Beneath all the goals, the goaltending remains the Canucks' story
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But there’s one item that truly underpins the rest: their goaltending has very often been outstanding. Practice, he said, really does make perfect. It’s clear he’s seeing the puck very well, and credited the work he’s been able to put in in practice for his form. Saturday’s was the worst example yet of this worrying trend toward ever more dangerous shots against, as the Kings piled on the shots from the slot.
— Sean Tierney December 30, 2019One area of special concern has to be how their defensive form keeps dipping in the second period, for instance. On Saturday, Chris Tanev nodded in agreement when their struggles with the game’s second stanza, where they have tended to bleed defensively the most, were brought up.
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