That's the debate here. Everyone keeps saying well he only allowed 2 goals, yeah but the 2 goals were both bad goals. It's like we just accept 2 bad goals a game with him because it's only 2, it's ridiculous.
The Pastrnak goal Samsonov did nothing. He watched Pastrnak skate in, let Pastrnak go cross-crease, didn't bother to use his stick at all, and then let Pastrnak beat him to his own far post. Pastrnak didn't even lift the puck, he just beat Samsonov to the post. Woll and Swayman actually use their stick and poke check. Look at Swayman was challenging the breakaways, he was always using his stick early.
I agree that Woll could had save both goals but that still doesn’t mean Leafs would had won the game. We don’t know how Bruins will play with the empty net, maybe they will score there or Leafs score an empty net.
We also don’t know what would happen if the OT kept going.
Then we can point to why did Keefe played the 4th line after scoring a goal.
Or how come MM didn’t even try to block Pastra just a little bit when he enter the zone. Or how Reilly was late reacting to that pass.
Or the fact that if only AM, JT and MM actually score ONE goal in the regulation, the game would had been 2-0 or end with 2-1.
Sad thing is that, I really don’t recall AM, MM and JT having a great scoring chance in the game. I just remembered Willie had a great one in the first period.
We can all point to Sammy letting in goals but what about our top guys didn’t even generate a great chance on Swayman or bury one or two pass Swayman to get a 3-0 lead.
Colorado has way more depth than us. Lots of teams won the cup 2-1 and 1-0. Tampa was notorious for doing that. St. Louis did that. It happens more often than not that low scoring teams win the cup.
The Avs were the exception, not the rule.
Honestly, I am not saying Sammy lost the game what I am saying is that our top guys also lost the game by not scoring.
Both things can be true at the same time.