Sucks that I wasn't able to catch the game tonight. Just caught the highlights now.
Seems like vs. shooters (montreal) 3 saves on 3 shots.
Vs. dekes (columbus) 3 goals on 3 shots.
For the regulation goal,
I'm really struggling to understand his belly flop move, and why it's not being corrected.
He first goes down in the butterfly to save the initial shot.
Then he clearly sprawls down on his stomach and spreads his legs as a save selection to block the lower side of the net before the shot was even taken.
It even looks like Lu might have tried to do a paddle/poke check (through carter's legs??) while sprawling forward.
Carter's on his backhand, and I would think most goalies would have stayed in
the butterfly block (which also protects high shots), it should have been an easy save.
Although a moot point, since the goal somehow still snuck through low even though Luongo had his pad flat on the ice...
But just saying... his belly flop move especially on that goal was
Carter didn't even have the room to move laterally on his backhand so there was no reason to spread out low to cover post to post like that.
And butterfly block in tight like that pretty much seals up all holes, high and low...
It's frustrating.
No, I'm not Roland Melanson. Before the "Let's see you play in the NHL", No, I'm not better than Luongo.
But anyone that's played or understands goaltending knows sprawling down in that particular situation is flawed.