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Originally Posted by Bingo
Right ...
But Vladar has a the inferior low danger save percentage, so he's given up more "weak" goals as a straight stat.
So not sure that theory holds.
The first period angle is interesting though. Does Markstrom give up more goals low danger first period goals?
That we don't know.
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Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts
I think one of the issues with Markstrom and 1st period which is kind of deflating is that the team comes out and controls the play and he sees nothing for 7-8 minutes and the 1st shot on him is usually a breakdown or something and we need that save but it goes in and kind of deflates the team.
I think its the timing of goals.
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I think the latter jibes with my eye test. It's like they don't give him a chance to field some easy saves.
To me the whole question of "does the team play better in front of X" is kind of an indictment of the team more than the goalies, since, to my eye they are not playing that much differently.