With Ben Bishop ailing, Lightning call up Andrei Vasilevskiy from AHL
The Tampa Bay Lightning promoted goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy from the American Hockey League's Syracuse Crunch on Tuesday.
The move comes a day after Ben Bishop sustained a lower-body injury in the first period of a 4-2 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins at Consol Energy Center.
Vasilevskiy, 20, has played in 14 games with the Crunch this season, earning an 8-3-3 record with a 2.34 goals-against average and a .918 save percentage. Monday, he was tabbed the CCM/AHL Player of the Week after posting a 2-0-0 record with a 0.50 goals-against average and a .982 save percentage last week.
Tampa Bay took the Tyumen, Russia, native in the first round, 19th overall, in the 2012 NHL draft.
Bishop, meanwhile, is 16-6-2 this season with a 2.35 goals-against average and a .913 save percentage.
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