Five things on Blackhawks: Petr Mrazek remains solid; loss to Vancouver nets some sorry numbers; Sam Lafferty continues to impress. johndietzdh
Maybe it's just a coincidence, but Blackhawks goalie Petr Mrazek almost always steps up his game after a wretched performance. "I don't know where you guys get those stats," Mrazek said after stopping 30 shots in a 4-3 victory over Buffalo at the United Center last week."I have no idea. I have never thought about it."• While on the Hurricanes, Mrazek gave up 6 goals in a loss to St. Louis on Feb. 4, 2020.
by signing up you agree to our terms of service • The most recent example of Mrazek's bounce-back ability came during the last four games. After giving up 4 goals on 5 shots to Seattle in that embarrassing 8-5 loss at the UC, Mrazek has stopped 135 of 145 shots while posting a 2.52 goals-against average. He truly stood on his head during the Hawks' 5-2 loss at Vancouver on Tuesday, stopping 37 of the Canucks' first 39 shots.
The last time the Hawks fell below that number was more than two decades ago when they took 13 at Los Angeles on November 30, 2002. "We knew they were going to come out really hard -- new coach and everything -- so I thought we weathered it for a bit and had some pushback, just not quite enough in the third," Hawks forward Sam Lafferty said."There's a lot of excitement and everyone wants to prove themselves, so they obviously dictated the play for most of it."
The only other time this century the Hawks have been outshot by 30 or more came when Nashville took 51 attempts to the Hawks' 20 during a 3-0 Predators victory on October 29, 2019.
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