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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
If you cover 85 percent of the net, you have a good chance of Ovi’s one timer hitting you. But if it finds a hole, it’s going in. The goalie has pretty much nothing to do with the outcome other than how the 85 percent of the net he is covering matches up with where the shot goes. Because it’s physically impossible to react between when the shot is actually taken and when it finds its destination. Some people struggle with that. (Not pointing at you)
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I agree with this. Like you, I dislike "he's gotta make that save" (also 'he's gotta bury that" for forwards). There are 80-90 mph shots.
The goal by Stamkos - he didn't aim that. It could have as easily glanced off Vladar's shoulder into the netting. But it didn't and he scored.
I like stats. They more often than not tell the right tale, especially over large chunks of time. But in a single game, sometimes not. That shot counts the same stats wise as a weak shot from the same spot by a fourth liner, as far as I can see.