Detroit — This was another testament to how far goaltender Thomas Greiss has come this season.
After a difficult start to the year where nothing was going seemingly his way, Greiss has completely turned things around to the point where Monday he was named the NHL's First Star of the Week.
Greiss beat out second star Edmonton’s Connor McDavid — who arguably could be a candidate every week — and New York Islanders goaltender Semyon Varlamov.
Greiss stopped all 66 shots he faced across 130 minutes of regulation time — and made six saves in shootouts — to earn two shutouts along with a 1-0-1 record this past week.