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Soundin' Off -- the lifeboat

Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Saving grace

(breaking out a comment)

Justin F asked back on Yep:

Hey I was thinking about how many games this year Dubie has been making alot of saves and was wondering who holds the franchise record for most saves in a season and if there is any chance of Dubie breaking that record this season?

Interesting thought... the number itself is 1,407, by Rick DiPietro in 2001-02; Dubielewicz comes into tonight's start with 1,011, so he needs 396; at a conservative 30 saves a game, that's possible in 13-plus games.

But DiPietro did that in 59 games. If you break it down like goals-against average (saves per 60 minutes played), that DiPietro season is in the bottom third. Here's what the Top 5 in that fake "SA" stat looks like, coincidentally the only ones so far over 30 (apologies in advance, 'cause I'm sure this table won't work right):








NameSeasonMPSvs"SA"
Dubielewicz05-062574:51136231.74
Rudkowsky05-06494:2825931.43
St. Germain02-03329:3216631.08
Cloutier05-06895:5145030.14
Valiquette01-021070:3353730.10


(Sixth is Madden last year, 29.71.)

Where do this year's goalies stand? Thompson 33.05; Dubielewicz 32.23.

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