Lightning's Bishop to be evaluated further following injury

The Tampa Bay Lightning have lost Ben Bishop to injury, at least for the remainder of Tuesday's game against Detroit.

The netminder was forced to make an early exit after dropping to the ice following a pad save.

Andrei Vasilevskiy entered the game in relief, and skated out to begin the second period, signalling the end of Bishop's night.

Bishop was forced to miss the majority of the Eastern Conference Finals in June with a lower-body injury injury. He also suffered a dislocated elbow a week before the end of the regular season in 2014, and partially torn his groin during Game 2 of the 2015 Stanley Cup Final.

Head coach Jon Cooper said Bishop will be further evaluated, and the hope is the injury will be short-term in nature, per Joe Smith of the Tampa Bay Times.

Bishop, 30, is set to become an unrestricted free agent at season's end.