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Each night during the Stanley Cup Playoffs, former NHL goaltender Jamie McLennan provides his Post 2 Post rankings for every goaltender in action. Each goaltender will receive a score out of five based on their performance.
 

Ducks 5, Blackhawks 4 (OT)

Andersen - 2 – He had the luxury of starting this game in a lawn chair, facing his first shot with three minutes left in the first period – he stopped it with a great left shoulder save. Andersen allowed a bad goal early in the second period to Teravinen as the puck slides through the six hole, but he bounced back with a few big saves on Toews and Saad. The Seabrook goal was a sharp angle play where he was late going from post to post, he could be more fluent and aware on that play. The 25-year-old made a great save on Teravinen with the right pad early in the third period, but then allowed an awful goal to allow the game to go to overtime.  Simply put, he needs to respond to his first off game of the playoffs with a big one to try and close the series out on the road. 

Crawford - 2 - Tough start as he came under siege early on. The first goal against was a screen shot, second goal was a great tip by Kesler and he was screened by two of his own players on the third goal as they fell down 3-0 in the first period. During the early attack, he came up with three big saves on Kesler, Perry and Vatanen, which could have made it 6-0 after the first. Crawford made big saves in the second on Sekac and Palmeri and was solid again in the third period with good saves on Kesler and Beleskey. He had absolutely no chance on the Maroon goal and the game winner was a rebound that Beleskey buries to end it. Game 5 was a weird game for him, but not his best work as well.