Gotta See It: Niemi pulled after disastrous start against Wild

Watch as Antti Niemi gets pulled after allowing some questionable goals against the Dallas Stars to start the game.

[@keechy1551]

Not even his fault really. Turnovers kill.

[@MakeTaxationTheftAgain]

Last two were bad

[@drewdawg4203]

that was the cleanest five hole shot I've seen

[@jetttokiwa]

Aussy the D should not let that many rushes in though. They can't be just backing up and hope to do something. Should have saved the last 2 but the wild should not be allowed to walk in with any pressure

[@macmac5973]

Wayne Train and he is a goalie he his job is to save the puck

[@Reydriel]

The last two were pretty bad goals, but his defence sure didn't help him out.

[@PincheTesticales]

injuries and inconsistency is what's killing the stars. when goalies play well, the team can't score. when the team is scoring, the goalies can't keep it out of the net... just brutal

[@PincheTesticales]

how did i forget about the defense lmao. they are straight cheeks.

[@oskarnurmi4624]

True

[@martinc.720]

Description reads "after allowing some questionable goals against the Dallas Stars ", while he plays FOR the Stars... is it just me or...?

[@Devonplayzgames1weq]

sometimes its not the goalie... I know that from experience.

[@savageroar1020]

Not all is fault,though he had odd-man rushes which are harder than y think trust me

[@Shark_Jaws]

This is why I'm glad he's no longer in a Sharks uniform.

[@wastefellow2569]

Am I the only one here who realized his save percentage is less than zero in that game?!

[@riseagainst-pe3ld]

niemi lets in 3 goals gets pulled montoya let's in 10 remains in the crease

[@belainegibsson.2082]

riseagainst 1997 Gotta protect Price's numbers for the Vezina race.

[@poejavelski148]

Be Laine Gibs, Son Price is done. It's between Holtby, Bobrovsky, and Dubnyk.

[@cbmadi1824]

Bad goal tending

[@flyervoracek5954]

1 was an own goal, 1 was an absolute snipe, the five-hole was definitely his fault. Stars need to learn that a defense will negate a lot of offense

[@ClipsThatTakeUpStorageOnMyXbox]

Snipe?? It hit the middle left lmfao that isnt a snipe...

[@flyervoracek5954]

Kozars Son it went over the shoulder and beat an nhl-caliber(debatable) goalie clean, aka a snipe

[@ClipsThatTakeUpStorageOnMyXbox]

Flyer Voracek It went next to his blocker... not over his shoulder lmfao...

[@andrewwong7617]

nah, the five hole was harder to stop than the 3rd goal. keep in mind it was a 2 on 1 and Niemi. He has to stay upright enough so that Staal can't go top shelf and he has to consider the pass. Rarely do players go five-hole on a 2on1. I'd say it was more of a brilliant play by Staal, good vision to recognize the opening and sniped it perfectly. The 3rd goal was just a clear shot with 1 shooter. That shot is stopped 97% of the time by any average NHL goalie.

[@JDL3777]

@@flyervoracek5954 lmao watch again bud

[@dawsonkennedy7062]

You cant blame him. First goal changed direction and it was impossible for him to get to it. (off leg straight to wild), and the other ones were terrible turn overs, a 3 on 1 and 2 on 1, although I though he should've had that five hole

[@hendrikwennberg3548]

Dawson Kennedy The last goal was a 2 on 2 not a 3 on 1... He has to stop that

[@dawsonkennedy7062]

Hendrik W yeah, so so sorry I messed up. Too bad Im still right

[@hendrikwennberg3548]

Dawson Kennedy Alright, no idea what that's supposed to mean

[@dawsonkennedy7062]

Hendrik W turnover at the line cause him to not have time to set up, and a quick shot made it practically impossible to save

[@hendrikwennberg3548]

Dawson Kennedy The turnover was at the red line, he had all day to set up

[@bradhuygens]

It happens. One of the hardest positions to play in sports

[@TheCandoRailfan]

That moment when a team has more goals than shots.

[@CynFtWProductions]

Enjoy him Dallas 😂 Signed: Sharks fans

[@kevinfang4362]

yeet

[@CynFtWProductions]

+Kevin Fang yeet yeet parakeet

[@poejavelski148]

CynFtWProductions Haha agreed

[@poejavelski148]

zxqvu That's because the team in front of him was amazing. But, I can agree that back then he was a pretty good goalie.

