Jake Oettinger's already earning a reputation as a proven playoff performer. Dallas needed its netminder to be at his absolute best in Vegas Saturday. And Oettinger rose to the occasion, writes SaadYousuf126. 'You can’t describe it. He’s special.”
. “He made a lot of key saves. Jakey had to answer the bell. He made a lot of key saves for us, too. I’m not surprised by his performances. Just watching him over the past series, the responses, the critical moments, what we need him to do, he’s getting it done. He’s feeling the momentum, feeling the energy that our team brings because when we’re playing really well, too, it takes a lot of pressure off of Jake. He’s our rock.
Oettinger is only 24 years old, in his second postseason following his first full season as the starter. Still, the sample size has grown large enough to indicate that what Oettinger did in Game 5 against the Golden Knights, stopping 27 of 29 shots, was no fluke. Here’s a look at Oettinger’s performances in the five elimination games so far in his career:Game 7 at Flames: stopped 64 of 67 shots for a .955 save percentage.Game 4 vs. Golden Knights: stopped 37 of 39 shots for a .
, who began this series as a healthy scratch for two games. Those were all critical elements to the Stars’ victory.However, by no choice of their own, Game 5 became a duel of the crease. For most of the game, Hill flipped the script. So often, the Vegas defense did its job by playing structurally sound in front of him to where he just had to flow with the game and make the routine saves. Saturday, the Stars broke through that defense, particularly in tight.
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