![]() Down a goal, you pull the goalie, score, go right down the ice and win a series, it happens." "I've seen things like that before, I've seen them in the playoffs. "That's the interesting thing about the sport is every puck that goes to the net is a chance, right? So, every once in a while, you'll get that unusual, you bang in two like that," Maurice said. Evgeny Svechnikov also scored, and Connor Hellebuyck made 32 saves for the Jets, who have won three straight. "It feels amazing obviously to come back and win that game."Īndrew Copp had a goal and two assists. "I think I had a lot of good chances, a lot of shots but I think tonight I just skated," said Ehlers, who also had an assist. Let’s go Hawks? Tale of the tape (statistics from last season)Ĥ8.45% (22nd) - Corsi For - 49.79% (16th)Ĥ6.93% (27th) - Expected goals for - 48.09 (24th)Ģ.97 (18th) - Goals per game - 3.30 (6th)ģ.06 (16th) - Goals against per game - 3.25 (28th)Ĩ2.1% (9th) - Penalty kill - 78.1:25 Winnipeg scores two goals 19 seconds apart in the third period to beat Anaheim 4-3. Let’s hope the Blackhawks can hurdle something. There’s a chance that goaltender is still somewhere in there.Īn already lowered bar from the start of the season somehow got lower after a deflating performance on Sunday in Sunrise. Bobrovsky led the league in shutouts the season before and has won two Vezinas. 900 save percentage and only one shutout in 48 starts. He disappointed in the regular season with a. ![]() ![]() Last year was Bobrovsky’s first in Florida after signing a massive 7-year, $70 million contract. 900).Īcross the way, the Panthers will also be switching netminders as Sergei Bobrovsky comes in after not being ready for game one. He proved better as the Hawks’ first game of the season wore on, going from three goals against in the first period to just one each in the others (and a. Malcolm Subban is, after all, a much better goaltender when not rusty. With the Blackhawks not having a morning skate before Tuesday’s game, though, this is just speculation.Īfter two bad performances, the spot where a change makes the most sense is in net. Perhaps Wyatt Kalynuk or Nicolas Beaudin get their first shot at the NHL this season. He could be a candidate to bench in favor of another young defenseman. Adam Boqvist was benched for much of the second period in game one against the Panthers after a particularly bad defensive play. That means there could be lineup adjustments. ![]() The Panthers are, notably, not the defending Stanley Cup champions. The Blackhawks were facing a rusty Florida team playing their first game of the season and still allowed the same number of goals as they did in each game against the Lightning. That’s due mainly to defensive lapses and goals that could have been saved as Collin Delia let in 3.67 goals above expected (although not entirely his fault). That didn’t translate onto the scoreboard, though, as Chicago again surrendered five goals. Three of the Blackhawks’ four main lines contributed to this with xGF% marks above 60 (the one that didn’t was Patrick Kane, Pius Suter and DeBrincat). For the first time this season, the Blackhawks were the better 5-on-5 possession team against the Panthers with a 58.4 percent Expected-Goals For percentage (xGF%). ![]()
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