Every game the Avs have played at home the opposing goalie was of the bigger variety. Conklin is 6'1, Crawford is 6'2, Dubnyk 6'5 and Smith 6'4. This has been a problem and it has been frustrating watching shots barely missing. I reviewed the games and have noticed how the Avalanche have scored. A very common occurrence happened.  Here is the break down.

Against Detroit- Conklin 6'1- 26 shots- 0 goals

Against Chicago- Crawford 6'2- 32 shots-1 goal- A shot from the point that was going wide far side.  ROB got the deflection into open net.

Against Edmonton- Dubnyk 6'5- 41 shots- 1 goal- A pass through the crease to Radar, he buried shot into an open net.

Against Coyotes- Smith 6'4- 40 shots- 1 goal- A rebound that was gathered up by Radar, he moves puck through the crease and scores on slow moving Smith

Against Kings- Quick 6'1- 16 shots- 3 goals- A wrap around goal by Kobasew into an open net.  A bad bounce that Quick gets caught behind the net, Hejduk takes advantage.  A snipe shot by Duchene.

5 out of 6 goals were created when we made the goalie move.  This is especially important when we are playing big goalies.  When we make the other team play a game they dont want to play then we will have a higher success.  Lets take a look at the the second Blackhawks game

1st goal- Stastny gets rebound and moves puck across the crease.

2nd goal- Jones moves puck behind the goal and throws puck out front.  Get deflected in.  Crawford was out of position and had a lot of open net

3rd goal- Landy breaks in from point into crease and receives a pass from Radar.  Crawford moves and Landy had three large whole to put the puck in.

4th goal- was a break away chance for Landy.  Crawford starts scrambling to get back in net and Landy snipes a goal

1st Shootout- Hejduk Snipes a shot and gets blocked

2nd Shootout- Duchene moves the puck and beats Crawford, but fails to lift the puck.  Shot gets blocked.

3rd Shootout Attempt- Lindy moves puck through the crease and waits for Crawford to leave the crease.  Scores.

5 of the 6 pucks that gets past Crawford are when Crawford is moving.  If we can start moving the Goalie then he will start to sit a bit further back in the goal.  That is when the sniping will start to work.  I am all about getting the shots on goal.  However, I would like to see a variety of shots and allow the goalie to move in order to make a save.  It will be interesting to see how the Avs takes on 6'4 Lehtonen.