Athletistic/Hockey. Last night, the Colorado Avalanche defeated the San Jose Sharks in an NHL regular season home game. The Avalanche beat the Sharks with a score of 6:2.
Colorado’s goal in this game was defended by Alexander Georgiev. The Russian stopped 26 of 28 shots on his possessions. Notably, he won his 40th victory in 2023. It was Georgiev who was the first among all NHL goaltenders to reach this mark this year. Second place is occupied by the Finnish goaltender of the Nashville Predators, Juuse Saros (35 victories). Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck (34) completes the top three.
Interestingly, Georgiev also surpassed the legendary Canadian Patrick Roy in terms of the number of victories in a calendar year (39 in 2000) and became the record holder in Colorado.
This season, Alexander Georgiev played 24 matches, reflecting on average 89.7% shots with a reliability coefficient of 2.96.
Source: Sport
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