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Write about Goalies and the Golden Knights for The Athletic.

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Arturs Silovs stops all 22 shots for the second shutout of his NHL career.

01.03.2026 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I can’t believe I even need to say this, but I’m seeing a lot of talk on here of a coaching change after that intermission report.

Bruce Cassidy is a top-5 coach in the NHL, arguably higher.

The Golden Knights WILL NOT upgrade their coach with a change.

01.03.2026 20:14 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

The Penguins are getting tons of traffic in front of Vegas’ net, and they’re getting every bounce because of it.

4-0 Pittsburgh

01.03.2026 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

3-0 Penguins

The Golden Knights have them right where they want them.

01.03.2026 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Penguins are up 2-0 after a goal by Chinakhov just as the PP expired.

Quick release after a low to high pass. He just snuck it over Hill’s shoulder to the far side.

01.03.2026 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Stone isn’t on the Vegas bench to begin the 2nd period.

Terrible news for the Golden Knights

01.03.2026 18:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Kindel scores on what looked like a pretty routine play.

Maybe it got tipped on the way in? It was hard to tell based on the replays we saw.

If it was tipped, tough luck for Hill. If not, that’s one he needs to stop.

1-0 Pens

01.03.2026 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Golden Knights signed Alex Weiermair (their 2025 6th round pick) to a three-year, ELC.

01.03.2026 17:03 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Nostalgia is a heck of a thing.

I usually prefer all uniforms that I grew up watching, and late 90’s hockey was my childhood haha.

01.03.2026 03:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That’s funny, because IMO th current D logo is an absolute nightmare. One of the worse in all of pro sports.

01.03.2026 02:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

These Stars jerseys are so much better than their regular ones.

And Oettinger’s retro looking Bauer’s are also awesome.

01.03.2026 02:23 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Askarov flashes the leather on McDavid from point blank range with 3.5 seconds to play, then saves Bouchard’s one-timer bomb at the buzzer.

He ends this game with a .833 save %, but don’t let that fool you. He was awesome down the stretch to stymie Edmonton’s push.

28.02.2026 23:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Askarov stopping pucks rimmed high around the glass

28.02.2026 23:37 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Agreed. His lateral quickness is very similar to Vasi for a big guy. The first time I met Askarov I was shocked at how tall he is, considering he’s so fast.

His hip rotation is the most insane thing to me. He butterflies his pads in the craziest positions.

28.02.2026 22:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Is Yaroslav Askarov the most electric goalie on earth?

He’s not the best. At least, not yet. But in terms of entertainment factor he’s hard to beat.

28.02.2026 22:32 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

I don’t know if there’s a goalie where the eye test and the statistics are more mismatched than Joonas Korpisalo this season.

He ranks 37th in GSAX (0.3), and 40th in save % (.896).

And yet, every time I watch Korpisalo he is awesome. Maybe I’m wrong but I think he’s playing great hockey.

28.02.2026 16:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Incredible goal by Poehling

28.02.2026 05:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fun goalie duel tonight in Anaheim between two of the best.

The Jets lead the Ducks 2-1 after two periods. Hellebuyck and DostΓ‘l have both been great, buckle up for a fun third.

28.02.2026 04:43 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Logan Thompson improves to 3-0-0 against the Golden Knights with a .936 save percentage.

28.02.2026 02:45 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Brayden McNabb shorthanded breakaway, Logan Thompson makes the save.

I swear I’m not making this up.

28.02.2026 02:36 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Mitch Marner made a nice play at the blue line to hold the zone right before Hertl’s PP goal.

He was credited with the secondary assist for the 800th point of his career.

28.02.2026 02:28 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Tomas Hertl makes it 3-2 on the power play.

We’ve got a game.

28.02.2026 02:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Vegas’ offense is showing some life after that PK.

Andersen had a great look from the slot, but Logan Thompson challenged way out and stoned him.

VGK heading to the PP now.

28.02.2026 02:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That was Braeden Bowman’s 8th goal of the season, which ranks 9th on the Golden Knights.

He also ranks 8th with 23 points.

What a pleasant surprise his offense has been for this team.

28.02.2026 02:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Post-Olympic break the Golden Knights are still great when they’re down by 3 goals.

28.02.2026 02:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Insane rip by Chychrun to beat Schmid for his 22nd goal of the season. Most of any defenseman in the NHL.

The first half of this game has been all Caps.

28.02.2026 01:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Pierre Luc-Dubois has more goals in this game than he did this season entering today.

28.02.2026 01:15 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Really heads up play by Logan Thompson to butterfly on that play in front of his crease.

Smith ended up putting the puck on net, and Thompson wouldn’t have had a chance to react to it, but he saw it coming.

28.02.2026 01:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This has not been a strong start at all for Vegas, and the Capitals eventually break through with a goal by Pierre-Luc Dubois.

Only his second of the season.

1-0 Caps

28.02.2026 01:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Akira Schmid has already made a couple nice saves for Vegas in the opening minutes of this game.

28.02.2026 00:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0