After setting a new franchise record for wins with 42 in the regular season, Talbot has carried his stellar play into the postseason. So far this series against the Sharks, Talbot has a 2.22 GAA and .925 save percentage.
Talbot earned back-to-back shutouts in Game 2 and 3, becoming the first Oilers’ goalie to record consecutive shutouts since Curtis Joseph in Game 6 and 7 of the 1998 Western Conference Quarter-Final against the Colorado Avalanche. Following practice on Monday, Talbot downplayed his own contributions.
“We’re a confident group and I’m just one piece of that puzzle,” Talbot said in an interview with Oilers TV.