Anderson led the NHL in shots faced and saves aftermost season, while accomplishing personal-bests of 38 wins and seven shutouts. His 2.64 goals-against boilerplate in a career-high 71 amateur helped advance the Avalanche (3-1-0) to the playoffs afterwards finishing with a Western Conference-low 69 credibility in 2008-09.
Anderson has best up area he larboard off, acceptable two of three amateur with a 2.64 GAA and a .932 save allotment this season.
He was superb Friday, authoritative 41 saves - 17 in the aboriginal aeon - and outplaying approaching Hall of Famer Martin Brodeur in a 3-2 achievement at New Jersey.
“I anticipate sometimes guys accomplish amazing saves because they get out of position. We’re all appealing active to accomplish agony saves, but sometimes back a goalie looks like he’s not alive actual adamantine it’s because he’s alive actual smart.”
Anderson absent the alone affair amid Colorado and New York (1-1-2) aftermost division on Jan. 6, authoritative 32 stops in a 3-2 home defeat. The Avalanche accept alone bristles in a row on Long Island, but able abhorrent antithesis could advice them acquire their aboriginal win there back Dec. 8, 1998.
Colorado’s 13 goals accept been denticulate by 10 altered players. Chris Stewart, David Jones and Paul Stastny accept two apiece.
Stewart, who led Colorado with 28 goals aftermost season, had an ambition and an abetment Friday. The Avalanche are 2-1-0 on their five-game alley trip, which concludes adjoin the New York Rangers on Monday.
The Islanders are aggravating to backlash from Friday’s 3-2 overtime accident at Pittsburgh. Rick DiPietro gave up the acceptable ambition to Alex Goligoski 1:51 into the added session. New York’s Blake Comeau is off to an able alpha with three goals and three assists. The larboard addition was complex in an arguable comedy Friday, accepting arrested illegally by the Penguins’ Kris Letang, who accustomed a 5-minute above and a bold misconduct.
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