Barring anything unforseen, these should be the goalie tandems for the start of the playoffs:
Knights: Fleury/Lehner
Avs: Grubauer/Johansson
Blues: Binnington/Husso
Lightning: Vasilevskiy/McElhinney
Jets: Hellebuyck/Brossoit
Pens: Jarry/???. Pens are gonna have to lean heavily on Jarry. DeSmith's status is unkown after being injured in practice on Friday.
Bruins: Rask/Swayman. It appears that Halak has played his last game for the B's. (https://www.pressherald.com/2021/05/12/bruins-notebook-rookie-jeremy-swayman-named-no-2-goalie-for-playoffs)
Wild: Talbot/Kahkonen
Caps: Vanecek/Samsonov. Laviolette is being hush-hush about who will start game 1 on Saturday but my guess is it'll be Vanecek.
Canes: Mrazek/Reimer
Panthers: Bobrovksy/Driedger
Preds: Saros/Rinne: Saros has been the reason why the Preds are in this position and not waiting for the draft.
Leafs: Campbell/Andersen: Campbell (17-2-2 on the season) will start. Freddy is expected to start game 4 on the 2nd of back to back nights.
Oilers: Smith/Koskinen
Habs: Price/Allen
Isles: Varlamov/Sorokin
Will post news as it comes. Here's to an exciting playoffs.
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Barring anything unforseen, these should be the goalie tandems for the start of the playoffs:
Knights: Fleury/Lehner
Avs: Grubauer/Johansson
Blues: Binnington/Husso
Lightning: Vasilevskiy/McElhinney
Jets: Hellebuyck/Brossoit
Pens: Jarry/???. Pens are gonna have to lean heavily on Jarry. DeSmith's status is unkown after being injured in practice on Friday.
Bruins: Rask/Swayman. It appears that Halak has played his last game for the B's. (https://www.pressherald.com/2021/05/12/bruins-notebook-rookie-jeremy-swayman-named-no-2-goalie-for-playoffs)
Wild: Talbot/Kahkonen
Caps: Vanecek/Samsonov. Laviolette is being hush-hush about who will start game 1 on Saturday but my guess is it'll be Vanecek.
Canes: Mrazek/Reimer
Panthers: Bobrovksy/Driedger
Preds: Saros/Rinne: Saros has been the reason why the Preds are in this position and not waiting for the draft.
Leafs: Campbell/Andersen: Campbell (17-2-2 on the season) will start. Freddy is expected to start game 4 on the 2nd of back to back nights.
Oilers: Smith/Koskinen
Habs: Price/Allen
Isles: Varlamov/Sorokin
Will post news as it comes. Here's to an exciting playoffs.
oilers/jets could be a bunch of high scoring affairs
I'm of the opinion that with that porous defense, Hellebuyck will have to stand on his head for the Jets to win. That said, he can do it and the Jets can score in bunches too.
Saros a massive wildcard in the canes/preds series.....if he lights out the canes in trouble
Agreed. He's been great and could definitely steal some games. I still think the Canes are just too good.
Lehner getting the nod over the flower i assume??
I'm not so sure. I have nothing to go on but Fleury was solid down the stretch and allowed 2 or less goals in his final 9 starts.
avs and lightning better hope their #1s stay healthy
No doubt.
pens/isles screaming low scoring games to me, see how it plays out
I think we see an upset in this series. Isles' goaltending is crazy good and they can score too.
like samsonov better than vanecek....curious to see what the caps do
I think the Caps are in trouble with this duo. Oddsmakers seem to think so, too.
does playoff binnington show up? avs could be in trouble if he does, but avs the way better team
Like Saros, Binnington can steal games but yes...the Avs are the much better team.
florida/tampa screaming high scoring games and then you see their starting goalies and wonder....bob and vasi 2 of the best
Respectfully disagree. Vasy is one of the best in the league, IMO. Bob is not.
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oilers/jets could be a bunch of high scoring affairs
I'm of the opinion that with that porous defense, Hellebuyck will have to stand on his head for the Jets to win. That said, he can do it and the Jets can score in bunches too.
Saros a massive wildcard in the canes/preds series.....if he lights out the canes in trouble
Agreed. He's been great and could definitely steal some games. I still think the Canes are just too good.
Lehner getting the nod over the flower i assume??
I'm not so sure. I have nothing to go on but Fleury was solid down the stretch and allowed 2 or less goals in his final 9 starts.
avs and lightning better hope their #1s stay healthy
No doubt.
pens/isles screaming low scoring games to me, see how it plays out
I think we see an upset in this series. Isles' goaltending is crazy good and they can score too.
like samsonov better than vanecek....curious to see what the caps do
I think the Caps are in trouble with this duo. Oddsmakers seem to think so, too.
does playoff binnington show up? avs could be in trouble if he does, but avs the way better team
Like Saros, Binnington can steal games but yes...the Avs are the much better team.
florida/tampa screaming high scoring games and then you see their starting goalies and wonder....bob and vasi 2 of the best
Respectfully disagree. Vasy is one of the best in the league, IMO. Bob is not.
Vitek Vanecek is the first goalie off the ice at the end of the Capitals morning skate, so he appears to be the starting goalie for Game 1 vs. the Bruins tonight.
Vitek Vanecek is the first goalie off the ice at the end of the Capitals morning skate, so he appears to be the starting goalie for Game 1 vs. the Bruins tonight.
Unconfirmed but still a no-brainer Col: Grubauer StL: Binnington TB: Vasilevskiy Wpg: Hellebuyck Pit: Jarry Nsh: Saros Bos: Rask Edm: Smith
Probable VGK: Fleury Min: Talbot Car: Mrazek Mtl: Price (Provided he's healthy. Otherwise, Allen will start). NY: Varlamov (Left Monday's game early with a small strain but it appears he's ready for game 1 as he was practicing on Saturday).
Unconfirmed but still a no-brainer Col: Grubauer StL: Binnington TB: Vasilevskiy Wpg: Hellebuyck Pit: Jarry Nsh: Saros Bos: Rask Edm: Smith
Probable VGK: Fleury Min: Talbot Car: Mrazek Mtl: Price (Provided he's healthy. Otherwise, Allen will start). NY: Varlamov (Left Monday's game early with a small strain but it appears he's ready for game 1 as he was practicing on Saturday).
Unconfirmed but still a no-brainer Col: Grubauer StL: Binnington TB: Vasilevskiy Wpg: Hellebuyck Pit: Jarry Nsh: Saros Edm: Smith
Probable VGK: Fleury Car: Mrazek Mtl: Price (Provided he's healthy. Otherwise, Allen will start). NY: Varlamov (Left Monday's game early with a small strain but it appears he's ready for game 1 as he was practicing on Saturday).
Unconfirmed but still a no-brainer Col: Grubauer StL: Binnington TB: Vasilevskiy Wpg: Hellebuyck Pit: Jarry Nsh: Saros Edm: Smith
Probable VGK: Fleury Car: Mrazek Mtl: Price (Provided he's healthy. Otherwise, Allen will start). NY: Varlamov (Left Monday's game early with a small strain but it appears he's ready for game 1 as he was practicing on Saturday).
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