Jonas Siegel has a great blog post up today listing 10 games this season where the Leafs gave up a cluster of goals in a very short time. For those of you scoring at home, that means the Leafs have been torched for multiple goals in three minutes or less in 30% of their games this season.
I wanted to take Jonas' nice research one step further and add a goaltending column to see if there was any sort of pattern...
|
Date |
Opponent |
Goalie |
Result |
Final Outcome |
|
October 23rd |
Philadelphia |
Giguere |
Two goals in 1:51 |
Loss (5-2) |
|
November 2nd |
Ottawa |
Giguere |
Two goals in 2:26 |
Loss (3-2) |
|
November 3rd |
Washington |
Gustavsson |
Two goals in 0:53 |
Shootout Loss (5-4) |
|
November 9th |
Tampa |
Giguere |
Two goals in 0:19 |
Loss (4-0) |
|
November 16th |
Nashville |
Giguere |
Three goals in 3:30 |
Win (5-4) |
|
November 26th |
Buffalo |
Gustavsson |
Two goals in 1:45 |
Loss (3-1) |
|
December 2nd |
Edmonton |
Giguere |
Two goals in 0:36 |
Loss (5-0) |
|
December 8th |
Pittsburgh |
Gustavsson |
Three goals in 3:08 |
Loss (5-2) |
|
December 9th |
Philadelphia |
Giguere |
Two goals in 1:19 |
Loss (4-1) |
|
December 16th |
Calgary |
Giguere |
Three goals in 0:57 |
Loss (5-2) |
And indeed there is: J.S. Giguere has been in goal for 7 of the 10 games where the Leafs were torched.
To my mind, this pattern of clustered goals against, coupled with a longitudinal look at Giguere's save percentage (nicely assembled by our own SkinnyFish) is yet further evidence of Giguere's ongoing decline.
Looking at his play of late, I hope Gustavsson gets the bulk of starts going forward and that Burke and the MLSE brain trust are working out what their goaltending options are for next year.
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