In remembering Alexander Vasyunov, who perished in the tragic airplane crash yesterday in Yaroslavl, I recall his brief time as a New Jersey Devil last season and go in depth in one of his highlights: his first and only NHL goal. Sadly, he will not score one ever again.
Upon reader request, I break down Zach Parise's goal on opening night of last season. An analysis of the play showed that it was much more than just a shot off a 2-on-1; much more was involved to make the rush happen, much less the goal.
Based on a reader request, I break down Ilya Kovalchuk's first period goal against the Carolina Hurricanes on 2/16/2011. The shot went past three Hurricanes and a Devil; but the play was much more complex and deserving of further analysis to determine how that shot was created.
From a reader suggestion, I break down Ilya Kovalchuk's overtime goal against the Penguins on March 4, 2011. In this analysis, I find that Patrik Elias did a lot of the work to make Kovalchuk's finisher even possible.
In this post, I break down Vladimir Zharkov's first NHL goal. It's an example of how a play can go awry, can be salvaged, and can end up with a goal thanks to some luck and some hard work.
Two readers on Twitter wanted to see a breakdown of the time Mattias Tedenby scored a backhanded goal against the Islanders on January 17, 2011. I provide the pictures from the video of his (mostly) individual effort.
The New Jersey Devils scored plenty of memorable goals last season that are worth another look. In this post, I breakdown Ilya Kovalchuk's breakaway goal against the NY Rangers to point out the key moments that made the play happen before a shot was fired.
In concluding the review of all 127 goals allowed by Martin Brodeur, I summarize all of the soft goals, skater errors, and goal locations; and I use that to come to several conclusions on how Brodeur did despite what the basic stats may suggest.
In the final monthly installment of reviewing the goals allowed by Martin Brodeur in 2010-11, I look at the 10 allowed in the short month of April, determine which ones were soft, and which ones had heinous errors by the skaters in front of the goalie.
In the second-to-last monthly installment of reviewing the goals allowed by Martin Brodeur in 2010-11, I look at the 24 goals allowed in March. I find only a few were soft, note who made an error on half of them, and provide general location information.
