Robin Lehner's Blackhawks career has gotten off to a stellar start. The 28-year-old's 2.38 goals against average is No. 7 in the NHL and his .938 save percentage is No. 1.
One area where Lehner struggles is in shootouts — he's lost 22 of his 30 career appearances, allowing 47.8 percent of shot attempts to score. This includes Saturday against the Dallas Stars, who scored on both of their attempts against Lehner.
After the game, Lehner — who made 40 saves in regulation/overtime — admitted he struggles in shootouts. He's struggling to figure out why, however.
"I'm not very good at them. I don't seem to make the save in the shootout and I do on the breakaways," Lehner told reporters in Dallas. "It's a little bit different in speed for me, but it's what it is. Never been good at it. I've tried to do a bunch of different things, but it's what it is. I don't have an answer for you."
Lehner expanded on this Sunday on Twitter, saying his issues aren't mental and inviting hockey "experts" (tongue in cheek comment) to provide him with an answer for his shootout woes.
Buffalo sports columnist Mike Harrington tweeted about Lehner's 0-for-2 shootout outing on Saturday. Lehner then called on Harrington to try and make a save, obviously in sarcastic nature.
This back-to-back bled into Sunday:
Here's to hoping Lehner gets on the right track in shootouts soon.
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