After being picked in the third round (No. 85) by his hometown St. Louis Blues in the 2005 NHL Draft, Bishop kept working and waiting for a chance to be a No. 1 goalie. He eventually became one of the NHL's best.

With his 6-foot-7 frame and calm presence, Bishop has proven difficult to beat. He is also an exceptional puck-handler capable of setting up breakouts on his own.

Bishop, who played in high school with fellow future NHL players Paul Stastny and Chris Butler at Chaminade Prep in St. Louis, led Texas to a North American Hockey League championship in 2005.

As a 19-year-old freshman, Bishop led Maine to the 2006 NCAA Frozen Four, where they lost to Wisconsin in the semifinals. The next season, Maine again advanced to the Frozen Four before falling to Michigan State in the semifinals.

Following his third year in college, Bishop turned pro with the Blues in 2008 and joined Peoria of the American Hockey League. For the next four years he was no better than No. 3 on the Blues depth chart, appearing in 13 games with St. Louis and 159 with Peoria.

Prior to the 2012 NHL Trade Deadline, St. Louis sent Bishop to the Ottawa Senators for a second-round draft pick. During the 2012-13 season, Bishop was finally able to get a stretch of games at the NHL level and showed enough that the Tampa Bay Lightning acquired him in a trade April 3, 2013. In his Lightning debut the next day against the Carolina Hurricanes, Bishop had a 45-save shutout.

Midway through his first full NHL season in 2013-14, Bishop won the No. 1 job from Anders Lindback and went on to establish himself as one of the best goalies in the NHL, finishing third that season in voting for the Vezina Trophy, awarded to the best goalie in the League. He then helped the Lightning reach the Stanley Cup Final in 2015 and finished second in the Vezina voting in 2016.

But during his fifth season with Tampa Bay, Bishop was traded to the Los Angeles Kings on Feb. 28, 2017. Los Angeles traded him to the Dallas Stars less than three months later, on May 9, and he signed a six-year contract with the Stars three days after that.

Bishop again was the Vezina runner-up for the 2018-19 season, when he led the NHL with a .934 save percentage and set the Stars/Minnesota North Stars franchise record with a shutout streak of 233:03, breaking the mark set by Ed Belfour in 2000.

NOTES & TRANSACTIONS

• Hockey East All-Rookie Team (2006)
• Hockey East Second All-Star Team (2008)
• AHL Second All-Star Team (2012)
• NHL Second All-Star Team (2016, 2019)
• Played in NHL All-Star Game (2016)
• Traded to Ottawa by St. Louis for Ottawa's 2nd round pick (Thomas Vannelli) in 2013 NHL Draft, February 26, 2012.
• Traded to Tampa Bay by Ottawa for Cory Conacher and Philadelphia's 4th round pick (previously acquired, Ottawa selected Tobias Lindberg) in 2013 NHL Draft, April 3, 2013.
• Traded to Los Angeles by Tampa Bay with Tampa Bay's 5th round pick (Drake Rymsha) in 2017 NHL Draft for Peter Budaj, Erik Cernak and Los Angeles' 7th round pick (later traded to Philadelphia - Philadelphia selected Wyatt Kalynuk) in 2017 NHL Draft, February 28, 2017.
• Traded to Dallas by Los Angeles for Montreal's 4th round pick (previously acquired, Los Angeles selected Markus Phillips) in 2017 NHL Draft, May 9, 2017.
• Traded to Buffalo by Dallas with a 7th-round pick in the 2022 NHL Draft for future considerations, June 10, 2022.