In
goal this week
Week 06
ending on Sunday, November 08th 2009
With Goalies’World Magazine editor, Gilles
Moffet
Goalies’World rankings
We have a new leader this week on top of the
Goalies’World rankings and it’s the Tampa Bay Lightning stopper Antero
Niittymaki. The Finnish goaltender stopped 114 of 120 shots in four appearances
this week, turning in a 2-0-1, .950, 1.64 record while moving from 4th to 1st place in our rankings. Niittymaki is now 4-1-2, .940, 1.95.
Goalies’World goalie of the
week
Sharks’ Nabokov is
sharp
San Jose Sharks goaltender Evgeni Nabokov moved from 9th to 4th place in our rankings this week with a solid 2-0-1, .967, 0.95 record, stopping 88 of 91 shots (and 4 of six shootout shots). After a 3-2 shootout win in Columbus (26 saves) on Wednesday and a 2-1 shootout loss in Detroit (35 saves on 36 shots) the next night, Nabokov shut the Stanley Cup champions out on Saturday in a 3-0 home win over Sidney Crosby and his friends.
Stealers of the week
A 3rd stolen win for Carey Price
Carey Price captured his 3rs stolen win of the season, Thursday night in Boston, leading the Montreal Canadiens to a 2-1 shootout win over the Boston Bruins. The Habs were outshot 43-26 in 65 minutes with Price making 42 saves. He was perfect in the shootout, stopping all three Bruins attempts.
| The Goalies’World Top Ten | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | T |
GP |
W |
L |
OL |
SO |
GA |
SA |
GAA |
SP |
SPG |
FOR |
||
1 |
Antero Niittymaki | TBL |
8 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
15 |
250 |
1.95 |
0.940 |
32.5 |
10278 |
|
2 |
Craig Anderson | COL |
17 |
11 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
40 |
561 |
2.32 |
0.929 |
32.5 |
10262 |
|
3 |
Ryan Miller | BUF |
12 |
9 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
22 |
342 |
1.89 |
0.936 |
29.4 |
10249 |
|
4 |
Evgeni Nabokov | SJS |
17 |
11 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
36 |
481 |
2.14 |
0.925 |
28.6 |
10182 |
|
5 |
Andrew Raycroft | VAN |
7 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
9 |
141 |
1.60 |
0.936 |
25.1 |
10147 |
|
6 |
Ilya Bryzgalov | PHX |
14 |
9 |
5 |
0 |
3 |
27 |
358 |
1.98 |
0.925 |
26.2 |
10123 |
|
7 |
Ty Conklin | STL |
6 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
12 |
167 |
2.24 |
0.928 |
31.2 |
10118 |
|
8 |
Jonas Hiller | ANA |
13 |
6 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
32 |
396 |
2.76 |
0.919 |
34.2 |
10116 |
|
9 |
Ray Emery | PHI |
13 |
9 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
30 |
383 |
2.27 |
0.922 |
29.0 |
10109 |
|
10 |
Tomas Vokoun | FLA |
12 |
3 |
8 |
1 |
2 |
35 |
419 |
2.99 |
0.916 |
35.8 |
10105 |
|
 |
|
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Antti Niemi (Chicago) |
| Week 2 | Ilya Bryzgalov (Phoenix) |
| Week 3 | Ilya Bryzgalov (Phoenix) |
| Week 4 | Craig Anderson (Colorado) |
| Week 5 | Craig Anderson (Colorado) |
| Week 6 | Antero Niittymaki (Tampa Bay) |
 |
|
|---|---|
| Week1 | Tomas. Vokoun (FLA) 52 Saves in a 4-3 victory against Chicago |
| Week3 | Johan Hedberg (ATL) 40 saves in a 4-2 victory againts Buffalo |
| Week4 | Craig Anderson (COL) 48 saves in a 3-1 victory against Detroit |
| Week5 | Ondrej Pavelec (ATL) 50 saves in a 3-1 victory against Ottawa |
| Week6 | Tomas Vokoun (FLA) 52 saves in a 4-3 victory againts Chicago |
-Chris Osgood (Detroit) 29 saves in a 2-0 shutout against Boston
-Ryan Miller (Buffalo) 24 saves in a 3-0 shutout against NY Islanders
-Tomas Vokoun (Florida) 32 saves in a 3-0 shutout againts Carolina
-Jonas Hiller (Anaheim) 40 saves in a 4-0 shutout againts Nashville
-Evgeni Nabokov (San Jose) 27 saves in a 5-0 shutout against Pittsburgh
-Evgeni Nabokov, San Jose (3/0) over Steve Mason, Columbus (2/1)
-Carey Price,Montreal (3/0) over Tim Thomas, Boston (2/1)
-Chris Osgood Detroit (2/0) over Evgeni Nabokov San Jose (3/2)
-Antti Niemi ,Chicago (8/2) over Craig Anderson, Colorado (8/2)
-Ray Emery, Philadelphia (4/1) over Chris Mason, St Louis (4/2)
-Johan Hedberg, Atlanta (2/0) over Dwayne Roloson, NY Islanders (2/0)
 |
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|---|---|---|---|
 |
Patrick Lalime |
11/04/09 |
Groin |
 |
Cam Ward | 11/07/09 | Leg |
Corey Schneider shines
The former Boston College standout, Corey Schneider was outstanding in goal for the Vancouver Canucks on Friday night in Dallas, stopping 45 of 47 shots. Unfortunately for him, his heroic performance was not enough as the Canucks fell 2-1 to the Stars.
Anton Khudobin |
MIN |
11/03/2009 |
Assigned to |
Houston (AHL) |
Josh Harding |
MIN |
11/03/2009 |
Back from injury |
|
Jphnas Enroth |
BUF |
11/04/2009 |
Recalled from |
Portland (AHL) |
Tuukka Rask |
BOS |
11/07/2009 |
Signed |
2 years |
Manny Legace |
CAR |
11/10/2009 |
Signed |
1 year |
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