Yeah. I was expecting a challenge. Lindy continues to be leaky nonetheless.
Surrey, watching the game summary, I really don't see what he could have done on any of those goals. Lots of tips, pucks bouncing around to players, pucks off of skates, etc. Sometimes the bounces seem to set up for one team, and sometimes both. Last night was one of those games where conditions were right for scoring both ways.
Scoring is up in the league overall, I think because of a combination of tighter limits on goalie equipment, emphasis on offensive ingenuity and skill, and rules that prevent players from getting beaten up in the slot/crease. Goalies can't cover every angle at once that a shot might come from, and a lot of these goals are getting scored on redirects/tips, quick passes across seams in the defense, etc. It's the type of thing that can be coached into a team against a particular opponent with enough looks at video to see what systems teams are playing and where the weak points/seams are. Last night both teams were struggling to contain the opposition, and it happened to be the Caps who scored the extra goal - but either team could easily have won that game. One could argue that the difference was Lindgren's one fabulous stop in the middle of the game.
