{"id":4456,"date":"2016-12-22T10:14:49","date_gmt":"2016-12-22T15:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/?p=4456"},"modified":"2016-12-22T10:14:49","modified_gmt":"2016-12-22T15:14:49","slug":"ben-bishop-jimmy-howard-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2016\/12\/22\/ben-bishop-jimmy-howard-injured\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Bishop, Jimmy Howard Injured"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Tampa Bay Lightning announced Wednesday that they expect goalie\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/bishobe01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ben Bishop<\/a><\/strong> to miss three to four\u00a0weeks with a lower-body injury.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the Detroit Red Wings announced that goalie\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/howarja02.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jimmy Howard<\/a><\/strong> has been placed on seven-day injured reserve. The Red Wings commented that Howard would be out &#8220;a while&#8221;.<\/p>\n<h2>Ben Bishop, Jimmy Howard Injured<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Official: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TBLightning?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#TBLightning<\/a> goaltender Ben Bishop is out 3-4 weeks with a lower-body injury. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lDnUwwKxul\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/lDnUwwKxul<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tampa Bay Lightning (@TBLightning) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TBLightning\/status\/811697805756657668?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 21, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UPDATE: The Detroit <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RedWings?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#RedWings<\/a> today recalled goaltender Jared Coreau and placed goaltender Jimmy Howard on seven-day injured reserve. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aJDJufyMJa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/aJDJufyMJa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DetroitRedWings\/status\/811594684682371072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 21, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Bishop, 30, was injured halfway into the first period of the Lightning&#8217;s game against the Red Wings. The injury occurred on an sharp-angle shot where Bishop appeared to make a routine save. Immediately after making the save, however, Bishop could be seen bending over in his crease. He was then able to skate off on his own.<\/p>\n<p>Howard, 32, also left Tuesday&#8217;s matchup with an injury sustained early in the 2nd period. Howard&#8217;s injury occurred after a scrum in the crease as a Lightning and Red Wings player fell on top of him. Red Wings staff had to help him off the ice.<\/p>\n<p>The injuries were sustained by goalies currently in the midst of completely different seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Bishop, after several years posting good save percentages which has earned him two Vezina Trophy nominations, has struggled so far this season. In 21 starts he&#8217;s posted 9 wins and a save percentage\u00a0of just\u00a00.907.<\/p>\n<p>Howard, on the other hand, is in the midst of a renaissance. In 15 starts he has a stellar 0.934 SV%. Unfortunately for the Red Wings this has only translated to\u00a0fivewins due to a lack of scoring in the other end of the ice.<\/p>\n<p>For the time being the Lightning will put their trust in <strong>Andrei<\/strong> <strong>Vasilevskiy<\/strong>. Vasilevskiy, 22,<b> <\/b>while still being relegated to the backup position by coach Jon Cooper, has done well in his 12 starts as he has posted a SV% of 0.923.<\/p>\n<p>In Detroit, the crease will belong to\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/mrazepe01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Petr Mrazek<\/a><\/strong>. Mrazek, 24, has looked poised to take the starting job in Motown, but has hit a bit of a roadblock this season. In 17 starts he has 9 wins, but only a 0.899 SV%.<\/p>\n<p>The Lightning and Red Wings have recalled <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/gudlekr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kristers Gudlevskis<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/coreaja01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jared Coreau<\/a><\/strong>, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo.<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/624078154\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 70.202020% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/624078154?et=7hlmL4p2RrRsNXlmJQk8Yw&amp;viewMoreLink=off&amp;sig=KJTbOX_brnpCbnEmbGh0u6vkr-i4vRG14m-T6h9QVrQ=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"417\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Bishop, Jimmy Howard Injured. 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