Sentences with phrase «of goaltender»

With Tampa Bay defenseman Mikhail Sergachev serving a double minor for high sticking and unsportsmanlike conduct, Jake Dotchin shot the puck wide of the net and Kunitz found it before anyone else, taking it off the backboard and banking it in off the right skate of goaltender Jeff Glass.

The Capitals will try to ride the hot streak of goaltender Braden Holtby, who made 28 saves and stopped a penalty shot with a glove save to preserve a one - goal lead late in the third period in Game 4.

A mini-brawl broke out too as the Devils came to the defense of their goaltender against an ex-teammate in Rupp.

«That's what you need sometimes out of your goaltenders.

A lot of goaltenders get nervous when he's coming at them with that face.

Not exact matches

And, in true Uber fashion, buyers can rate the goaltenders out of five stars after the game.

Even more impressive, this emergency goaltender (part of a crew of recreational players who staff home games for the Blackhawks in case of emergencies) stopped every shot that came at him — seven in total — and was swarmed by an appreciative team when the night ended.

One of the highest - paid goaltenders in the league, Kiprusoff, along with his team, struggled throughout the 2010 - 11 season.

A 36 year - old accountant who'd never played pro hockey before last night got to close out the last 14 minutes of a game as Chicago's emergency goaltender, and stopped all seven Winnipeg shots he faced.

The Nashville goaltender stopped 22 shots in the Game 3 win, but the Predators defense did much of the heavy lifting on offense to propel them to the victory.

What if a shot on goal gets lodged in the goaltender's skate during the course of a save, and the goaltender near - instantaneously pushes off to re-set and in so doing, extends that skate across the goal line.

Last month goaltender Evgeni Nabokov was among a handful of Sharks called to the stand in the trial of a San Jose judge convicted of fixing traffic tickets for friends and local luminaries.

Johnson scored the winner when Rantanen poked the puck ahead to him and he put it past Connor Hellebuyck, one of the stingiest goaltenders in the NHL of late.

Oddsmakers are taking into account how the rest of the series will play out and the Rangers could be without star goaltender Henrik Lundqvist due to injury.

Of course the Blackhawks weren't going to sign just anybody to be their goaltender.

Speaking of goalies, Ducks coach Randy Carlyle said he is sticking with goaltender John Gibson, even though he has Ryan Miller, who has 28 playoff wins, on his bench.

This week he tells the story of another fallen player, Merrimack goaltender Joe Exter, who has wavered between critical and serious condition since colliding with a Boston College player.

HOCKEY — Thingshave been going so well for the Flames, the Smythe Division leaders, that lastweek goaltender Rick Wamsley complained of boredom.

Their phenomenal Offense led to an easy night on the Defensive end and last year's Championship Goaltender, Drew Bienhoff, earned the first shutout of the Season.

It was a day when that much - abused city finally laughed at the world, a day when Bobby Clarke, the gap - toothed diabetic rink rat with the guts of 10 dozen burglars, and Bernie Parent, the nimble goaltender, skated around the frenzied streamer - filled Spectrum holding the Stanley Cup aloft for Kate Smith and the whole world to see.

This is where I stand on the issue and why it is three games or higher: It was deliberate; the puck was not even in the same zip code as Staal; Morrissey went out of his way to do it; Staal is in the high slot, not even a danger to the goaltender; Morrissey actually had to reach up to do this, it didn't glance off of a shoulder, it was just as much high sticking as a crosscheck.

All we needed was a goaltender who could hold the opposition to 2 or 3 goals, because we could out - score that (except for the Red Wings, of course, which we ended up loosing 6 - 5).

With the exception of Jimmy Watson, they lack puck - carrying finesse, and are not much of a threat to rifle blue - line bullets past rival goaltenders.

Get Lehner cheap, for one year, and worry about the backup goaltender after they've rounded out rest of the team, like bottom 4 D and bottom 6 forwards.

It's something the Maple Leafs can build off of after the loss, knowing that their goaltender is locked in for the series.

