Yeah the goaltending is the biggest issue but defensive zone coverage is poor as well, and the bad PK really magnifies that.
Goaltending is horrendous though. Our team save percentage is now 12 points lower then the next worst team in the league. Even just getting goaltending on par with the next worst team would be 26 fewer goals against, and would move us to only a -8 goal differential.
If we had a .910 save percentage, which is still below average, we would have allowed 44 fewer goals. That means we are a positive goal differential team and are most likely in the playoff hunt.
Even with that improvement though we would still be middle of the pack defensively and would rank 16th in goals against. So still lots of room for improvement, even with improved goaltending.
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