NHL Saves of the Week: December 21 – 27
Even though the week was drastically shortened because of the break for the holidays, there was no shortage of highlight-reel saves to choose from! Cam Talbot began the week with a pre-Christmas performance for the ages. His partner Anders Nilsson must have been jealous, because he stole the spotlight after Christmas with an absolutely beautiful glove save.
With Marc-Andre Fleury still out with an injury, Matt Murray and Jeff Zatkoff have been picking up the slack in Pittsburgh. Their goal-scoring woes continues, but both goaltenders have been solid – especially Zatkoff, who tops this week’s list with a great diving paddle save.
Enjoy those saves and more in the NHL saves of the week for December 21st to 27th:
#10
Mike Condon – Montreal Canadiens
Condon almost got burned by going down too early, but recovered nicely with an aggressive move!
#9
Jake Allen – St. Louis Blues
Allen picks his rebound up just in time to rob Marchand.
#8
Steve Mason – Philadelphia Flyers
Mason shuts down the NHL’s top sniper like it’s nothing.
#7
Antti Niemi – Dallas Stars
Niemi lunges across to make a huge blocker stop.
#6
Anders Nilsson – Edmonton Oilers
From RVH to robbery, this sequence was phenomenal.
#5
Jacob Markstrom – Vancouver Canucks
Markstrom uses all of his height to get his leg on this Stamkos chance!
#4
Cory Schneider – New Jersey Devils
Cory Schnieder stops the first chance, and somehow manages to cover the rebound!
#3
Cam Talbot – Edmonton Oilers
This was part of a 44-save performance from Talbot, who looks to have found his groove.
#2
Brian Elliott – St. Louis Blues
Hemsky flubs it, but it was still going in. Give Elliott full credit on this one!
#1
Jeff Zatkoff – Pittsburgh Penguins
Pure desperation from Zatkoff, and he just gets the paddle down in time!
