[dino7c]

Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache

Let’s just look at this with a hair of logic

What percent of the net does a goalie cover? Obviously it depends on shooter position, goalie position, etc. What do you think, say 85 percent?

When a shot is taken, how long does it take to get to the net?

How far out was Domi? 30 feet?
How fast do you think his shot was? Safe to say 80 mph
1 mph = 1.467 FPS
80 mph = 117.36 feet per second

So the puck was off Domi’s stick and reached the net in about a quarter of a second

How quickly neurons move information is the speed of neural transmission
Some experiments have documented typical human reaction time to visual stimulus as ~0.25 seconds

The whole point is that a goalie covers a certain percentage of the net. When the shot is taken, it has a certain likelihood of hitting the goalie

If the distance is short enough and velocity is high enough, the goalie’s reaction to the shot is immaterial. The only variable he has is his positioning.

If he covers 85 percent of the net, over time, 15 percent of such shots go in.

Long story short, Domi blew a perfectly placed shot past Rittich

Proud goalie thinks he should have had it. Science doesn’t agree as much as the CP naysayers.

One guy made the big save and the other guy didn't