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Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus
Was the Kopitar goal even that bad? It was one of those perfect shots above the pad and below the blocker that went off the post and in. The other a brutal bounce off the boards, and the other a lucky deflection. These types of goals happen when you're playing good teams, with really good players.
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I remember Mitch Korn reframing Holtby's game by categorizing goals into three types:
- Should have had
- Could have had
- No chance
The idea was to shake off the no chance ones, eliminate the should haves and minimize the could haves.
The Kopitar goal (fourth goal) is definitely a high danger opportunity but Markstrom doesn't give himself a fair chance. He's very deep (sinks in too) and is way too late to get his feet set. Doesn't mean he stops the shot if he corrects those two things but he also doesn't help himself there.
I'd also argue the fifth goal is in a similar vein (could've had) but he doesn't track the puck well across and is not in a tight butterfly coming across.
He's struggling right now for whatever reason but the team is also allowing a high number of high danger scoring opportunities.