With a little support, duck goalkeepers turned out to be almost invincible – San Bernardino County Sun

As they were preparing for a visit on Tuesday at night by the stars of Dallas, the ducks can lean not only on an improved crime and the common results of the late, but also to an effective constant of their campaign: their purpose.

They have won four of their last five outputs and are an average of four goals per game in the process. They are unbeaten this season when they score four or more goals (14-0-0, nine wins in regulation) and have not lost in regulation when ranked three or more times (21-0-2).

When they give support to their goalkeepers, they are all, but they guaranteed victory.

Ascendant Lukash also delivered veteran John Gibson, who is the longest duck in any position, given that he debuted with the club in 2014, were the duo with the strongest basic NHL numbers this season, although is approximately average according to most traditional barometers.

He had delivered a turnstile during the first period in which the ducks paid chances against Montreal on Sunday. He gave up two goals, but one was in the dying power of power, and the other was a short -hand naked manner of full defense breakdown. From there, he did not offer the Canadians anything that allows ducks to gather and prevail, 3-2.

“He is simply connected differently or better than many people I have been around in terms of his ability to focus and put things behind him. He is a professional, “said Ducks coach Greg Cronin. “Everything he does in his life is for the purpose and that gives him a lot of mental strength and confidence.”

He has won his last three decisions, a pair of start and relief after Gibson received a minor injury against Nashville. Gibson had diverted perhaps the most impressive triumph in this section, 5-1 Tracked his hometown of Pittsburgh Penguins.

Gibson played many high bets at the beginning of his career, the species that ducks would like to compete for the first time in 2018 in the not so far future. He won gold medals at the levels below 18 and under 20 with the US team, including winning both the goalkeeper of the tournament and the MVP of the Junior Championships in 2013. He intervened during the 2014 playoffs against the Kings , and also strengthened the ducks when running in 2017 to the finals of the conference.

“(Gibson) was around forever, right? He has experienced many of these battles, “Cronin said.

In addition to their ability to hold their teams in matches and to hit the door with the lead, the duck goalkeepers were declared as a top tandem in the league, as far as it saved above.

In a publication, Mike Kelly from the NHL network set an even more comprehensive argument for the Ducks two-headed monster on the web.

Delivered and Gibson are the only teammates who qualify in the top 10 goals rescued above, and the two networks qualify in the top 17 in saving percentage, although ducks qualify for the expected goals against 2024-25, said Kelly.

Moreover, Kelly said, they had stolen eight games – this is defined as goals of the goalkeeper, saved above, expected to be bigger than the actual differential of the result – and only one bulge start where their numbers passed in the other direction S This plus seven differential is the best in the league.