#goaltending

#goaltending

Gamzin, 22, a fourth-round pick by the Islanders in 2024, has been lights out this season, sporting a league-best 1.80 GAA, with a .929 SV%, and recorded his third shutout of the season on Sunday in a 1-0 SO loss. The Islanders' current starting netminder, Ilya Sorokin, was groomed within the CSKA organization, and Gamzin is beginning to draw comparisons to the former Gamzin Cup winner.

After thirty-one regular season games, the Brantford Bulldogs find themselves atop the Eastern Conference standings with fifty-one points and a 23-3-4-1 record (wins, losses, overtime losses, shootout losses). Their most recent result was a 2-0 home win over the London Knights. That game would see goals scored by Cooper Dennis on a first-period penalty kill and then by Philip Govedaris; his goal would also serve as his first of the season.

Roy praised the Islanders' "really good first period," where they built a 2-0 lead and dictated the pace. But a string of second-period penalties, he said, shifted momentum sharply. "They have a very good power play and that gave them the momentum," Roy said. "But coming back to the dressing room still up by one goal - that was one of the key moments in the game."

Tanev participated in Saturday's morning skate, wearing a red non-contact injury. The 35-year-0ld sustained his injury during a November 1 game against the Philadelphia Flyers, where he was released from hospital the following day. Berube said Saturday morning that he believes Woll will miss a week, and reiterated this timeline on Sunday. Dennis Hildeby is operating as the Maple Leafs' starting goaltender. Hildeby was in excellent form during Saturday's shootout loss to the Montreal Canadiens, making 33 saves on 34 shots.

Alex Ovechkin scored the 910th goal of his NHL career at the 8:25 mark of the first period on Wednesday night as the Washington Capitals took an early lead over the San Jose Sharks. Then the Capitals kept pouring it on, and the Sharks looked helpless to stop them. Ovechkin's goal, his 13th goal of the season, opened the floodgates for the Capitals, who scored four first period goals in a span of 8:42.