It’s just one game. I feel like I’ve said that before, and there might be a case to be made that you really, really had better not judge any goaltender on one game.
In a minute I’m going to get to looking at goals above expectation, but first we should talk about some other expectations: yours, Mike Babcock’s, the media’s, and everyone else’s.
Variance is what you should expect
You should expect variance in performance from all players, but you absolutely should expect it in goalies. And yet what we all seem to long for is consistency.