Vasi played really well - obviously. He's been great since the bubble started - you can count his stinkers on one hand in the past ~40 starts.
I don't want to overstate how his lift has been though. I still think the only "grade A" chance he saw last night was the Cogliano alone in the slot. The D did a good job of forcing shots from bad areas and letting Vasi see them. Even the "breakaway" - by the time Hintz got clear of the defender to shoot he was already at the edge of the blue paint with no chance to lift the puck (I thought Foote played that really well actually). If you watch the highlights last night it looks like a pretty boring night. And I think it was - last night's game was boring. But it isn't our boys job to entertain the Dallas crowd, so I'm fine with that.
That's probably the biggest difference on this team right now. The D doesn't really break down. We're better at relieving pressure. It's really hard to enter our zone with control, and when you're there you get pressured right away. And sending a pass across the slot is impossible right now on the PP or even strength.
Vasi is stopping every shot he's *supposed to*, and a handful of shots he shouldn't. And that's what you want from a goalie making that much dough.