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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
No one would be hard on Markstrom for that second goal. The third one, maybe.
Facts about the second goal:
1) It was a powerplay goal, so Vladar had to be aware of multiple potentially open scorers while an elite player (Gaudreau) had the puck at the half wall
2) The pass crossed the centre of the ice (the proverbial royal road) which has a high correlation with goal-scoring, arguably the single-highest
3) The shooter, Laine, has an elite release on his off-wing. Like, top five in NHL elite.
4) The actual scoring angle is very similar to where a lot of actual 40+ goal scorers (Draisaitl, Kucherov, and a handful of others) produce their powerplay goals from. While that might be a poor angle if (1)/(2)/(3) were not valid, it's a highly dangerous angle in this context.
5) Vlasar still got a piece of it, which itself would have been a challenge. Laine just managed to release it and place it perfectly
Out of all the goals scored yesterday, the second one was probably the toughest for any goalie to stop. The Marchenko one was tough too (also royal road crossing one timer) but actually an easier angle. The Jennet one was the one he might want back rven though it was a snipe on a two-on-one.
End of day, 5v5 performance is what to reliably evaluate goalies on, as penalty killing can be random. Vladar had a strong performance 5v5
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Multiple people who were at the game and even Kelly thought it was a weak one so I don't think you are correct
I hope you give Markstrom the PP goals don't count benefit down the road as you have been really harsh him.
This seems like bias
Vladar had an .880 and was obviously the second best goalie on the ice
Him and Markstrom will split the last two games, hopefully both guys play well