This Penguins goalie should continue to improve after his solid postseason.
The Pittsburgh Penguins' season came to a heartbreaking end with their 1-0 overtime loss to the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 6. The Penguins worked hard to try to force a Game 7 after going down 3-0 in the series, but they fell just short.
While the Penguins lost in Game 6, Arturs Silovs certainly cannot be blamed. The 25-year-old goaltender gave the Penguins everything he had, as he stopped 31 out of 32 Flyers shots he faced. Unfortunately, the Penguins were unable to solve Flyers goalie Dan Vladar.
Silovs was excellent for the Penguins throughout the series, too. After taking over Pittsburgh's crease in Game 4, Silovs helped lead the Penguins to two straight wins due to his strong goaltender. In Game 4, he stopped 28 out of 30 shots he faced. He then stopped 18 out of 20 shots in Game 5.
With this, Silovs finished the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs with a 1.52 goals-against average and a .939 save percentage in three games. There is no question that the young Penguins goalie had a strong postseason, and he certainly should build off this for next season.
Silovs demonstrated during this postseason that he has good upside. It will be interesting to see what kind of campaign that he can put together next season, but it seems that the 2019 sixth-round pick may not have hit his ceiling just yet.