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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.

HOLTBY - 5 - Brilliant game on Monday night. He wasn’t tested too much early on but was rock solid rebound-wise. He made big saves on Martin St. Louis (breakaway), Derek Stepan and Steve Nash. He was really sharp on finding pucks in Game 3. He fought through screens to make saves look easy with the glove. He held a clinic in the 3rd period, with huge saves on Kevin Hayes, Keith Yandle and Nash, and was brilliant to protect the lead. That was as good of a performance as there has been in the playoffs.

LUNDQVIST - 4 - Looked good early on Alexander Ovechkin and made two big saves on Jay Beagle and Troy Brouwer. He did a good job of controlling rebounds in tight. The goal against came off a bounce that hit Yandle, then his skate, that was after a real good initial save on the cycle play. He made a big right pad save on Ovi in the third to keep it at 1-0 and did what he could to keep the game close. But it was all Holtby in Game 3.