Goaltending can make or break a team.
There are times when it is everything and other times when it doesn’t seem to matter much.
For the Colorado Avalanche, they are on the receiving end of solid goaltending from Mackenzie Blackwood. Despite only winning one of the first three games in the series against the Dallas Stars, Blackwood is keeping the team in every single game.
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One team that isn’t having the same goaltending luck is the Edmonton Oilers. In fact – it’s been downright rotten.
Case in point, Wednesday night’s 6-2 loss at the hands of the Los Angeles Kings. Stuart Skinner is one of many Oilers who need to play better in Game 3, but his game was akin to Patrick Roy compared to what happened with Calvin Pickard.
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Pickard came in to relieve Skinner in the back-half of the third period. The former Avalanche goaltender only stopped two of the three shots that he faced.
Sadly, it was the first one the Kings threw at him that made it past him.
In case you have forgotten, Pickard was a second-round draft pick of the Avalanche back in 2010. He was selected 49th overall.
He played three seasons in the NHL for the Avalanche. None were better than the performance that he put up in 2016-17. Pickard played 50 games, posting a record of 15-31-2, to go along with a 2.98 goals against average (GAA), a .904 save percentage (SV%), and two shutouts.
This past season, he set a new career high in wins (22) while boasting a 2.71 GAA and a .900 SV%.
This will be a series for hockey fans everywhere to keep an eye on.
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