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Lightning’s Ben Bishop leaves Bolts-Pens game with ‘lower-body injury’
by George Malik on 12/15/14 at 11:56 PM ET
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There's no video of it yet, but this is very worrisome news if you're a Tampa Bay Lightning fan, per the Tampa Bay Times' Joe Smith and via NHL.com:
The Lightning lost to the Penguins 4-2 on Monday night and has dropped four of its past five.
But its biggest loss might have been goaltender Ben Bishop, who left the game after the first period with a lower-body injury. The severity of the injury is unknown, but with two back-to-backs this week, including tonight in Philadelphia, the Lightning could call up touted prospect Andrei Vasilevskiy or Kristers Gudlevskis.
Veteran Evgeni Nabokov replaced Bishop to start the second and gave up two goals to the Eastern Conference-leading Penguins, who have beaten the Lightning 10 straight times (8-0-2) since 2011.
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Back to Bishop. Losing him for any period of time would be a big blow. A Vezina Trophy finalist last season, Bishop entered Monday 16-6-2 with a 2.34 goals against average. Calling up [Andrei] Vasilevskiy could make sense, as he's coming off AHL player of the week honors after back-to-back shutouts with Syracuse.
Continued...
Update: Uh oh, the groin:
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