Embrace The Spectacle Of Stupid Fun Hockey Barry Petchesky -4
Notably, despite the scoring
explosion, this wasn't actually
that bad a game for the
goaltenders. There were too
many point-blank shots and too
many shooters left open, too much general weirdness; most
of the goals were unblockable. Look at where the even-
strength goals came from, via
the indispensable Natural Stat
Trick: Give some of that credit to the
skaters. You're not going to
see many better passes than
T.J. Oshie's scoop to John
Carlson in the second, or, later
in the game, Shea Theodore's cross-ice pass to Tomas
Nosek for the eventual winning
goal. This wasn't exactly Marc
Andre-Fleury turning back into
a playoff pumpkin (though he
did score an own goal) or
Braden Holtby rediscovering
the form that got him benched to start the postseason, but it
wasn't much fun to be in net.
Fleury was grateful for the few
breaks he got, showing love to
his partner in crime, the iron. Source:Deadspin
explosion, this wasn't actually
that bad a game for the
goaltenders. There were too
many point-blank shots and too
many shooters left open, too much general weirdness; most
of the goals were unblockable. Look at where the even-
strength goals came from, via
the indispensable Natural Stat
Trick: Give some of that credit to the
skaters. You're not going to
see many better passes than
T.J. Oshie's scoop to John
Carlson in the second, or, later
in the game, Shea Theodore's cross-ice pass to Tomas
Nosek for the eventual winning
goal. This wasn't exactly Marc
Andre-Fleury turning back into
a playoff pumpkin (though he
did score an own goal) or
Braden Holtby rediscovering
the form that got him benched to start the postseason, but it
wasn't much fun to be in net.
Fleury was grateful for the few
breaks he got, showing love to
his partner in crime, the iron. Source:Deadspin
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