Thatcher Demko finished with 20 saves.ĭavid Pastrnak and David Krejci accounted for seven points as Boston opened the season with a win at Washington. Miller had a goal and an assist and Elias Pettersson and Andrei Kuzmenko also scored goals for the Canucks. Jack Campbell made 33 saves in his Edmonton debut. Leon Draisaitl had a goal and two assists, and Darnell Nurse scored a short-handed goal and added an assist for the Oilers. 908 save percentage and eight shutouts in 129 career games.McDavid became the sixth-fastest player in NHL history to reach the 700-point plateau, getting there in 488 games. Since signing with the Rangers in the summer of 2017, the 6-foot-1 goalie is 58-48-11 with a 2.94 goals-against average.

Georgiev, 26, posted a 15-10-2 record this past season, including an 8-1-0 run with two shutouts in his last nine starts of the campaign. Georgiev said he’s texted a few Avs players already and that it’s nice to have a friend already on his new team in Mikko Rantanen-the two played junior together. I’m working hard to prove they’re right.” “It’s awesome to hear that this team has confidence in me. “I didn’t get a lot of opportunities to play games in a row, and hearing that Stanley Cup champions believe in you and believe you are the guy, that’s all I ever wanted,” Georgiev said. Avs goalie coach Jussi Parkkila is in his native land, and the two have already met.

Georgiev is spending the summer in Finland, but that hasn’t stopped him from already getting to work. I feel the support I need, and I’m getting a chance I’ve always dreamed about, so it was easy for me to want to be with the team for three years.” They just got the cup and have the same goal for the next few years. “In the offseason, and I was hoping to land in a great spot, and when I heard it was the Colorado Avalanche, it’s as good as I could hope for the team is unreal. “I’ve known that when the season ended, I would be traded,” Georgiev said. Georgiev also got some postseason action, twice coming in relief for Shesterkin on the Rangers run to the Eastern Conference Finals. Francouz played in seven playoff games and started four, winning the Western Conference Finals series for the Avs against the Oilers.

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