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Originally Posted by HighLifeMan
Weird. It’s almost as if teams play differently when they have the lead. It’s not hard to check their respective splits during that timeframe.
When the games were tied
Vladar had a .935 SV%
Markstrom had a .892 SV%
When the game was within 1 goal
Vladar had a .916 SV%
Markstrom had a .889 SV%
The bulk of Markstroms saves during that time came after he spotted the opposing team a multiple goal lead which inflated his already poor SV%. Whereas Vladar only struggled when the team was winning by multiple goals.
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LOL. What does any of that have to do with your original post? ...you know Markstrom "immensely struggling" while Vladar was "red hot", costing the Flames the season over a 9 week period because of Sutter's goaltending choices.
I gave very specific, relevant facts to support my argument against what you posted originally...deflecting isn't going to work here...both goalies stopped the puck at similar rates in that span and it clearly came down to the imbalance in the game to game Flames offense (or lack of) for their difference in win/loss record.
As a side note...during that 9 week period, Markstrom gave up more than 3 goals only three times (5,4,4) in 17 games, while Vladar gave up more than 3 goals three times too (5,5,4), but in only 13 games. Your "immensely struggling"/"red hot" viewpoint is clearly way off base and that's what I posted about.