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Originally Posted by sketchyt
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. |
It was already posted the High Danger chances were 19-7 for the Flames. I don't view 7 high danger chances against as bad.
It wasn't a perfect game, and I felt the Kings were having an off night as well. But IMO Markstrom was the main reason it was close. Hopefully he can figure it out soon, but he just seems off right now