3. Saves Above Projected<\/p>\n
NHL EDGE IQ insight \ud83d\udcca:\u00a0Fowler ranks second in the League in Saves Above Projected (plus-8.76) behind Oettinger (plus-10.86).<\/p>\n
The Canadiens have outscored their opponents 17-11 with Fowler in net this season. But, while his goal differential (plus-6) is much better than Dobes\u2019 differential (minus-4; 20 goals for, 24 goals against), it ranks far from the League leader (Pyotr Kochetkov<\/a> of Carolina Hurricanes has plus-20).\u00a0Fowler\u2019s 2.38 of goal support per game ranks 39th out of the 43 goalies to play at least six games this season, indicating the Canadiens could still have more to give once\u00a0Suzuki and Demidov return.<\/p>\n Fowler joined Rogie Vachon<\/a> (1966-67) and Carey Price<\/a> (2007-08) as the only goalies in\u00a0Canadiens history at age 21 or younger to win six straight games. He has seven consecutive road wins dating back to last season. Only three rookie goalies in NHL history have had a longer streak: Brent Johnson<\/a> (11 wins from 1998-99 to 2000-01), Joseph Woll<\/a> (eight from 2022-23 to 2023-24), and\u00a0Pelle Lindbergh<\/a> (eight from 1982-83). The NHL record for consecutive wins by a rookie goalie is 12 (Ross Brooks<\/a> of Boston Bruins from Dec. 30, 1973 to Feb. 28, 1974.)<\/p>\n Montreal, which had the Calder Trophy winner in 2024 (Lane Hutson) and runner-up in 2025 (Demidov), made the Eastern Conference Final last season and is equipped for another deep postseason run this season. With Fowler having a high ceiling this season in the Calder race and also in the years to come with potential Vezina Trophy<\/a> consideration if\/when he becomes the Canadiens\u2019 full-time starter, Montreal\u2019s young core continues to blossom and could lead them to even greater heights, whether the Atlantic Division title and\/or the Stanley Cup Final.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"3. Saves Above Projected NHL EDGE IQ insight \ud83d\udcca:\u00a0Fowler ranks second in the League in Saves Above Projected…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":946576,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":["post-946575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=946575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/946576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=946575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=946575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=946575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}