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Originally Posted by New Era
I disagree. Goal two was weak sauce as well. That cross the net deke is almost an automatic on Smith. He never uses the poke check or keeps his paddle on the ice. He's got a massive five hole and never protects it. Just a weak goal. In OT the exact same situation happened, from the same angle, and Rittich stoned the Flyer because he kept his paddle on the ice and square to the shooter.
The third goal could have been prevented with an active stick, but a lot of goaltenders get beat on that anticipating the shot more so than the pass. I give him a bit of a pass on that one, even though it looked like pass the whole way.
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Just because a goalie "could" have stopped a shot had he done something different doesn't mean it's a bad goal. You could say that almost every single game for every goalie.
I think you're thinking of the Flyers first goal as the second one beat Smith glove side on a rebound. The first was pretty similar to Chaisson's goal on Rittich the first game against the Oilers. Had he had his paddle down he could have stopped that too. But that doesn't make it a bad goal.