3 years agoWashington Capitals goaltender Ilya Samsonov replaced Vitek Vanecek in the crease for Saturday's Game 3 against the Panthers and he produced a very good performance with 29 saves. Jonathan Huberdeau got one past him with less than three minutes played, but Samsonov bounced back from the early blow and helped his team to a big 6-1 victory. This was Samsonov's second playoff appearance of the season after he played the third period in a 5-1 loss in Game 2. Samsonov stopped all 17 shots he faced on Thursday, so he's produced an outstanding .978 save percentage in the postseason so far. The series continues on Monday with another game in Washington.--Taavi Pailk - RotoBaller
Source: ESPN