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Originally Posted by 868904
They seem to give up less shots with smith in net because he kills a lot of opposition forechecks. The team gets hemmed in more with BSD because he doesn’t move the puck out as much but he’s been better at actually stopping the puck.
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I understand where this belief would come from, but it’s simply not true.
Smith: 34 games / 894 shots against = 26.29 shots per game.
Rittich: 36 games / 966 shots against = 26.83 shots per game.
Negligible.