The Tampa Bay Lightning took a 3-2 series lead over the New York Rangers Sunday night in the Eastern Conference Final following a 2-0 win in Madison Square Garden.
Serious questions were being asked of the Rangers—Henrik Lundqvist in particular—after they allowed six goals each in Games 2 and 3 and fell behind in the series.
Then, New York won Game 4 in dominating fashion, and Lundqvist made 38 saves.
All of a sudden, the Lightning and their goaltender Ben Bishop were under the microscope.
"You don't ever want to give up 10 goals in two games, but we did, and now we have to go back and look at it and adjust," said Bishop, per Howie Kussoy of the New York Post. "I felt pretty good, but obviously, you have to make the save here and there. It's a long year, there's a lot of ups and downs."
In keeping with the theme of the series, Bishop and his teammates answered the call. The 28-year-old goalie was one of the biggest reasons for the win, making 26 saves.
ESPN's Linda Cohn thought the Lightning defense as a whole did well to ensure Bishop wasn't tested on a regular basis.
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