Ben Bishop has been playing lights out down the stretch of the Dallas Stars season. He added an exclamation point to his body of work with a 3-0 shutout of the Minnesota Wild in game 82 for the Stars, and looked more than ready for the playoffs. Not much in the way of a heavy workload for the big netminder tonight, but when called upon he moved well and made some big saves to keep the Wild off the scoreboard.
While he may not have the wins to vault him to the top of the Vezina Trophy discussion, Bishop’s shutout tonight helped to set a franchise record in save percentage over the course of the regular season (he ended with a 0.