Ben Bishop is the best goaltender in Tampa Bay Lightning history.
Saturday, he made it official.
Ben Bishop is the best goaltender in Tampa Bay Lightning history.
Saturday, he made it official.
The NHL moved overtime from 4-on-4 to the new setup this season.
Tampa Bay’s Ben Bishop faced his second penalty shot 1:27 into overtime and made a pad save on Scott Laughton.
Tampa Bay Lightning G Ben Bishop made his preseason debut Friday as the Lightning knocked off Florida 4-1 at Amalie Arena.
Bishop did not play in either of the first two preseason games but split time with G Kristers Gudlevskis, who had not played since suffering an upper-body injury in a prospect tournament game on Sept. 15.
But it was Ben Bishop of the Tampa Bay Lightning who ended up with a 2-0 win Friday that sent the Lightning to the Stanley Cup Final, where they will face the Chicago Blackhawks or Anaheim Ducks in Game 1 on Wednesday.
Chief among these is the goalie match-up between Henrik Lundqvist and Ben Bishop.
First, we’ll look at the basics of each goalie. Then we’ll take a deeper look at the things that make this match-up so interesting.
Goaltending plays an integral part in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. NHL.com decided to break down the Eastern Conference Second Round matchup between Carey Price of the Montreal Canadiens and Ben Bishop of the Tampa Bay Lightning.
A year ago, the Tampa Bay Lightning earned home-ice advantage in the playoffs on the final day of the regular season, but entered the postseason as a largely inexperienced team and without No. 1 goalie Ben Bishop, who had suffered a wrist injury late in the regular season.
In February 2015, Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Ben Bishop added an innovation to the long history of artistic goalie masks with a glow-in-the-dark mask.
When the NCAA Frozen Four begins in Boston next week, four St. Louis products will be spread among the programs playing for college hockey supremacy. They include Brian O’Rourke (Nebraska-Omaha), Dominic Zombo (Nebraska-Omaha), Nick Saracino (Providence) and Michael Parks (North Dakota).
Ben Bishop was an unexpected offensive force for the Tampa Bay Lightning during the second period of their game in Montreal on Monday night, factoring into the scoring on two goals within five minutes.