Sentences with word «netminder»

The Blue Jackets took advantage of the glove - side demons Grubauer was battling, scoring three unanswered goals that left the 26 - year - old netminder double - clutching even some of the pucks he did catch before Holtby took over to start the third period.

The Penguins got one more past the Predators netminder in the first period, on Malkin's 3 - 0 tally with 11 seconds to play.

Rookie Ward, 22, started the playoffs as Carolina's backup netminder, but replaced starter Martin Gerber after the veteran faltered in the first round against Montreal.

A new generation of star goaltenders like Felix Potvin (left) has emerged, recalling the days when netminders like Tony Esposito (above) ruled the game

The Caps netminder led the league with 48 wins and posted a sparkling 2.20 GAA and impressive.922 save percentage.

But Ovechkin's pucks often trick netminders into covering the wrong quadrant, leaving a parade of sagged shoulders and awestruck admirers in their wake.

UPDATE: No indication the progressive - ish netminder plans to do this.

While Stone clearly didn't elevate the puck enough to get it past Lundqvist, the Rangers netminder stayed with the puck and made quite the stop in the process.

But the Ducks were slowly starting to figure out Sharks netminder Martin Jones, who gave up a goal on the first shot he faced in Game 2.

Besides Giguere, here are the eight other netminders chosen in 1995 who are playing in the NHL (career statistics through last Saturday).

The Nashville netminder shut out the Blackhawks 1 - 0, despite Chicago coming on strong in the final 40 minutes of the game.

The organization concludes that winning trumps tenure, deciding upon Hellebuyck as its starting netminder.

The Ducks netminder lost his stick in the opening moments of overtime.

In fact, the Rangers» last two playoff exits have been at the hands of Caps rookie netminders.

Matthews thought he gave Toronto the lead on a goal - mouth scramble, tapping in a loose puck after it hit Zach Hyman in the skate and skipped behind the Avalanche netminder.

An earlier corner nearly resulted in a goal as well, Vincent Janssen's snapshot from an ensuing goalmouth scramble tipped away by the inspired Dutch netminder.

After the opening round, Lundqvist (11/1) was still near the top but teammate Rick Nash (10/1) and Habs netminder Carey Price (8/1) were just ahead of him.

Size Matters The NHL is in the Dead Puck Era, and the key cause for the lack of scoring is that today's netminders use such oversized equipment that they blot out the goal.

«We had a veteran goalie a few years ago who thought the key to success was just getting bigger,» says Hall of Fame netminder Gerry Cheevers, a Boston Bruins scout.

Down 2 - 0 in the second period with the game still in reach, Phoenix found itself with some pretty decent opportunities in front of Kings netminder Jonathan Quick; however, the tide turned when the Kings carried the puck into the Phoenix zone on the power play, causing some commotion along the boards.

That might not change even if netminders fall into line, because the rules don't address another problem with leg pads: width.

«The puck just hits the goalies,» New Jersey Devils center John Madden says of the oversized padding worn by netminders.

Armed with a tape measure and a set of calipers, King will travel to arenas around the league and patrol netminders like an undercover cop, popping up unannounced to conduct surprise postgame checks on their gear.

To ensure that netminders don't bend the rules, the NHL is relying on a combination of signed statements from team equipment managers vowing that their goalies won't cheat and Big Brother surveillance.

HenrikLundqvist He may be one of PEOPLE's beautiful 100, but New York's netminder gave up someugly goals as his Rangers got swept out of the playoffs by the Devils.

Leaving the acrobatics to smaller, more agile netminders, he fended off 66 shots in the two - game Frozen Four.

Matt Murray is unable to keep up with Aberg on the play, and the Predators forward gets a wide - open cage to shoot at as the Penguins netminder goes down.

They know Foster as a mild - mannered, stay - at - home netminder, a father of two young daughters who always hits the ice before anyone else to warm up.

You can't let it go into battle with an unproven, mediocre - ish AHL netminder.

Unfortunately for the Marquette netminder, his counterpart was even better.

On the power play with a chance to draw closer with less than five minutes remaining, Artem Anisimov was unable to beat Elliott from the right circle as the veteran netminder moved well across his crease to make yet another tough save.

After not looking awful since moving to LA from San Jose, where he seemed to take a step towards being average in 2017 after being a bubble contender for USMNT netminder, Galaxy keeper David Bingham gave up a pretty rough comedy goal on Vela's second and then got beat by Steres for the own goal.

Traffic in front of the MU net led to a collision that while not vicious, it was enough to send netminder Luis Barraza tumbling to the ground.

The Colombian netminder was brought in over the summer from Nice as back up and possibly even competition to the incumbent.

The 31 - year - old netminder had 21 saves in the victory while the Americans put up 31 shots in the game.

The MVP of the Oilers» fifth and last (to date) Cup, the backup netminder was acquired from Boston in 1988, replaced the great Grant Fuhr as starter the following season, and rescued Edmonton from a 3 - 1 first - round hole against Winnipeg.

If the Oilers once again get bit by the injury bug and Talbot spends any significant amount of time sidelined by an injury, the team is going to have to turn to a goalie who hasn't shown that he's capable of being a No. 1 netminder.

While he didn't reveal his roster for the return to New Jersey, he did say that he's chosen his starting goalie — but hadn't told either of his netminders as of Sunday afternoon.

Based on how both netminders have been playing though, I think this is going to be a very close series.

The 29 - year - old netminder is a career.920 save percentage goaltender in 509 games played.

G Mike Vernon 1982 - 83 through 2001 - 02 He never won a Vezina Trophy, nor was he ever a first - team All - Star, but his 385 NHL wins rank seventh alltime, and he was the netminder for two Stanley Cup winners (the 1988 - 89 Flames and» 96 - 97 Red Wings).

The Predators» netminder has been outstanding in this series, allowing just two goals on 97 shots.

Attempting to slip past Anderson from behind, Larsson knocked skates with the netminder outside the crease and sent him sprawling backwards, leaving Larsson free to score for a 5 - 2 Sabres lead.

The Predators and Penguins saw two sides of Pekka Rinne in Game 3: A jittery, nervous wreck of a netminder in one period and a rock - solid wall for the final two frames.

The Ducks» starter faced a flurry of shots near the end of the first period that caused the netminder to go across his crease a number of times.

This homage to Nashville's netminder is equal parts amazing and horrifying.

The 23 - year - old netminder has posted a career - best.921 save percentage this season, and his 2.58 GAA is his lowest since posting a 2.36 GAA in 16 games as a rookie in 2014 - 15.

Minnesota hired experienced goalkeeper coach John Pascarella in the offseason, and it will be interesting to see what influence the former Kansas City coach has on Lampson and the rest of the Loons» netminders this year.

Look for Luis Barraza to start in net as Mac Wheeler's eligibility wrapped up, leaving Barraza as the clear - cut # 1 netminder.