With Mike Smith’s injury, we should start thinking about lightening up his load when he’s back, especially at home. I said this in the other thread, but when you look at his home and road splits. On the road, he’s been a terrific .944 sv% goaltender allowing 1.97 GAA. At home though, he’s a very underwhelming .905 sv% goaltender allowing 2.90 GAA. I say rest Smith more, give Rittich the bulk of the home games and play Smith for the road games where he’s absolutely dominant.
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