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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
Since 2018, Vasilevskiy has had a QS% of .603
In the playoffs, he has a career QS% of .645
No one - absolutely no one - is taking away from Markstrom's shutouts. Even after a strong team game, teams will have given up an expected GA of around 1.5 or so. So it's on the goalie to make some saves and Markstrom has earned a shutout on some nights.
But when you're allowing 4 goals on 1.83 xGA like Markstrom did against Dallas, or 3 goals on 1.38 xGA like Markstrom did against Nashville, or 3 goals on 1.87 xGA like Markstrom did against Anaheim, or 4 goals on 3.28 xGA like Markstrom did against Edmonton... you haven't been "an absolute steal" considering that's four out of nine games you've played.
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Quality of chances matters and that’s why fancy stays for goalies over a short term are not as useful. Markstrom played well in those losses and made some darn tough saves. And as with any top goalie there is a goal or two that they should have stopped. But IMO there’s a whole lot more saves that he just made look easy when they weren’t.