Game 5 - Bruins v. Leafs
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This. I started mentioning it after Game 3, but he's had at least 3-4 chances now that an NHL player should have buried, and not only has he not, most of the time, he's missed wide, so he isn't even in a spot to get one of Anderson's juicy rebounds. With the chances he's had, the fact that he has one goal is a travesty, and may very well be the reason these teams are still playing each other.
Feel like line 3 has also been sneaky bad too. Really have not seen much from Riley and Heinen.
8 shots, drew 2 penalties.
Sucks he is snakebit, but he’s not floating around or invisible.
I agree, he's been a big disappointment and needs to bury those chances.
This is exactly who he was in NY. Did everything else well but couldn't score goals.
Great now because of this bullshit I’m out for a good chunk of G6 for a wake. Wife’s yiayia lived for 95 years but couldn’t hold on a few more days until a more convenient time for me to watch hockey.
Ok, but what is he supposed to do? Not shoot? Pass more?
He is making a positive impact. He’s creating scoring chances, putting them on the power play, and keeping play in the offensive end. The process is there. Just have to keep at it until they go in. It sucks the goals aren’t going in, but he’s been a positive.
I agree with you. I don't think he can do anything else differently. He's been a good player this series. He's had a ton of chances they just aren't going in.
I still feel like we're the better team. Even though I've done all the superstitious shit that I usually do. I should just trust the karma from this board.
So, on the same night the Bruins change goalies in a playoff game in 23 years, the Red Sox got no-hit for the first time in 25 years.
I need a new birthday.
I need a new birthday.
Backes is at least cleaning up some chances as the garbage man in front, but they’ve been a non-factor after we were all excited to have Riley bring his line 1 play with him to the 3rd. Toronto’s pace is likely an issue there. None of them have much pace to their game.
Save your energy. He sucked when they traded for him, and clearly that thread has continued.
He's not snakebit, he's taking low percentage shots and skating like he's in cement.
Also, I'm back to hoping we don't resign him, regardless of what he does the rest of the playoffs.
Didn't like the trade when it happened, was pleasantly surprised for a week, have returned to thinking it was a big mistake.
This, and McAvoy has been not his usual self. Unsure if that’s injury or rust.
Coming up empty on the 5 on 3 was a killer, you 100% have to bury one there.
He had wrist shot from the slot that went wide because his stick got slashed and broke in two. He had the rebound early in the 3rd that he back handed wife from the slot.
The perception is that he has been bad is because he has been noticeable. He’s buzzing around the offensive end, getting shots and chances, they aren’t going in. I’d rather that than a non-existent where you don’t even notice they are on the ice. As a line they have drawn a ton of penalties, and scored a few goals.
The third line has been non-existent. Haven’t scored a single goal at even strength this series. That would be more of a problem than Rick Nash or any of the 2nd liners.
I'd also put the defensemen outside of Krug and Chara before Nash on the list of people that need to give more.
NBC broadcast called it on one of the last replays of the game. Marshy and another Bruin were parked around the crease, but Andersen still had a clear view of the puck. Considering how many rebounds he gives up, this is a viable strategy. Definitely a job for Rick and maybe Backes, and the entire Merlot line.
I'm not even talking about what was the problem in the game, I just am not impressed with Rick Nash and expect more from him. He's literally coasting around the ice and taking opportunistic shots that aren't even hitting the net.
Having said that, he's not even problem 10 for why they lost last night, I'm just complaining about him.
I was fairly inebriated last night and have tried to forget the game to a certain degree, but I don't have fond memories of Pasta's performance. 10 SOG and no goals is not a good stat.
I agree with cshea. He also hit the post off of a deflection, and created chances with his forechecking. Yeah, he didn't score, but he's creating opportunities.
I'm going to use math here for a second.
This season, the shooting percentage in the NHL was ~9.8%. If you randomly shot 10 times, with a 9.8% chance of making it, you have a (1-.098)^10 = 35.6% chance to not make any. Using Pasta's shooting percentage from this year (10.8), he still has a 31.9% chance to not make any on 10 shots.
Yes, hockey as played is not a perfect mathematical model, but there is some clear correspondence and correlation over time. The variance within that correlation is what matters in the outcome. Good performances matter, but so does luck, and good performances generate luck. Shooting 10 times and not scoring isn't good, but its also not something as unexpected as you think.