Based on the s, with goalie writhing on the ice and having to be stretchered off with an apparent leg injury, you'd think there was no way he'd play again this postseason. However, the 6-foot-7 didn't break anything and now the Lightning aren't even ruling him out to play in Monday night's Game 2. Initial X-rays
Tyler Myers Jersey showed nothing structurally wrong, which led the team to . That is where his status remains for now, but coach Jon Cooper said the goaltender is getting better each day. The latest from SportsLine Bishop spoke about the injury for the first time Sunday after practice, which he did not participate in. "
fell back and felt something I've never felt before, and just pain right away," Bishop said (via NHL-provided transcripts). "Your mind just starts racing. You start thinking the worst thing, I'm thinking my leg is broken. Then you start -- your mind just starts spinning, and I was really scared." Bishop said that he went off for X-rays, which were negative for fractures, and also got an MRI, which Bishop said was "OK." As far as when he'll be back, Igor Larionov Jersey Bishop said he expects to return. How soon is a little harder to know. "[I'll] just take it day by day right now," he said. "It feels better than it did yesterday and it's just a matter of getting to where it feels good enough to think that you can go out there and help the team win." , Bishop was walking with no limp and had no brace on his leg. The goaltender would only confirm that it was a lower-leg i sue without getting more specific. Additionally, apparently out of the view of media, Bishop said he tested out his leg with a short skate before practice. It still seems unbelievable that Bishop has any hope of playing this postseason, let alone within the next day, after how bad things looked Friday Linus Karlsson Jersey . Maybe he won't play in Game 2, but that they won't rule him out yet is encouraging, as was everything the goalie said Sunday. The Lightning have leaned heavily on their goaltender Danila Klimovich Jersey throughout the regular season and playoffs and he has responded with playing the best hockey of his career. Bishop leads all goaltenders still in the playoffs with a .939 save percentage. He has an 8-2 record in 11 postseason starts, as well as a 1.86 goals-against average and two shutouts. He's arguably been the team's best and most important player, or at least shares the mantle with . Additionally, it sounds like is getting closer to a po sible return from a broken leg sustained at the end of the regular season. The No. 2 defenseman who has not yet suited up in the playoffs has been upgraded to day-to-day and also may be available Monday night. "He's not favoring anything, so it's a really good sign," Cooper said. And after all that, Lightning captain , who also has been out for the entirety of the postseason with a blood clot i sue, participated in a full practice Sunday. He has continually progre sed over the last week-plus, in terms of what Daniel Sedin Jersey he's able to do at practice. There is still no timetable for his return. Ben Bishop still might play in Game 2 for the Lightning. (USATSI)
