from Ansar Khan of Mlive,
The Detroit Red Wings are starting to see the experienced, proven goaltender they were expecting when they signed Thomas Greiss in the offseason.
Greiss has strung together three solid starts, culminating with a 27-save performance Sunday in a 5-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning at Amalie Arena.
In four appearances since being pulled less than eight minutes into a 7-1 loss at Nashville on March 25, the 35-year-old has stopped 111-of-118 shots in 226 minutes (1.86 goals-against average, .941 save percentage).
The Red Wings will need more of that from Greiss the final five weeks of the season, especially if they trade Jonathan Bernier by the April 12 deadline.
“He was definitely really sharp today,” coach Jeff Blashill said. “Tampa has a ton of traffic and makes it hard around the cage and they shoot tons of pucks. I thought he did a great job of fighting through traffic and finding the puck. The puck was sticking to him, him freezing pucks. He didn’t create a whole lot of extra havoc. I thought from start to finish it was maybe his best game in a long time, maybe one of the best of the year.”
from Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press,
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