Best Goalie Performance Against Your Team in the Playoffs That You've Witnessed
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I was a lot younger and not as obsessed as I am now but I still wouldnt put that over Holtby. Dafoe stunk in that series.
FerrisRox
"Wanna go, Prettyboy?"
I think Joseph was much better in a couple of upset performances as an Oiler.
He certainly had a good series for the Blues in '93, but while his save totals were quite high, Pat Burns had Toronto throwing the puck on net from everywhere and at almost every opportunity. There were dozens and dozens of saves in those games that were ridiculously easy.
It was almost like the strategy was the Gilmour line could go out and try to score and everybody else just throw the puck on net the first chance you get.
I’m waiting to see what Wild fans say. I predict it will be Jake Allen, but maybe they’ve seen other instances.
Romang67
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In 2003, Giguere held them to 1 goal in 4 games. 3 shutouts, 122 saves for a .992 save percentage.
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Mike Smith against the Hawks in 2012. If he didn’t have that obnoxious Shaw dive in the series and wasn’t such a douche in general, his performance would’ve gotten a lot more appreciation
Jake Allen against the Wild in 2017. People forget that the "mediocre" Wild finished second in the League that year. Allen Faced 52 shots in the first game, and saved all but one. Dubnyk faced half the many shots, and let in twice the amount. Allen was solid for the rest of the series, letting in only one goal three times. Had something like a .955 save percentage.
Best playoff goaltending I ever saw was Dryden in his pre- rookie year against the Bruins. Montreal had some great names, but some were too old, some too young. The Bruins were a record setting powerhouse with most of their players in their prime. Dryden stopped them...it wasn't till after the next season that he won ROY.
Best playoff goaltending I ever saw was Dryden in his pre- rookie year against the Bruins. Montreal had some great names, but some were too old, some too young. The Bruins were a record setting powerhouse with most of their players in their prime. Dryden stopped them...it wasn't till after the next season that he won ROY.
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Halak in 2010 - Every Caps and Pens fan
JT Kreider
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I was so nervous during the 3OT game in 2012 that I'm pretty sure I froze up when Gaborik scored and just went to bed without saying a single word and woke up at 1 pm the next day.
Discipline Daddy
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Shout out to Jose Theodore's ridiculous year in 2002.
As a Canes fan, it's very weird to answer this question. It seems like forever that we've had mediocre-to-historically-bad goaltending for us. However, in the playoffs, we tend to get exceptional goaltending. We also tend to find a way through amazing goalies, so it seems. Like in 2002, Jose Theodore was totally unstoppable for the first three games. Then, in game 4, we had the Miracle at Moulson. We came back from a 3 goal deficit in the 3rd and won in OT. Next game, we spotted 5 on Theo. In game 6, we scored EIGHT, including one goal 25 seconds in and the first five goals of the game, all in the 1st. I know Theo was even pulled in that one, but I think Fiset might have also been pulled later. I can't remember. We broke him.
Same with Jersey. For whatever reason, the Canes always owned Brodeur in the playoffs. We beat them in '02, '06, and '09 in pretty epic fashion each time. The last game in 2009 was straight ridiculous.
In my hockey memory (2001 - onward), the best goalie performance against us, overall, for a whole series, was Tuukka Rask last year when the Bruins swept us. Tuukka was excellent, for sure, but the story there was Boston's domination. It's not right to say we lost b/c of Tuukka. We were thoroughly outclassed, especially on special teams. Ryan Miller in 2006 was phenomenal too.
As a Leafs fan it might be Arthurs Irbe in the 2002 ECF
Yeah didn't read the replies before I posted but yeah that was it.
that 02 team had so much heart.
LeafsNation75
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It also sucked they had suffered so many injuries and the funny thing is when they got Sundin and Tucker back for Game 2 against Carolina, they ended up losing that day and eventually going down 3-1 before getting eliminated in Game 6.
The Islanders series battered them. I was surprised they beat the Sens in round 2. That series vs NYI was the most physical I've ever seen. I don't think Sundin was ever healthy when coming back. Guys like Alan Mccauley really stepped up and were unsung heroes that playoffs.
LeafsNation75
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It was also unfortunate that they had to come back from 3-2 against the Senators and win that series in a Game 7 which was the second one they already played after the Islanders series. I'm referring to how in Game 5 when Alfredsson did that illegal check from behind on Tucker and scored the game winning goal seconds later. If that game went to overtime and they lost that's understandable, however it never should have ended like how saw.
That was the worst sequence of a missed call turning into a goal I've seen. Even worse than Gretzky/Gilmour (1993). To be fair I was born in 93, and didn't see that lol.
But yeah we had to go through grueling battles vs NYI/OTT and the Canes got the Devils/Habs. If we were full strength, we beat them imo. That said, Detroit rolls us in the finals.
CheldishGamibno
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Giguere. And I don't want to talk about it.
LeafsNation75
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99.9% Toronto ends up losing to Detroit, although I think they make it a close series. If Carolina was able to win 1 game against them and lost another one in triple overtime, Toronto could have done that and pushed it to at least six games.
JaegerDice
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Mike. ****ing. Smith.
2012.
The Blackhawks just dominated every game of that series, but Smith would barely let anything past. It was obnoxious and deeply frustrating.
2012.
The Blackhawks just dominated every game of that series, but Smith would barely let anything past. It was obnoxious and deeply frustrating.
Tkachuk4MVP
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