Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Goalies In Trouble

Jose Theodore, goalie of the Panthers, has faced 79 shots in only  2 games played.
Teams letting the most shots through
1. Columbus Blue Jackets Sergei Bobrovsky has been the only goalie to step foot in the crease for the Jackets and even though he has faced 76 shots in two games he has 1-1 record with the loss coming in overtime.
2. Florida Panthers In three games so far Jose Theodore has been in the net for two and Scott Clemmensen for one. Clemmensen let in 4 of 33 shots against Montreal last night in the teams 4-1 loss. Theodore ahs been much busier averaging 39.5 shots against a game while only letting in 5 for .973 save percentage and 1-1 record.
3. Dallas Stars Kari Lehtonen and Christopher Nilstorp have split the duties with 2 and 1 game respectively. Lehtonen has had 80 pucks fly at him and 4 have found their way into the back of the net in his 2 wins. Nilstorp suffered a 1-0 loss against the Wild letting in a Zach Parise goal.
4. Tampa Bay Lightning Anders Lindback has faced 74 shots against in just two games, a whopping 44 of them in the team's 4-3 loss to the Islanders. Mathieu Garon stepped in against Carolina saving 35 of 36 shots in the team's impressive 4-1 win.
5. Washington Capitals Braden Holtby has been the lone ranger for the Caps. In two losses he has a .863 save percentage letting in 10 goals on 73 shots.
6. New York Rangers Longtime starter Henrik Lundqvist faced 52 shots in two games played. He let in 5 goals against the Pens before he was relieved by veteran journey man Martin Biron who faced two shots only letting one in.
7. Detroit Red Wings Jimmy Howard has started all three games for the Red Wings letting in 10 goals on 93 shots. Let in 5 goals against the Blues on opening day before Jonas Gustavsson came in to play the last 19 minutes. Gustavsson faced 8 shots surrendering 1 goal.
8. Winnipeg Jets Ondrej Pavelec of the Czech Republic has played every minute and some of the team's 3 games. Has a 1-2 record including an overtime loss and faced 98 shots in those 3 games. The 7 goals he has let in gives him a 2.27 GAA and a SV% of .929.
9. Nashville Predators Pekka Rinne has been the number one but is losing in the win column to Chris Mason. Rinne has suffered two overtime losses facing 33.5 shots a game while Mason has a win against Nashville only letting in one of thirty shots.
10. Buffalo Sabres Ryan Miller has been the only goalie for the Sabres and he has limited opponents to 5 3 goals in 2 games. A .953 SV% on 64 shots has given him two wins (one of them was also partially given to him by Don Van Massenhoven, Steve Kozari.


NBA First Team
Guard- Kyrie Irving Cleveland 56.5 Went 16 from 25 from the field and went a perfect 7 for 7 from the field. Had a 1 to 1 assist to turnover ratio with 5 each which isn't too pretty. He did go off on the offensive end with 40 points while coming one foul from fouling out.
Guard- Brandon Jennings- Milwaukee 52 Scored 25 points in the team's 110-102 win over the Sixers. Also had 7 assists and 3 steals while going a perfect 6 for 6 from the line.
His Case for MVP
Grows Every Night
Forward- Kevin Durant- Oklahoma City 72 12 for 19 from the field while chipping in 7 rebounds and 7 assists. Scored 32 points while the Thunder nudged the Clippers 109-97.
Forward- Blake Griffin- LA Clippers 58.8 Had a turnover ratio of 1:1 with 5 of each in the loss to the Thunder. Threw in 31 points with 9 of those coming from his 10 Free Throw Attempts. Played well on the defensive side with 2 steals, 7 rebounds, and 1 shot block.
Forward- Ersan Ilyasova- Milwaukee 58 16 Rebounds and 27 assists for the double-double. 5 for 6 from the line while also stealing 3 times.

Other Notable Statistics
Jrue Holiday of the Sixers committed 8 turnovers in their loss to the Buck while also leading the NBA with 12 assists. 
Also for the Sixers, Thaddeus Young played over 44 of the 48 minutes.

NHL First Team
Forward- Gabriel Landeskog- Avalanche 16.5 Scored 1 goal in the team's 3-1 win over the Kings. Finished with a 2 +/-, 2 hits, 3 blocks, and 2 takeaways for an all around performance.
Forward- Parick Marleau- San Jose 15.2 In the team's 6-3 win over the Oilers he scored 2 goals including one on the powerplay as well as an assist finishing with a 1 +/-.
Played an impressive 29 minutes
last night
Forward- Joe Thornton- San Jose 15 Still a playmaker at his advanced age he had 3 assists last night and also went 6-4 at the faceoff dot. 
Forward- Michael Ryder- Dallas 14.3 2 goals and 2 PIM against the Red Wings in the team's 2-1 win.
Defensemen- Ryan Wilson- Colorado 13.2 1 assist and 3 blocked shots while finishing with a 2 +/- in the team's 3-1 win.
Defensemen- Andrei Markov- Montreal 12.9 2 goals (both on the PP) while also pushing two Panthers to the ground and blocking a shot. His one takeaway was negated by his two giveaways but the Canadians prevailed anyway 4-1.
Defensemen- Drew Doughty- LA 11.4 Despite the team's 3-1 loss to the Kings Doughty put up a pretty impressive performance. Played 29:53 minutes while getting 4 shots on net. His stamina is what earned him the spot on this list.
Martin Brodeur
Goalie- Karie Lehtonen- Dallas9 Faced 40 shots and saved 39 of them for a .975 SV% in the team's 2-1 win over the Wings.
Goalie- Mathieu Garon- Tampa Bay 8 In his first start of the yar he saved 35 of 36 shots as the Lightning won 4-1 over the Hurricanes.

Other Notable Stats
Martin Brodeur picked up the shutouts as the Pathetic Flyers fell to 0-2-1 0-3.
Devan Dubnyk had an NHL worse .647 SV% letting in 6 goals on just 17 shots. He is a pro so a turnaround is expected. The Oilers lost 6-3.
Alexei Emelin of the Canadians led the NHL with 9 hits last night, he currently has 15 on the year which is second to just Cal Clutterbuck of the Wild.



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