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Wild goalie Bryzgalov trying to break out of funk 4 мая 2014 года. Russo, Michael. McClatchy - Tribune Business News May 04--CHICAGO -- Look back at the goals Ilya Bryzgalov has allowed his postseason, and you'd have to nitpick to decree total blame on the veteran goaltender. But numbers are numbers, and Bryzgalov's numbers have been horrible lately. With Darcy Kuemper injured, the net belongs to Bryzgalov again just like it did in Games 1 and 2 in the first round. When Bryzgalov allowed four goals on 21 shots in Friday's Game 1 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks, it put his record at 1-4 in his past five starts dating to the regular season with a ghastly 4.96 goals-against average and .819 save percentage. He has been pulled twice despite the Wild allowing 24 or fewer shots in four of those starts. Asked how he's feeling, Bryzgalov, who went 7-0-3 in his first 10 starts with the Wild, said Saturday, "On the one side good, on the other one not very good. I'm not happy with the results, what we got when I played. Obviously I want to change it." Wild coach Mike Yeo talked with Bryzgalov recently. The goalie said the conversation isn't for "public record," but Yeo said Saturday that he feels "pretty good that he's going to play well" in Game 2. "He's excited for the game [Sunday], and he's putting pressure on himself, but the bottom line is I want everyone to remember [Friday's 5-2 loss], to feel that game but to come back with a little bit more." Bryzgalov has been criticized in some circles for Patrick Kane's sensational game-winning goal, a goal where he tiptoed the blue line, cut across the slot on his backhand and pitchforked a backhander under the crossbar from a tight angle. There's no other place Kane could have scored. "It's a great shot, but I probably should have been in a different position," Bryzgalov said. "Get a little bit taller and he'll hit me in the shoulder. I thought he might cut in the middle. That's why I kind of put my stick down." Yeo said there's no status change with Kuemper, who was injured in Game 7 against Colorado and is not in Chicago. |
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