Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Ben Bishop has given up 10 goals over his past two games, the most he’s allowed in back-to-back starts all season.
But the Lightning aren’t concerned what kind of performance they’re going to get from their back stop going forward in the Eastern Conference Final.
Quite the opposite really.
Before the Lightning boarded their plane for New York Saturday afternoon, head coach Jon Cooper and three players met with the media. Asked whether he might bench Bishop in favor of rookie Andrei Vasilevskiy for Game 5, Cooper called the question “asinine.