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Originally Posted by shutout
I am a fan of analytics to help tell a story, but when it comes to goaltending if you are going to use numbers to suggest how a goaltender played without evaluating the quality of the chances than you are out to lunch. I agree with the moustache that one of the six goals was a possible chance to stop, the rest were goals that only get stopped if the player misses, nothing the goaltender can do about them.
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For sure ... and nowhere in my story did I blame Rittich for the loss. I mentioned the team broke down and didn't play well.
But I don't see him as without a role in the loss either ... he wasn't at his best.