May 4, 2016
Post 2 Post: Rinne gets Preds back in it
Each night during the Stanley Cup Playoffs, TSN Hockey analyst and former NHL goaltender Jamie McLennan provides his Post 2 Post rankings for every goaltender in action.
Each night during the Stanley Cup Playoffs, TSN Hockey analyst and former NHL goaltender Jamie McLennan provides his Post 2 Post rankings for every goaltender in action.
Tampa Bay Lightning 5, New York Islanders 4 (OT)
Thomas Greiss (2): He had a lot of traffic and screen plays in Game 3. He over-played the back-door option on the game-tying goal by Nikita Kucherov. The game-winning goal was a rebound off the boards and tough to stop. He made big saves on Alex Killorn, Ondrej Palat, Jonathan Drouin and Victor Hedman.
Ben Bishop (3): He made big saves on Matt Martin, Cal Clutterbuck, Kyle Okposo and Josh Bailey. He had to fight through a lot of distractions in front as the Islanders crashed the net all night long.
St. Louis Blues 6, Dallas Stars 1
Antti Niemi (1): I think all three goals against him hit the middle of the net. He was way too aggressive and it opened holes.
Kari Lehtonen (3): He came in to try and stop the bleeding and could not be faulted on his first goal against by Vladimir Tarasenko. He could have been better on Alex Steen's goal, but he was basically hung out to dry by his team, which was a tire fire defending right from the neutral zone and into their defensive zone. HE made massive saves on Tarasenko, Steen, Jaden Schwartz, Paul Stastny and Robby Fabri or the Blues would have scored in double digits.
Brian Elliott (4): He was solid but not tested too much as Dallas chased the game the whole night. He made big saves on Jason Demers, Jason Spezza, Jamie Benn and Alex Goligoski.
Nashville Predators 4, San Jose Sharks 1
Pekka Rinne (5): He was brilliant with his rebounds and controlling play. He made big saves on Brent Burns, Tomas Hertl, Joe Pavelski, Joe Thornton, Melker Karlsson, Tommy Wingels, Brenden Dillon and Matt Nieto.
Martin Jones (2): He needed some help because it was not a great night for him. He was forced to make big saves on Roman Josi twice, Shea Weber, Miikka Salomaki and Filip Forsberg as Nashville pressed all night, especially in the third period.