It's pretty fitting that after plenty of great moves and great saves that the only goal comes off a trickling shot that barely got past the goaltender.

But if you have to pick one of them with a gun to your head as being «best goaltender», then the numbers say Kinkaid.

Granted his opposing goaltender was far out of the net from bringing the ball up, but for him to score and have the ball get to the net without bouncing is extremely impressive.

The Hurricanes appeared primed to make a leap forward this season, but Francis» choice of Scott Darling as the Hurricanes» new No. 1 goaltender has been an abject disaster and two of his other offseason acquisitions — Marcus Krueger and Josh Jooris — were waived last month.

Only 11... since an early - morning car crash on Sunday, Nov. 10 claimed the life of the Flyers» puckish and popular All - Star goaltender, Pelle Lindbergh, at the age of 26.

Denver Pioneers goaltender Juho Olkinuora might have made the save of the year on Friday night against North Dakota.

Poignantly, the only thing now holding them back seems to be the lack of a frontline goaltender.

The goaltender has also won a handful of awards since starting his NHL career in 2007.

On Wednesday night during overtime, the Swiss right winger blew by Winnipeg Jets defenseman Zach Bogosian right through the middle of the ice, beating goaltender Ondrej Pavelec under his blocker.

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

Lower seeded teams consistently ride their hot goaltender — such as Tim Thomas» of the Bruins last season — to big upsets and surprising playoff runs.

The Monster Hulking Capitals goaltender Olaf Kolzig, a.k.a. Godzilla, has not only shed his backup status but has also emerged as one of the NHL's premier players by finally taming his ferocious temper

The ex-Philadelphia Flyer goaltender has been playing great lately, taking over the starting job from rookie Darcy Kuemper and winning three of his last four starts.

That proved to be enough of a cushion for goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy, who stopped 35 shots to earn his NHL - leading 35th win.

How Buffalo fares may well depend on the health of two players, Goaltender Gerry Desjardins and Right Wing Danny Gare.

No goaltender this postseason has been as impressive as Pekka Rinne, who has a goals - against average of 1.70 and a save percentage of.941 through the first three rounds.

After Point beat Capitals goaltender Braden Holtby with a power - play goal at 2:30, Kunitz scored on a deflection at 16:00 before Point split two defenders and delivered a backhander for his 23rd goal of the season at 17:52.

How that negates his entire career of being a borderline elite goaltender is beyond me.

With Goaltender Gilles Meloche and Defensemen Bob Stewart, Greg Smith and Rick Hampton, CLEVELAND still is a team of promise.

Once again Marcel Dionne (53 goals and 122 points) and Goaltender Rogatien Vachon (2.72 goals - against average) are the aces of the LOS ANGELES Kings.

Goaltender Goran Hogosta and Defenseman Stefan Persson, the Islanders almost certainly will be trading either a goaltender or a defenseman — or maybe one of each — in an attempt to acquire a forward with proven 35 - goaGoaltender Goran Hogosta and Defenseman Stefan Persson, the Islanders almost certainly will be trading either a goaltender or a defenseman — or maybe one of each — in an attempt to acquire a forward with proven 35 - goagoaltender or a defenseman — or maybe one of each — in an attempt to acquire a forward with proven 35 - goal ability.

Nicklas Backstrom, Michal Kempny and Andre Burakovsky also scored against New Jersey, and Braden Holtby stopped 23 of the 26 shots in his final chance to show he deserves to be Washington's Game 1 starting goaltender over Philipp Grubauer.

A perfect performance from future Hall of Fame goaltender Martin Brodeur and a three - goal outburst early in the third period spurred the New Jersey Devils to a 4 - 0 win over the Florida Panthers to send their Eastern Conference Quarterfinal series back to the Sunshine State on Saturday night tied at two games apiece.

Much of the scoring decline was thanks to goaltenders switching from the stand - up style to the butterfly.

Yeah they ran into a hot goaltender but outside of the top line who is there to really fear?