The Future of Goalie Goals

Goal scoring is up in the NHL but when it comes to goalies, goal scoring in the NHL is at a historic pace after Minnesota Wild No.1 Filip Gustavsson became the latest to launch a puck into an empty net at the other end last week.

Gustavsson became the 15th goalie score in the NHL, but just the 10th to do so by shooting the puck into the empty net (the others were simply the last to touch an own goal). It also marked the third straight season that a goalie has shot a puck into an empty net, something that has never happened before in the League.