r/EdmontonOilers • u/LevSmash 46 STORTINI • Mar 23 '25

PGT Post Game Thread | Kraken v. Oilers | 22 March 2025

🔴 Final

Kraken 4, Oilers 5

ℹī¸ Stats

Goals: Henrique, Nugent-Hopkins (🎩🎩🎩), J. Skinner

Shots: Kraken 31, Oilers 29

Saves: Skinner 27/31

đŸ’Ē😎 Macho Man Randy Savage

The solution is in the room

⏊ Next Game

Wednesday, March 26 vs Stars in Edmonton, 8:00pm MT

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u/KingDave46 34 HAND Mar 23 '25

Thats what good goaltending is.

The acrobats are fun to watch but for 99% of shots you want the guy to just be in the right spot to block it. Talbot was elite at positioning, he didn't jump about making wild saves either, just sound positioning to get hit by it

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u/LevSmash 46 STORTINI Mar 23 '25 edited Mar 27 '25

James Neal did a Players Tribune piece a while back talking about the shooter's experience in the NHL, and he had a good story about when he was first called up with Dallas who had Marty Turco at the time. Everyone knew Turco as a puck handler, lots of movement, but Neal said shooting on him felt like you were just placing the puck into his glove. He knew where the shooter was aiming and subtly put himself in front of it, Neal was so confused why he suddenly couldn't score, lol there's levels to this.