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Best of the Bolts: Round of 16 Voting – White Bracket
- Updated: August 17, 2016
Voting for the fourth group of Best of the Bolts matchup starts at noon on August 17 and ends at noon on August 19. Each matchup is listed below and you can vote as many times as you’d like for your favorite play in each matchup.
Bish Please vs. Putting Up Palat of Points
MAY 8, 2016: BISH, PLEASE
Since coming to Tampa Bay via trade during the 2012-13 season, Lightning goaltender Ben Bishop has been at his best in playoff series clinching situations.
During the Bolts’ 2015 run to the Stanley Cup Final, Bishop blanked both the Detroit Red Wings in Game 7 of a first round series and the New York Rangers in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Final, the first time the Rangers had ever lost a Game 7 at Madison Square Garden.
Bishop’s playoff prowess continued in the 2016 postseason.
After recording a shutout in a clinching Game 5 against the Red Wings in the first round, Bishop repeated the feat against the Islanders in the second round, spearheading a 4-0 Game 5 victory at Amalie Arena that vaulted the Bolts into the Eastern Conference Final for a second-straight year.
Bishop made 28 saves in Game 5. His best came early in the final period with the Lightning holding a 3-0 lead. Cal Clutterbuck’s shot from the slot sailed over the net and caromed to Johnny Boychuk on the post.
Bishop had his head turned backward trying to locate Clutterbuck’s shot but kept his right leg extended at the post. By the time Boychuk tried to jam a shot home, Bishop was in a full split to keep his goal covered.
Bishop recorded his fifth career playoff shutout in Game 5 against the Islanders, tying him …
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