While he continues to collect wins and his Boston Bruins continue to collect points, goaltender Tuukka Rask is letting a less-than-otherworldly output creep into his 2013-14 game log.
With 27 games down and 55 still to come, the Bruins are virtually one-third of the way through their schedule. Rask has scraped the blue paint for 22 of those 27 outings and, for the most part, turned in sparkling stats en route to a 1.90 goals-against average and .935 save percentage.
Going into Monday’s NHL action, of those who have played at least 15, let alone 20 games, only Minnesota’s Josh Harding and Montreal’s Carey Price had comparable or better netminding numbers. Price entered Monday night with an even 2.00 GAA and he and Harding barely eclipsed Rask in the way of save percentage.
Enter the kicker, constituted by the final one-third of November. Rask has charged up three of his six lowest single-night save percentages and four of his nine lowest—all in a row.
The first of those four hardly emitted any odors. He helped the Bruins duel with St. Louis to a 65-minute tie (eventual shootout loss) with ...
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