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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Yeah even last night - there was no blatantly soft goal in the first, and the Flames skaters were unobjectively bad.
But in the end the Avs only had around 1.5 xG for the period (according to Moneypuck, NST had it at like 0.8 xG), and they scored three goals.
Bad goaltending makes poor play look even worse. On all three goals his lack of confidence and just abhorrent lateral movement were on display.
The lateral movement issues truly make me wonder if he's nursing an injury, and if he is and the Flames keep playing him then that's just a ridiculous decision when you have Vladar and Wolf available.
And my biggest concern is that he's faltering at the biggest moments of the game.
He has an .885 save percentage and -11.64 GSAA when the game is within 1 goal - horrendous.
Vladar has a .917 and is +4.15 GSAA in the same situation where the game is within 1 goal.
That's the issue right now. When the game is tight we can't get a save and are getting just horrendous goaltending.
Tied- 0.891
Leading by 1 - 0.869
Leading by 2+ : 0.880
Trailing by 1: 0.891
Trailing by 2+: 0.964
Nice of him to show up when he already spotted the other team a 2 goal lead though.
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Yup. With all the blaming going on with the coaching and team results right now, the biggest issue comes down to Markstrom not doing his job. It may feel like the Flames aren't producing enough goals, but they are currently 18th in the NHL for that, which is not bad. And despite horrible goaltending from Markstrom, they are 17th in goals against. So they're doing okay in keeping the puck out, but of course have room for improvement.
So majority of Flames loses are coming from Markstrom letting goals in when the game is tight. He's putting the team behind rather than keeping them ahead.
There's no justification for why Sutter keeps playing him more than Vladar, and this falls on him.