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Originally Posted by united
Vezina candidate Markstrom has been outplayed in 7 (arguably 8) of the 10 games so far. And that isn't to point to a finger or say he has played poorly as a whole - he hasn't, which is the point. It has been an insane run that will reverse at some point and what better night than tonight?
97/29 fire blanks in the first of three straight Flames wins.
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I honestly can't point the finger too much at Markstrom. In the Dallas series, he was the 2nd best goalie, but there has to be a big asterisk there because he was really good as well.
Oilers series, game 1, he let in some softies but was still better than the other team's goalies. Game 2 was probably his worst game IMO. Game 3, he made some really good stops but the team in front of him was crap for large stretches of the game and he can't stop them all. I don't care how the advanced stats average out the game as a whole, because the parts that the Flames were bad, they were really bad. Markstrom faced like what, 20 shots in the first period alone? He has to be better for sure, but that is because the only way this team wins against the Oilers is if he bails them out many times.