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Cooper: Plan, not performance, determines starting goalie

Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy gets the start tonight against the Senators, his second of the season.

Coach Jon Cooper said it's just part of the plan to get Vasilevskiy more playing time, and nothing to do with the performance of starter Ben Bishop, who has allowed 11 goals in three games, including four apiece in two.

"In the time I've been here, I don't think I've ever sat here and said, 'This goalie is playing this way' and I decide not to play him," Cooper said. "Over time the last couple years with Vasy, we've tried to slowly put him in.