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Originally Posted by Robbob
3 of the five goals were not on Smith IMO. Off a flames Dman, the puck doing weird things causing quite the breakdown in the Dzone, and the last PP goal. I still don't know how he isn't interfering with the goalie when he is pushing the pad and you can see the stick flexing. He must have a Gaudreau 55 flex stick.
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Totally agree on the interference. Smith's only chance to stop that was to get his pad on it and he couldn't.
I agree that Smith was only directly at fault for 2 goals. But he sure looked shaky on his stops prior to the third. The one that went in late was an example - he'd stop the puck and drop on it with his knees, and he was so far back in that it was always in danger of crossing the line under him. He was also waving kind of wildly at wide shots.
He was better in the third, but not really tested on lateral movement. They were mostly at his crest. He just doesn't look like he did this time last year.