Stop me if you’ve heard this before: A goaltender on a team coached by Todd McLellan played a lot of games this year. The following flowchart sums up McLellan’s goalie deployment strategy very aptly (this was back when Niemi was the starter, mind you):
And we complained about Aaron Dell not getting enough starts this year!
Cam Talbot was mostly excellent for the Edmonton Oilers. He posted an overall save percentage of .919, improving on a .917 from last season, and his even-strength save percentage was great (.928). Talbot also got a lot of starts this season.