The Macho King
Back* to Back** World Champion
- Jun 22, 2011
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Patrick Roy's 1993 playoff is legendary. Ten straight OT wins and a Conn Smythe trophy at the end of it.
I got to thinking - how does it compare to Vasilevskiy's 2020 playoffs?
There are three total components I think deserve to be looked at. First - win/loss record. Second - time on ice/GAA. Third, saves. Full disclosure - I don't have the save numbers for OT specifically. I'll look into it later when I have some more time but for now I'm just looking at the first two.
Roy had 11 games go to extra time, and went 10-1 in those. Vasilevskiy, by comparison, only had 8 go into extra time (I'm excluding the round robin where there was an additional OT but that was by regular season rules and in a game that didn't matter). He went 6-2 in those games.
This seems clearly in Roy's favor. But time on ice stats paint a different picture.
In Vasilevskiy's 8 games, he spent 213 minutes on ice, allowing 2 goals. In comparison, in Roy's 11 games, he spent about 110 minutes on ice, allowing 1 goal. Additionally, Roy had two OTs finish in the first minute of the extra period. Vasilevskiy played in 4 games that went past one OT (one that went 5), while Roy only played in one multi-OT game.
Shots against would be interesting to look at in the extra periods - I don't have the shot breakdowns by period in front of me so I didn't want to pollute the analysis by making a conjecture one way or the other as to their workload in the extra period.
I'm not saying Vasilevskiy's OT record eclipses Roy, or that his postseason was better. There are a ton of factors in Vasi's favor that Roy didn't have. He had a much stronger team in front of him, and a much stronger defense. Outside of Boston in the second round, the Lightning were clear favorites in every series, whereas the Habs were not seen as strong.
But I did want to contextualize just *how nuts* Vasilevskiy was in bonus hockey last season, because I do think that in the analysis and love given to guys like Hedman, Point, and Kucherov, Vasilevskiy's OT record was historically good and overlooked.
I got to thinking - how does it compare to Vasilevskiy's 2020 playoffs?
There are three total components I think deserve to be looked at. First - win/loss record. Second - time on ice/GAA. Third, saves. Full disclosure - I don't have the save numbers for OT specifically. I'll look into it later when I have some more time but for now I'm just looking at the first two.
Roy had 11 games go to extra time, and went 10-1 in those. Vasilevskiy, by comparison, only had 8 go into extra time (I'm excluding the round robin where there was an additional OT but that was by regular season rules and in a game that didn't matter). He went 6-2 in those games.
This seems clearly in Roy's favor. But time on ice stats paint a different picture.
In Vasilevskiy's 8 games, he spent 213 minutes on ice, allowing 2 goals. In comparison, in Roy's 11 games, he spent about 110 minutes on ice, allowing 1 goal. Additionally, Roy had two OTs finish in the first minute of the extra period. Vasilevskiy played in 4 games that went past one OT (one that went 5), while Roy only played in one multi-OT game.
Shots against would be interesting to look at in the extra periods - I don't have the shot breakdowns by period in front of me so I didn't want to pollute the analysis by making a conjecture one way or the other as to their workload in the extra period.
I'm not saying Vasilevskiy's OT record eclipses Roy, or that his postseason was better. There are a ton of factors in Vasi's favor that Roy didn't have. He had a much stronger team in front of him, and a much stronger defense. Outside of Boston in the second round, the Lightning were clear favorites in every series, whereas the Habs were not seen as strong.
But I did want to contextualize just *how nuts* Vasilevskiy was in bonus hockey last season, because I do think that in the analysis and love given to guys like Hedman, Point, and Kucherov, Vasilevskiy's OT record was historically good and overlooked.