Thursday, October 26, 2006

Capitals 5-Colorado 3: Brought to You By the Number...

45

Or the number of saves Olie Kolzig made in last nights win. The 45 saves are the most "Olie the Goalie" has made in any win in his career. As bad as Olie looked against Tampa, he looked much better against Colorado. He made unbelievable stops and kept the Caps in the lead all the way throughout.

Washington certainly didn't help their own cause by taking nine penalties (as opposed to Colorado's three). On those nine powerplays, the Avalanche had 14 shots. Kolzig turned 13 of those away. The Capitals won last night because their netminder played the way he did in his Vezina days. On the season, Kolzig has a 90.1% save percentage and a 3.49 GAA.

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