Breaking Down The Net, Part 2

12. Craig Anderson was well on his way to a Vezina Trophy last season, but unfortunately injuries came around, and he wasn’t able to play more than 24 games. But in the 24 games Anderson played, he was outstanding. He held down the fort for Ottawa when they should have been going into a spiraling land slide down the standings. Anderson proved he can be the go to goalie as long as he’s healthy last season, the numbers prove it, and the game he played proved it.

In the 24 games Anderson played, he had a record of 12-9-2, and posted a ridiculous goals against average of 1.69, and an extremely impressive save percentage of .941. Those numbers should earn any goalie a Vezina any day of the week, but due to the fact that he only started half of the games this season, it’s hard to hand out big name hardware like that.

Backing up Anderson in net will be Robin Lehner, who played well in the time he was given last season. After the trade of Ben Bishop to Tampa Bay, Lehner stepped in as the undisputed back up. He put up a record of 5-3-4, a goals against average of 2.20, and a save percentage of .936%. If the Senators can stay healthy this season, they could be a very scary team.