(sotto voce) Thomas was by and large poor against TB that year. Of course, winning 1-0 in Game 7 changes the perception of that, but he was not good in that series.
Obv he was ridiculous the rest of that run.
I did a relatively deep dive on stats comparing 11/13/19 yesterday for a group text thread and below is what I came up with:
Thomas 2011 playoffs
.940/1.98/.68 qs%/20.7 gssa/4 shutouts
Rask 2013 playoffs
.940/1.88/.77 qs&/12.8 gsaa/3 shutouts
Rask 2019 Playoffs
.934/2.02/.79 qs %/13.0 gsaa/2 shutouts
In both cup runs, rask gave his team more of a chance to win than thomas did (based on the QS% stat)...but also didnt steal as many goals and games as thomas.
in 2011 thomas gave up 4 or more goals 5 times, team record was 2-3 (one of those wins came 5-4 OT against Montreal in game 4 of round 1, if the team offense doesnt step up that night, the rest of the run likely doesnt happen).
in 2013 rask gave up 4 or more goals 5 times, team record was 1-4.
in 2019 rask gave up 4 or more goals 4 times, team record was 1-3.
If the 2013 and 2019 offenses step up in just one more game each season, Rask probably has two stanley cups. Conversely, if they don't in 2011, Thomas has none.