Injured Tampa Bay goalie Bishop still uncertain for Game 5

Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Ben Bishop watches during a morning skate at the United Center, Wednesday, June 10, 2015, in Chicago. Game 4 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Final is later in the day. (Dirk Shadd/The Tampa Bay Times via AP) TAMPA OUT; CITRUS COUNTY OUT; PORT CHARLOTTE OUT; BROOKSVILLE HERNANDO TODAY OUT Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Ben Bishop watches during a morning skate at the United Center, Wednesday, June 10, 2015, in Chicago. Game 4 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Final is later in the day. (Dirk Shadd/The Tampa Bay Times via AP) TAMPA OUT; CITRUS COUNTY OUT; PORT CHARLOTTE OUT; BROOKSVILLE HERNANDO TODAY OUT

By Associated Press June 13, 2015 3 min read

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – Lightning goalie Ben Bishop spent 15 minutes on the ice Saturday during Tampa Bay’s morning skate for Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final.

The Lightning haven’t decided whether the injured 53-game winner will play against the Chicago Blackhawks.

Although Bishop said “there’s progress being made” on the undisclosed injury that kept him out of Game 4, the goalie and Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper both said they’ll determine later whether Bishop can start.

Rookie Andrei Vasilevskiy will start his second straight game if Bishop can’t go.

“When you get this far, you don’t want to hurt the team at all,” Bishop said. “It’s been a long season. You got this far, and you don’t want to be holding back the team, I guess to say. It’s an extremely tough decision to make.”