NHL News Break

The best goaltender in the NHL this season has been Buffalo’s Ryan Miller.  While other Goalies have dominated for some periods of the season, Miller has for the most part been the most consistent.  Miller has a 1.83 goal against average which leads the NHL.  Miller is among the goalies in the NHL who are workhorses.

Other workhorse types include Evgeni Nabokov, Henrik Lundquist, Craig Anderson, Miikka Kiprusoff, Jon Quick, Ilya Bryzgalov, and Martin Brodeur.  Ilya Brzgalov has been superb for Phoenix this season and Bryz is certainly the envy of most fantasy owners.  Meanwhile, Colorado’s Craig Anderson has the most saves made in the NHL.  Even though Anderson’s goals against have been getting progressively not so good as the year has progressed, Anderson should be fine, especially with Peter Budaj getting some playing time and showing that he can compete.  While Anderson’s neck injury he recently suffered was unfortunate, maybe the added playing time to Budaj is a blessing in disguise to give Anderson the energy he needs to maintain his dominance throughout the entire NHL season, which is something Anderson has yet to prove in the NHL.  The team that is showing how to use two goalies is certainly the Boston Bruins.  While Tim Thomas has been good, his counterpart Tuukka Rask has become the great backup that Manny Fernandez provided for the team last season.  Bryzgalov and Miller are currently tied for the lead in the NHL for shutouts with four.