Crawford surrendered four goals on 31 shots in the Blackhawks loss in Carolina last Saturday. Robin Lehner has started four of the last five games but Crawford will get the front-end of their weekend back-to-back in Los Angeles. Crawford has struggled so far, going 1-4-0 with a 3.67 GAA and .888 SV% in his first five starts of the season.
Crawford gave up five goals on 34 shots in the Blackhawks loss to the Sharks last Thursday. Robin Lehner started Saturday vs. the Jets, but they will go back to Crawford tonight vs. the Oilers. He has given up a combined nine goals on 72 shots (.875 SV%) in his two starts and the Oilers come in as the second-highest scoring team in the league (4.20 GF/gm) and undefeated (5-0-0).
Crawford allowed four goals on 38 shots in the Blackhawks’ season-opening loss to the Flyers overseas. Back in North America, it looks like Crawford will start the home-opener vs. the Sharks. The 34-year-old netminder was 8-6-4 with a 2.54 GAA, .921 SV% and one shutout on home-ice last year and faces a Sharks team that is off to a dreadful start to the season.
Crawford allowed four goals on 38 shots in the Blackhawks’ season-opening loss to the Flyers overseas. Back in North America, it looks like Crawford will start the home-opener vs. the Sharks. The 34-year-old netminder was 8-6-4 with a 2.54 GAA, .921 SV% and one shutout on home-ice last year and faces a Sharks team that is off to a dreadful start to the season.
Crawford has had concussion issues over the last two years, being limited to 27 and 39 starts. During that time, Crawford was tied for 11th in SV% (.917) and 14th in GAA (2.66). This summer they brought in Robin Lehner to share the crease with Crawford, but the Blackhawks veteran will start the season opener in Prague. He was 0-2-0 with a 2.58 GAA and .902 SV% vs. the Flyers last year.
Crawford allowed four goals on 38 shots in the Blackhawks loss to the Jets on Monday. Crawford has allowed a combined 11 goals on 97 shots (.887 SV%) in his last three starts and is 8-4-3 with a 2.50 GAA, .917 SV% and one shutout since returning from injury. He stopped 26 of 27 shots in a win in his only start against the Stars this season—and they will be sitting Jamie Benn and Mats Zucarello tonight.
Crawford allowed four goals on 38 shots in the Blackhawks loss to the Jets on Monday. Crawford has allowed a combined 11 goals on 97 shots (.887 SV%) in his last three starts and is 8-4-3 with a 2.50 GAA, .917 SV% and one shutout since returning from injury. He stopped 26 of 27 shots in a win in his only start against the Stars this season—and they will be sitting Jamie Benn and Mats Zucarello tonight.