Niemi will command the crease as Thursday's home starter against the Blues, Mike Heika of the Dallas Morning News reports.

EDGE Analysis

Niemi has only won two of five games, and he wasn't able to hang through the overtime frame in Tuesday's road contest against the Blue Jackets. Still, his pair of wins this season have taken place at American Airlines Center in Dallas, so he's a bounce-back candidate on a heavy 12-game slate Thursday.