You just asked for goal differential, I gave you all situations straight from NHL.com, I figured you of all people would be concerned about the end result since special teams goals count for exactly the same as ES when they check the score at the end of the game.
And had more net front presence, to not only block goalie's vision but get chances on rebounds.
Ullmark's never beaten Carolina so I'd put Forsberg in. If Forsberg plays really well and we win, then I'd ride him till he loses. If he plays so so, then put Ullmark in for Edm/Vegas games.
In the LA game, Forsey allowed 3 goals on 9 shots then Soogard allowed 4 on 17 shots. So now, they've all had a stinker. If LA had gotten average goaltending, we would've lost that game. If Philly goalie played his current average (.850), we would've won this one.
Doesn't bode well for us on Saturday. Carolina is very hard to beat at home and they'll be grumpy after that loss.
Maybe Perron plays tomorrow, he's travelling with the team. Would like to see the APP line reunited (Amadio, Pinto, Perron). They had some real chemistry before Pinto's injury and Perron's personal leave.
I like when Chris Stevenson is on the show, he calls a spade a spade. He called out Ullmark, Sanderson and Kleven who didn't have good games.
I doubt it’s confusing him. Chabot actually said the system is very black and white this year, so it seems Green simplified things for them.
He's never beaten Carolina where Forsberg has 3-3-1 record against them I believe. If we want Ullmark to get going, not sure that's the game to start with IMO. I'd wait till Edm/Vegas games unless Forsberg plays extremely well. Sens need the points, ride the hot hand.
He played lights out in that one period in pre-season where he faced 26 shots. Then again against the Panthers as Sens were kinda flat the 1st two periods, Ullmark kept them in it. It's been since his injury. He says he's healthy but his positional play, tracking and timing seem to be a little off. Even he says he's not sure where his game is at and that was before this game. We've seen what he can do when he's on, just hope it doesn't take too long for him to figure it out.
I seem to recall that Sanderson was out of position and going to the other side and skated in front of Ullmark which created the screen. Ullmark didn't see the shot until it was too late. Gord Miller and Noodles even mentioned it during the broadcast.
Weird schedule this year. They've played mostly playoff teams so far but few of the bottom 5 from last year (only Montreal). After those 4 games, they play Calgary, SJS, LAK, Ducks, Red Wings and Nashville after, all winnable games IMO. If they keep playing the way they've been playing, they can make up a lot of ground against those teams.
Your logic escapes me. If he plays between .905 and .915 the rest of the way, we'll win more games than we lose unless the scoring drys up. I don't consider those numbers standing on his head. It's harder to move the overall needle up the more games you play. If he starts playing better, the annual sv% will be meaningless. I want to see what the sv% is for both of our goalies for the games they play in the next couple of months as that would be a better indicator of whether we make the playoffs or not IMO.
Yep, pretty sure that will be discussed in the post-game session with the team.
Yeah you’re right. I rewatched and first goal wasn’t as bad as I originally thought. Sanderson being in way but not blocking it played a role for sure.
We were talking about even strength. So if you’re gonna hop into a convo maybe you should know what the topic of conversation is, no?
I hope you're right because he has less pressure now than before. Chabot and Jensen are playing really well so it's no longer all up to him and Zub.
There was a screen, but Ullmark was moving very slow, out of position himself, and reacted too slowly.
That's funny, it seemed to me your concern was about pts being wasted in winnable games if the level of play doesn't keep up. Pts are awarded based on the final score from all situations not just ES, so I figured that would matter most to you.
I noticed that there weren’t a lot of shots with traffic in front of the net. The one goal we got later in the game we had traffic and that is what made it more conspicuous I thought.
