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Originally Posted by Toonage
I get that if you give up a prime scoring chance early its asking a lot for him to stop the first shot that often. The odds aren't great. Thats a team issue. If its a floater or groaner for the first shot more often than not, then yeah its a problem with his starts.
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In Markstrom's games in November prior to Saturday:
· 11/30: Dallas scored first on their fourth shot on goal
· 11/24: Dallas scored first on their first shot.
· 11/22: Nashville scored first on their third shot
· 11/18: NYI scored second on their seventh shot
· 11/16: Vancouver scored first on their sixth shot
· 11/14: Montreal scored second on their fifteenth shot
· 11/7: Nashville scored first on their second shot
· 11/1: Dallas scored second on their eleventh shot
Make of that what you will. I suspect this is all pretty random and that people are thinking it happens all the time because Markstrom has allowed the first goal on the first shot in two of his last three games. I don't think there is enough there from which to establish a pattern.