The Colorado Avalanche have decided on their starting goalie for tonight's game against the Dallas Stars.
The Colorado Avalanche will take their 24-11-3 record into American Airlines Center. Their opponent - the 22-10-4 Dallas Stars - will not make tonight's game easy.
Alexandar Georgiev played the full game against the New York Islanders in their win on Tuesday night. He stopped 18 of 22 shots to earn the 5-4 overtime win.
It was confirmed earlier today that Georgiev will be the starter again tonight.
Georgiev has a 20-8-0 record in 31 games. He has a 2.90 goals against average (GAA) and a .898 save percentage (SV%) to go along with one shut out.
Ivan Prosvetov has served well as the back up so far in 2023-24. His 2.84 GAA and .906 SV% look good too.
Across the board the Avalanche have received good goaltending this year - especially if you are interested in stats outside of GAA and SV%.
According to MoneyPuck.com Georgiev has saved 2.6 goals above expected while Prosvetov has saved 3.9 above expected. Goals saved above expected is simply the differential of actual goals to expected goals. Expected goals are calculated based on the location, type and distance of shots taken on a goalie.
Whoever the Avalanche have in net, they are always up to the challenge. Game time tonight is 6 PM Mountain Time.