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Something Strange
I don't really know how to preface this right so I'll just say it. If you divide up Luongo's stats last year between games where he faced less than 25 shots and those where he faced more than 25 you get something kind of weird: His save% in games where he faced less than 25 shots: 0.888 (477/537) His save% in games where he faced more than 25 shots: 0.931 (1521/1632) What the fuck, huh? This ...
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