The Consistency Of Brent Johnson
by J.P. on Dec 13, 2008 11:50 AM EST
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With last night's win, Brent Johnson is now 15-6-3 with a 2.31 goals against average and .923 save percentage in 25 starts under Bruce Boudreau. Granted, there are five goalies who have started more games this season alone than Johnson has in his year-plus span, but what is perhaps most remarkable about Johnny's run has been his consistency.
We touched on it the other day - only twice has Johnson surrendered more than three goals in a start since Gabby took over. Here's what that sort of dependability looks like graphically:
For almost the entirety of Boudreau's tenure, and despite an inconsistent workload and an ever-changing group of defensemen in front of him, Johnson's GAA has been below 2.50 and his save percentage above .915.
It must be nice for a coach and his team to know what to expect from their goaltender on a nightly basis, no?
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Varlamov
With Johnny saying he was pretty sore after last night’s game, do they go with Varlamov tonight?
by b.orr4 on Dec 13, 2008 12:03 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
What, is Stretch hurt?
I’m sure it depends on how Johnny feels after that flight and the morning skate. If he can’t go, Gabby won’t hesitate to use “Varly.”
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by J.P. on Dec 13, 2008 12:13 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Update: Varlamov to start
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by J.P. on Dec 13, 2008 12:14 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Predictions? Mine is Varly (why does every hockey nickname have to end in “y”?) let’s in three but Caps win 5-3.
by b.orr4 on Dec 13, 2008 12:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Btw, if someone were to say that this post was largely an excuse to post a chart with a cool background image in it, I’m not sure I could adequately defend against the charge.
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by J.P. on Dec 13, 2008 6:28 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
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