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Re:EBUG: The NHL's emergency backup goalie rule by rawling on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @08:12PM (#31267649)
> In 2018, the accountant Scott Foster stopped all seven shots he faced to preserve a win for the Chicago Blackhawks. In 2020, the Zamboni driver David Ayres famously recorded the first-ever win for an EBUG as he denied his hometown Maple Leafs for half a game.

If Foster won as EBUG in 2018, how can Ayres have had the first-ever EBUG win in 2020?

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Re:EBUG: The NHL's emergency backup goalie rule by antasvara on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @08:21PM (#31267734)
AFAIK, the winning goalie is the goalie that's in net when the "winning" goal was scored. So, if your team wins 4-1,the winning goalie is the goalie that was in when their team scored the second goal.

The implication with Foster seems to be that he came in after this winning goal was scored. Ayres, on the other hand, must have had the winning goal scored while he was on the ice.

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Re:EBUG: The NHL's emergency backup goalie rule by ascagnel_ on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @09:48PM (#31268404)
Pitching in baseball follows a similar rule: the pitcher that gives up the winning run is awarded the loss, the last pitcher to pitch for the winning team is awarded the win.
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Re:EBUG: The NHL's emergency backup goalie rule by banannaise on Thursday May 05, 2022 @11:26AM (#31274563)
Yep. Ayres, amusingly, got the win because he allowed two goals after coming in with a 3-1 scoreline. (It was 4-1 by the time he allowed a goal.) Foster, holding a lead, never allowed a goal, and thus didn't become the goalie of record.
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Re:EBUG: The NHL's emergency backup goalie rule by patrickpkt on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @08:17PM (#31267699)
The “winning” goalie, for statistical purposes, is the one who was in net when the go-ahead goal was scored.
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Re:EBUG: The NHL's emergency backup goalie rule by hluska on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @08:39PM (#31267884)
It’s similar to baseball. A goalie can come in and preserve a win but only gets credited with the W if they’re in goal when the winning goal is scored. So an EBUG can win without receiving the W in the stats column.
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Re:EBUG: The NHL's emergency backup goalie rule by stuff4ben on Thursday May 05, 2022 @09:36AM (#31273126)
I don't get it, all of these posts mentioning David Ayres never say that he played for the Carolina Hurricanes that game. We still revere him down here in North Carolina. Always the underdog, my Canes... but we're putting on a clinic this playoffs!
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Re:EBUG: The NHL's emergency backup goalie rule by ohwaitnvm on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @08:16PM (#31267686)
Maybe it's the first away-team win for an EBUG
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