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Washington Capitals: Stars Of The Week – Holtby Rounding Into Form?

By CJ Witt

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 29: Braden Holtby #70 of the Washington Capitals reacts after allowing a goal to Rocco Grimaldi #23 of the Nashville Predators (not pictured) during the first period at Capital One Arena on January 29, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 29: Braden Holtby #70 of the Washington Capitals reacts after allowing a goal to Rocco Grimaldi #23 of the Nashville Predators (not pictured) during the first period at Capital One Arena on January 29, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images) /
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DENVER, COLORADO – FEBRUARY 13: Braden Holtby #70 of the Washington Capitals tends goal against the Colorado Avalanche in the second period at the Pepsi Center on February 13, 2020 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)
DENVER, COLORADO – FEBRUARY 13: Braden Holtby #70 of the Washington Capitals tends goal against the Colorado Avalanche in the second period at the Pepsi Center on February 13, 2020 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images) /

Braden Holtby

Here is your slam dunk. We haven’t put goalies on our list much this season. Holtby has struggled most of this season and Samsonov, while he has played well hasn’t had a great week, just good ones. Braden Holtby had a very, very good week.

On the Win/loss side of things it doesn’t sound like the best week, one win, one loss and a no decision. But looking at his stats he had a tremendous week. Here are Holtby’s save percentages by game this week.

100%

.941%

.931%

Not bad. His combined save percentage for the week was .947%. That’s pretty good for a guy sporting a .897 save percentage for the season. He also had a 1.67 goals against average for the week.

A big thing to note for the former Vezina winner was his high danger save percentage. This week Holtby faced 18 high danger shots and saved 17 of them. That gave him a .944 high danger save percentage. That’s huge from a guy who has one of the worst high danger save percentages in the entire NHL this season.

Without Holtby this week the Capitals have zero wins. Without him they have zero chance at being in any of the three games this week. He was outstanding this week. If this is the beginning of a great stretch for Holtby it could mean big things for the Caps.

Holtby was a no-brainer for our stars of the week this week.

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