Injured Ben Bishop, Cedric Paquette lead Lightning to Game 3 win
By Pat Bradley
Ben Bishop had everything he could to even stay on the ice, let alone perform on Monday. The fact that he played all of Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals — given the injuries he sustained in Game 2 — is impressive enough.
But it was what the Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender endured throughout Game 3 that was most impressive. Bishop made 36 saves despite taking a beating from the Chicago Blackhawks.
Example A: Bishop gets punched in the face, still makes save against Brandon Saad.
[click here to see Bishop get hit]
The Blackhawks might have grounds for an appeal, though, considering the were playing against an undead goalie. That’s right, Bishop died and defeated Chicago as a zombie (Clearly seeing a zombie scared Marian Hossa so badly that he missed that wide open net, right?).
Ben Bishop, 1986-2015. pic.twitter.com/0PM9MgUCkr
— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) June 9, 2015
OK, so Bishop survived and didn’t join the army of the dead, but he certainly played Game 3 like he had nothing — even his life — left to lose.
After the team traded goals midway through the third period, Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman set up forward Cedric Paquette for this beauty of a game-winning goal with 3:11 to play in regulation.
[click here to see Paquette's game-winner]
Tampa held on to win 3-2, taking a 2-1 series lead in the Stanley Cup Final.
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