Bryz: NHL's back-to-back 1st star
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Bryz: NHL's back-to-back 1st star
Is there a hotter goaltender in the NHL than Ilya Bryzgalov?
Not according to the league, who voted him as the First Star of the week for the second week in a row.
Scott Hartnell stole the headlines with his two-goal performance on Sunday against the Penguins, but Bryzgalov was equally as good, turning aside 38 shots to allow the Flyers a chance to comeback from a 2-0 deficit.
Overall, from March 12-18, Bryzgalov was 3-0-1 with a 1.44 goals against-average and a .950 save percentage with one shutout as the Flyers earned 7 out of a possible 8 points. He started back-to-back games for the Flyers over the weekend.
He edged out Chicago’s Corey Crawford (3-0-0, 1.09, .948) and Nashville’s Martin Erat (2 G, 5 A) for the honor.
Last week, from March 5-11, Bryzgalov was 3-0-0 with a 0.65 goals against-average, a .979 save percentage and two shutouts when he nabbed the award.
Bryzgalov set the NHL’s second-best modern-day shutout streak record with a run of 249:43 in between goals, second only to Brian Boucher’s 332:01 mark with Phoenix in 2003-04.
Bryzgalov has now posted 30 wins for the third straight season. He is the first Flyers goaltender to collect 30 wins in one campaign since Marty Biron in 2007-08.
Since being yanked against the Penguins on Feb. 18, Bryzgalov is 10-2-1 with a 1.69 goals against-average, a .941 save percentage and 4 shutouts. Impressive, indeed.
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as big as hartnell's game was yesterday, bryz is the only reason it stayed close through 2 periods. he is locked in. i hate to say that im waiting for it to end, but that's what 25 years of watching this team does to you. here's to hoping this year is different.— mrkmcc- Didn't think he would get his game back this year, but man good timing.— Sidewinder7
- Must give credit where credit is due, and Bryz has turned it around in a big way. Defense has been better, but Bryz has eliminated the soft goals and is competing much more aggressively. Good stuff!
- If you knew nothing about this team before March, you would say Bryz is the best player, Hartnell the best forward and Grossmann the best defensemen. If they keep this up through the playoffs and some of the other goal scorers get back on track, they could be onto something...— TongueWagger
- It's just Hockey, it's only a game. Why you have to be mad, he's good guy.— Klambake
- This is the Bryz that was signed and paid that salary. It was only a matter of time, but now he's proving he's a stud! Now let's get some guys healthy, Briere scoring agian, and this team will be tough to beat in a series!— macd41144
- Clearly it was all the booing and advice at the Flyer's Wives carnival that helped. Thank God Philly has such good fans.— FatOwlbert
- We just need Bryz to continue to play hard every game. Our D-man must continue to play as hard as they can and clear the crease!~ LETS GO FLYERS!!!!!— srcdaddy1216
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- This could be the start of something big.— LuckyDog