[@CynFtWProductions]

+zxqvu oh snap! The only burn left against the Sharks. You did that. +10 Interwebz points

[@briman2000]

he has no defence to work with. People always like to blame the goalie but if the defence was good the puck/ ball would never reach him

[@dustinbrown8003]

Hey stars I think Boston may have a tendy down in the ahl that needs a fresh start. Maybe Malcolm "Swiss Cheese" Subban can help you

[@phonyplatonist3393]

Hahahahahahahhha!! I busted out laughing when I read "Swiss cheese" XD

[@drewdawg4203]

Dustin Brown Lol only if Malcom was as good as he was in 2bc Productions gm modes

[@isaiah9757]

Dustin Brown I was at Malcolm's debut... It was amazing!!! One shot the first period for the blues and he stopped it. 1-0 Bruins after one. First three shots in the second turns into three goals! XD In comes TUUUUUUUKK! I kinda felt bad because it's his debut and because the Bruins are my second team but it was still fun!

[@dustinbrown8003]

Isaiah975 like i said.... swiss cheese subban

[@danbruins8899]

Isaiah975 Wierd. I'm a Bruins fan and my second favorite team is the Blues lol.

[@darianhanquist6740]

So how were any of those goals his fault?

[@leaf8554]

Member 2010? I member

[@tionlover]

You mean the cup fam?

[@FromRussia_With_Love]

Niemi had a good defense to work with that year though. He's a consistent and solid goalie when he has a solid defense, but without the likes of star players like Duncan Keith or Brent Seabrook, he struggles a lot.

[@sandmonkey322]

pull the defense. Those were all bad rushes

[@bakingwithcorey5917]

he didn't make any saves?? but the first shot hit him??

[@AEMoreira81]

Own goal off of Oduya.

[@CodyChromeBand]

Hot Coco looked like 2 saves. Stat track fail

[@kbholla]

How garbage is the Stars defense. More awful than last year? My God this is the pros act like it.

[@chickachikaboom1]

Kbholla last year we actually had a defense and this year we apparently got bored of it

[@TheRomanRuler]

Problem is that other side tends to be pros too.

[@768lbman]

2 Shots with 3 goals. LOL ok scoreboard

[@zackcohen403]

Brett Carson Oduya put one in his own net.

[@claude878878]

actually, it wasn't a typo. this is the 1st game in NHL history to have 3 goals scored on 2 shots. WOW.. i don't think this record will be broken for a long time. We just saw history. That's how good the Wild are.

[@thisisar1941]

claude878878 or how bad the Stars are this year

[@marcosmoussallem1338]

Brett Carson Take that Wayne Gretzky. You don't miss 100% of the shots you don't take. They didn't shoot, and they scored.

[@murphymoerf]

I wonder what his save percentage looked like. Even if he had stayed in and saved the next shot it would have been 0% because 3 shots 3 goals lol

[@FROZYO]

lol at the guy @ 0:57 "Welllllll, it's gonna be a long night" *sips beer*

[@shanegriggs2810]

Only 5 hole goal was his fault really

[@hendrikwennberg3548]

Shane Griggs I thought the 3rd one was worse than the 5 hole goal tbh

[@shanegriggs2810]

Well that was nice shot top cheese over the blocker. Tough one to save when no one is on the guy shooting

[@negevsareforpros9250]

Ha when will be the next time you'll see that 3 goals on 2 shots

[@BSlaughter12]

It was three shots, they just can't count. First goal was a from a rebound off his chest, don't know how they missed it

[@aku_anka4939]

Bradley Slaughter oduya put one in his own net, granlund didnt actually hit the puck

[@LeafsLad]

MaraMuumi but they shot the puck before the first own goal. It's really 3 goals on 3 shots which isn't much better

[@canadianguy123]

They didn't count the shot on Staal's goal.

[@negevsareforpros9250]

flames flyers exactly

[@sharkcitywarrior5485]

not nemos fault I miss nemo I was sad when he got traded to the stars.

[@Isojoki]

Lucky for the Stars Darcy Kuemper was in net at the other end of the ice. Wild still won, but it was very interesting.

[@string7135]

boy this aged like a fine wine

[@WildVikingMarauder]

Wild fan here. Saddest part is that Lehtonen eventually gets the L on this game, even though he actually ends up outplaying Niemi and Dubnyk.

[@Aviral955]

Aaron Derksen Dubnyk didn't play this game, our backup Kuemper was in net

[@seamusbelisle5425]

Kari Let-a-ton-in with a sick CCM setup as usual

[@moodlampActual]

vast majority of tendys wear ccm now its hip now

[@NBACoDGaming]

+En Kommentoi Joku ei tajuu

[@turunsaaristonpossuankkaaa1575]

kari lehtonen

[@seamusbelisle5425]

Kevin Crabtree I like the look of the pad but the boot of the pad has no angle on it and it has that padding on the side. Thats the only thing I dont like about them, like this www.google.com/search?q=CCM+pads+boot&espv=2&biw=1324&bih=677&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjo5cXTgcXRAhXGrFQKHeSsApsQ_AUIBygC#imgrc=oyvIcUSSV3J5uM%3A

[@moodlampActual]

Seamus Belisle bc skates these days have no cowling. the leg pad has the necessary padding now in its place.

