has been alright, so I don't see him being pulled from the lineup tonight, but with games on consecutive nights, I'm not yet sure how DeBoer is going to approach that. I'm still hoping Anthony Stewart finds his way back onto the ice.
With Cory Murphy getting hurt last night, he will not play in tonight's game. So, Jason Garrison has indeed been recalled by the Panthers and should make his NHL debut tonight.
If St. Louis dresses David Koci, whom they recently claimed off waivers from Tampa, I'd expect to see Belak back in for the Panthers, regardless of whether Gregory Campbell is able to go tonight.
Rochester is also back at it at again tonight in Syracuse.
7:00PM: After losing Jason Garrison at least for the next day or two, Rochester takes another hit as Kevin Oklobzija is reporting that Janis Sprukts has a 'lower body injury' and will not play tonight.
8:00 PM: Stephen Weiss is out with a groin injury, so it wasn't exactly the way I wanted Stewart to get into the lineup, but he's in. Let's hope he can make it count.
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