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Originally Posted by ricardodw
The jan 1 to the end of season was from the article not mine. 2.65 seems pretty middle of the road to be 6th best...
After the All Star game the 2.10 seems scary ... That compares to the Flames 3.35 over the last 20 games going 10-8-2
No amount of fancy stats can paper over a 3.35 Goals against. That is the whole team playing weak defense. (Gio and Hamonic missing.. a bit over half the games. Hamonic might not be as easy to replace as some folks think)
A 2.10 with a 12-6-2 and those Crappy fancy stats...IF they held for the last 20 games would suggest that Hellebuyck would be the best player in the league as the season ended.
The Flames goalies saw slightly more shots over the last 20 games than the Jets goalies 653 to 634
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Goals against average is the result. The underlying stats is how a team is playing.
So yeah it matters.
If the Jets are consistently getting out played they need to score at a rate that his above average and get bailed out by their goaltender to a degree that is above average.
Kiprusoff certainly did that in Calgary for a long spell, it can happen. But you won't see me shaking in my boots about how well the Jets are playing when every measure of game play suggests they're getting owned.