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In numbers: the Habs will face one of the worst goalies in the NHL tonight
Marc-Olivier Cook
In numbers: the Habs will face one of the worst goalies in the NHL tonight
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To quote Martin St-Louis, the habs are about to play their most important game of the season tonight.

It takes a win to improve the chances of participating in the playoffs and it takes a good effort from all players because the Panthers have a good team on paper.

The habs will have a great opportunity to take advantage of this… because they will be facing one of the worst goalies in the NHL tonight.

Paul Maurice will trust Vitek Vanecek for the game.

The goalkeeper will play his fourth game with the Panthers since the transaction that allowed him to leave San Jose.

But even if Vanecek has proven himself in the past, his numbers this season are really… awful.

And I’m not exaggerating.

Among the 72 NHL goalies who have played at least 10 games this season, Vanecek finds himself… :

  • In 62nd place for efficiency rate (.884)
  • In 70th place for average goals allowed (3.75)
  • In 64th place for wins (4)

In fact, he’s having a miserable season.

And the habs will have to find a way to take advantage of this situation. It would also allow the habs to sweep the series against the Panthers this season :

This is really a crucial game for the habs tonight.

The Blue Jackets will face the poor Predators, the Sens will face the miserable Sabres, the Islanders will face the Lightning…

For the habs to be able to think about the playoffs, they must win games regularly from now until the end of the season.

And again, the Panthers are giving the habs a nice gift by sending Vanecek to the net tonight.

The moment would be perfect for the habs to climb to 79 points in the Eastern standings :

(Credit: LNH.com )

I’m looking forward to seeing what happens.

The important thing will be to build on the win on Sunday afternoon in Florida and it’s a good thing because the habs know their opponents well.


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– The Golden Knights are having fun.

– Hum…

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