This argument about the usefulness of stats has reached the point of absurdity. Of course single game stats don't tell the whole story. A guy can have two goals in a game and they were both the result of lucky bounces. A goalie can make great saves and be totally unlucky on certain others. Or have "no chance" if such a thing is truly possible.
There is not a poster on this site who would disagree with that.
But season statistics are a summation of single game statistics and referencing single game statistics as a data point in summarizing a game is entirely appropriate.
Those people who can't see past their own subjective opinion of a players performance, and believe that such perspective represents "fact" probably need a reality check. I doubt such a perspective is confined solely to one views on a hockey game.
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