Wallstedt and Husso Steal Points While Dostal Gets Burned

Some goalies stole points on a three-game night, and others handed them back. The split was sharp in Minnesota, Buffalo, Anaheim and Calgary.

Here is the plain-English version of goals saved above expected: every shot has a value based on how often that kind of chance goes in. Add those up, compare them with what the goalie actually allowed, and you see whether he stopped more or fewer than an average goalie would have. Plus means he stole goals. Minus means he gave them away.

The tonight-only figures from the editor's brief are not in our verified data, so I will not quote them. What can be said is the direction: Jesper Wallstedt in Minnesota, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen in Buffalo and Ville Husso in relief in Anaheim all beat the shots they faced. Jet Greaves in Buffalo, Lukas Dostal in Anaheim and Dustin Wolf in Calgary all fell short of what those chances called for, with Dostal's night the roughest of the six.

That is one night of work, nothing more.