The way that posters on here fabricate stats to paint him in a negative light and post about how bad he is playing when he straight up isn't tells me otherwise.
And by what metric did he not have a good game tonight? His save percentage was good, he saved over a goal above expected and went 2/3 on Anaheim's breakaways. Even the second goal he let in wasn't an easy stop because there was a ton of traffic in front. If he let in two or three of those I'd be disappointed but it was his only non-breakaway goal against of the night.
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This is going to sounds bad but im curious if you actually watched the game or just the highlights. I see a lot of fans who look at box scores and draw conclusions from them. If you did that's fine but I saw a goaltender who:
1. Couldn't track the puck
2. Slow to react
3. Unable to move laterally
4. Looked shakey in net
5. Had shots go past him but didn't wind up in the net.
Against a better team, I don't think Skinner is as lucky.
After playing 38 minutes of hockey, Edmonton only gave up 2 high danger scoring chances 5v5. Edmonton had 8 high danger chances during that same stretch with only 1 goal to show for it. Scoring chances were also 20-10 for the Oilers.
Skinner then let's in a goal on only the 3rd high danger shot. The shot itself shouldn't have went in. I dont get why his legs were wide open when he should be down in the butterfly. You need him to make a big save at that moment.
So despite dominating Edmonton goes into the 3rd period only up 2-1. Dostal is having a great game. Edmonton doesn't do themselves any favour's trying to pass the puck in the net and when they do have a wide open net, they goalie makes a save, they get a block or we hit the post. Our offence looks way more dangerous than anaheims but can't buy a goal to this point.
Anaheim has life heading into the 3rd period now. You just know Anaheim is going to get a break and they end up going on the powerplay. The shot is a muffin from the point. Skinner can see him even with traffic in front. From that far out you can't be getting beat. That was the only chance on the ducks PP and it goes in.
At some point we have to stop outscoring our problems and have a goaltender that can win a 2-1 game every once in a while. The Oilers rank 5th in the league in high danger chances against but still have goalies who can't make a save. Skinner ranks around 40th in goals saved above expected.
The most frustrating part was that Skinner was that Skinner was getting beat. Skinner was lucky but Anaheim could have won this game 4-2 with the way he's was playing.
