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Lightning goalie Ben Bishop admitted he was scared Saturday night.
With Sharks' Tomas Hertl's stick blade inadvertantly piercing through Bishop's mask and hitting him in the right eye, there was immediate pain and blurred vision. It's something that had never happened to him before.
"Anytime you get hit in the eye like that, you always think the worst," Bishop said. "Thought your eye was falling out."
Fortunately for Bishop, he feels fine, with no damage or scratches to the eye, just a cut, redness on his eyelid. With no vision issues, Bishop lobbied to start - "I'm ready to go" - but will instead serve as backup tonight against the Kings, with Andrei Vasilevskiy getting the start.