Reimer Posts 23-Save Shutout in Red Wings’ Debut

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Considering the Panthers and Blackhawks both scored 4 goals last night compared to the Coyotes 1, yesterday’s poll predictions were pretty incredible with Florida and Chicago each collecting 45% of the votes.

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Today’s Lineup:

• Reimer posts shutout in Red Wings’ debut

• Matthew Phillips scores 1st NHL goal vs. former team

• Sam Reinhart scores twice in Panthers 1st win

• And a lot more… 👇

Reimer Posts 23-Save Shutout in Red Wings’ Debut

James Reimer showed Monday that backup goaltending can be a difference-maker for the Detroit Red Wings in 2023-24.

Reimer posted 23 saves, earning his 29th career shutout, to lead the Red Wings to a 4-0 road triumph against the Columbus Blue Jackets. Reimer joins Dave Gatherum (1953-54) and Ville Husso (2022-23) as the only goalies to record a shutout in their Red Wings' debut. He is only one of the three to earn his shutout on the road.

The shutout win by one of Detroit’s backup goalies is a good sign for a Red Wings squad that only had nine wins in 26 starts by backups last season.

GM Steve Yzerman signed Reimer and Alex Lyon this summer with the hope they could upgrade that position. The Red Wings are carrying three goalies to make sure they have the goaltending depth required to compete for an Atlantic Division playoff spot.

Reimer, 35, signed a one-year deal ($1.5 million) with the Red Wings in July after spending two seasons with the San Jose Sharks. Before playing in San Jose, he spent time with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Florida Panthers and Carolina Hurricanes. He's always held the reputation of a goalie who works well as a backup or in a tandem with another netminder. He has never played 50 games in a season during his long NHL career. Reimer owns a career .911 save percentage. It's that consistency that the Red Wings wanted.

The Red Wings, out of the playoffs for the past seven seasons, are encouraged by a 2-1 start. They have scored 13 goals in their first three games, more encouragement for a team that averaged 2.93 goals per game last season. They play the Pittsburgh Penguins Wednesday.

☝️ Capitals’ rookie Matthew Phillips scored his 1st NHL goal against former team, Caps beat Flames 3-2 in shootout. Drafted 166th overall by Calgary in 2016, Phillips spent 7 years with the Flames organization but only needed 26:50 of regulation time against his former team to collect his 1st NHL goal and another three minutes to record his 1st NHL assist to tie the game at 2-2. Caps’ Evgeny Kuznetsov scored in the shootout and Darcy Kuemper made 38 saves in the win. Read more →

✌️ Sam Reinhart scored twice as Panthers narrowly hold on to 4-3 win over the Devils. Reinhart opened scoring just short of four minutes into action and added his second goal of the night 59 seconds into the 3rd to give the Panthers a 4-0 lead with Carter Verhaeghe and Niko Mikkola scoring between. Sergei Bobrovsky made 31 saves including 11 in the 3rd period as the Devils rallied late and almost forced overtime thanks to goals from Erik Haula, Michael McLeod, and Jesper Bratt. Read more →

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