NHL Goalie Update

Wriiten by Alan Carter

Ray Emery allowed six goals Wednesday night against Washington as Ottawa lost 6 – 2 ending their four game win streak. Emery in the first period allowed two goals only 36 seconds apart and was unable to ever find a grove as Capitals attacked his left side pushing four pucks past his glove.

Olaf Kolzig had 35 saves as he wins his fourth straight. Kolzig was strong all game and kept the Senators behind in goals all game.

Just another day at the office for Marty Turco who collected 25 saves in his second straight shutout as Dallas collects a 3 – 0 over the Phoenix Coyotes. Turco made an excellent sliding stop on a rebound attempt by Shane Doan with 13:50 left to preserve the shutout.

Curtis Joseph only had to deal with 17 shots but Phoenix still lost 3 – 0. Joseph had 14 saves but allowed one goal during each period.

Martin Brodeur had 18 saves in an overtime victory as the Devils beat the Canadians

2 – 1. Brodeur allowed a goal to Radek Bonk four minutes into the first period but kept Montreal scoreless for the rest of the game.

David Aebischer had a win until Zach Parise scored with only 5:48 left in the third which sent the Devils and Canadians into OT were Patrik Elias scored on power play slap shot to give New Jersey the win.

Cam Ward gave up three goals in a rematch of last years Stanley Cup Finals. Ward had 21 saves but was harassed by hard slap shots throughout the game. Carolina has now lost two in a row.

Jussi Markkanen got the start over Dwayne Roloson and made the most of it as he allowed only one Carolina goal to go along with his 28 saves.

Jean-Sebastien Giguere continues his dominate play capturing his 17^th win of the season and his 25^th career shutout as the Anaheim Ducks move to 21-3-6 on the season. Giguere shutout the Predators having only to deal with 21 collecting 20 of them for saves.

Chris Mason collected 28 saves but that wasn’t enough as the Ducks beat the Predators

4 – 0. Mason played well until the third period where he gave up two power play goals.

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