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Originally Posted by Bingo
Certainly can't argue with the home results of late. They stink.
Couple of things I noticed when drilling down on both goaltenders since January 1st.
1 - they have identical low danger save percentage five on five ... .981. Both have been equal when it comes to their "stinker" rate.
2 - Rittich has been facing on average one additional high danger chance than Talbot per 60 minutes of work five on five. 8.5 per game to 7.5 per game.
That's starting to dig into what I'm seeing ... the team has played better for Talbot, and Rittich has seen a slip in stopping the tough ones, not the easy.
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Probably at least in part because Talbot got some games after ones where the team really let Rittich down and embarrassed themselves. It's not that they don't like Rittich or have less confidence - it's that they were trying to atone.