Ben Bishop Injury: Updates on Lightning Star's Lower Body and Return

Ben Bishop suffered a lower-body injury against the Pittsburgh Penguins and the goaltender hopes to be back for Tampa Bay by the weekend.

Continue for updates.

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Bishop Hopes To Return For Weekend

Tuesday, Dec. 16

Joe Smith of The Tampa Bay Times passed along comments from Ben Bishop after the goaltender left Monday's game vs. Pittsburgh:

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Bishop Suffers Lower-Body Injury

Monday, Dec. 15

The Tampa Bay Lightning are down a goaltender.

According to Erik Erlendsson of The Tampa Tribune, Ben Bishop suffered a lower-body injury on Monday night against the Pittsburgh Penguins:

Joe Smith of The Tampa Bay Times added:

Bishop entered the game with a 16-6-2 record a .914 save percentage and 2.34 goals-against average, which is 10th in the league.

Evgeni Nabokov replaced the 28-year-old in net for Tampa.