14 April 2016

The goals and the goalies...

Tim Howard - 3 goals on 34 shots.
1st - Nikita Kucherov blast off a 3 on 2. Pass coming across. Placement near perfect. NO CHANCE.
2nd - Nikita Kucherov. Busted clearing attempt by Detroit (pucks goes out but quickly transitioned back into zone). Kucherov in front of the net, pass from behind by Braden Coburn. Howard makes initial save, no defense to clear the close rebound. Kucherov jams it back in. Initial chance an A+, rebound B.
3rd - Alex Killorn deflection placed well from a pass in the corner. NO CHANCE.
no softies

Ben Bishop - 2 goals on 36 shots
1st - Mike Green with a nice hard shot from far - deflects early off d-man's stick. NO CHANCE.
2nd - Justin Abdelkader with a sweet tip in from a high, harmless looking shot. NO CHANCE.
no softies

Henrik Lundqvist - 1 goal on 11 shots
1st - Patric Hornqvist puts in a soft shot on the ice. Lundqvist is transitioning from the post after deflecting a pass from the corner. B- Chance. (many let that in but many make that save too - Lundqvist included)
no softies

Antii Raanta - 3 goals on 19 shots
1st - Sidney Crosby breakaway. Top corner. Sidney. NO CHANCE.
2nd - Tom Kuhnhackl off a nice pass on a 2-on-1 slow breakaway. Tight to the post and a good foot off the ice. NO CHANCE.
3rd - Patric Hornqvist from a pass by Sidney Crosby off of Phil Kessel's butt. Raanta followed the pass and then lost the puck, which Hornqvist tapped in. if not NO CHANCE, still an A+ opportunity.
no softies

Jeff Zatkoff - 2 goals on 37 shots
1st - Derek Stepan tight to the near post (far from Zatkoff) off a sweet pass from Rick Nash. NO CHANCE.
2nd - Derek Stepan on a rebound off a crafty little shot by Dan Boyle. Boyle's shot was not very controllable by the goalie because of how Boyle released it - must save, though. Stepan's shot - NO CHANCE.
no softies

Brian Elliott - 0 goals on 35 shots
no softies

Corey Crawford - 1 goal on 18 shots
1st - David Backes gets a deflection off of Trevor van Riemsdyk's stick. NO CHANCE.
no softies

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