[@nhehlers4265]

I would put the 1st two goals on Dallas Defense, both were a result from a 2-1. If Dallas learned to play defense, this would happen

[@GWh135]

Why didn't they count the second goal as a shot?

[@liampower3073]

left out to dry for most of the goals

[@Mute14_]

Odd man rush/scramble. Odd man rush. Turnover. Wtf, Dallas defense, the Canucks could play better defense than you here.

[@CodyChromeBand]

The D doesn't stand for "defense." Imo the coach ruined both these goalies that year by constantly hooking them. Neither could ever get comfortable bc in the back of their mind they knew one mistake and probably coming out. Just not the way to manage goalies.

[@Christoph5782]

3 goals on 2 shots? Not a very good save percentage.

[@poejavelski148]

Christoph5782 Lol negative save percentage.

[@wastefellow2569]

-0.33

[@lowblack3004]

Dallas Has 30+ scorers but no defense. like bOIIIIIII

[@NZBigC_PSPlusPlatinums]

I knew the Wild were good, but 3 goals in 2 shots? Hot dang!

[@Ken-no5ip]

The first goal was the defenses fault for letting the guy sneak up behind the them

[@mattwilkie9713]

Wild were up 2-0 on 1 shot.... Don't see that everyday

[@bigmacmonster]

props to him for keeping his cool. not many could do that

[@HallowPena19]

this guy walled out Detroit so hard on Thursday, and now he's going back to not playing well

[@FanvsantGaming]

Really wasnt his fault

[@HallowPena19]

i didnt say it was his fault, im just saying that he isnt a good goalie. not cuz of this game

[@FanvsantGaming]

He did great for the Sharks

[@valhene]

Damn,Minnesota is good... 3 goals,2 shots

[@ericstorey7039]

Not really his fault. Dallas, defend much?

[@trident4371]

3 goals on 4 shots

[@arniexanchez]

3 shots, 3 goals

[@biasedislandersfan2981]

What was the final score?

[@njackson6807]

BiasedIslandersFan I don't know, but the comments give me the impression that this game was actually pretty close, although the Wild still won.

[@mnwildfan97]

5-4 Minnesota 3 years later I still remember

[@gabebrown7774]

That pronunciation of Zucker is just so off.

[@isaiahhemann8790]

Go Wild!!!

[@wastefellow2569]

Wow! His save PCT% that game was literally -0.333

[@XSpamDragonX]

Niemi looked like an EA NHL goalie. Those weird stilted movements and freezes.

[@hazardous0887]

Sad that he gets the blame when his team keeps turning the puck over to the opposition...

[@jackwall9161]

poor dallas

[@garrettchurch5940]

Stars don't have good goaltending

[@MrNicholas7]

Why does everyone seem to think this was some crazy anomaly where there was more goals than shots on Niemi? Just because the scoreboard says 2 shots, doesn't negate what you can clearly see in the video: - 0:03 - Zucker Shot - ON GOAL - Niemi Save (0-0) - 0:05 - Koivu Shot - BLOCKED - Oduya Own Goal (1-0) - 0:49 - Staal Shot - ON GOAL - Staal Scores (2-0) - 1:29 - Dumba Shot - ON GOAL - Dumba Scores (3-0) = 3 Shots on Goal / 3 Goals Against Still don't believe me. Go look at the game sheet - Niemi faced 3 shots.

[@TheGameTripleX]

Don't really blame Niemi though his career is kinda going sour now. The Wild are the best offensive in the NHL right now and can make any goaltender look stupid now with Boudreau at helm. It could have been much worse like getting embarrassed by a bottom feeder team in the league like Jonathan Bernier was against Edmonton. 3 goals in 4 shots against them and this isn't the first time he has gotten embarrassed by them. And this was before the Oilers got much better.

[@ChiefXibalba]

Still better than Karri let a ton in.

[@TheUNofficialNHL]

He makes the first save off of Zucker, right? So that's 1 shot, then Oduya puts it in his own net, so still 1 shot. Staal scores on the next shot, then Dumba scores on the 3rd shot. How does Minnesota end up with only 2 shots when Niemi is pulled?

[@NYRangersfan26]

@sportsnetcanada you guys might wanna take a look at the description you wrote for this video. It should say "....against the Minnesota Wild."

[@shanebarnet1311]

Niemi is the most unreliable goalie in the Nhl. Remember when he played for the sharks? this happened every second game lol

[@wastefellow2569]

Imagine, we have an AHL goalie (ok, an NHL backup) playing reliever-Montoya's roles, while Price and Montoya are hurt. And as second choices, we have Niemi and Fucale-two inconsistent goalies. Oh, and we have Benn on the first pair. Defensively, we're in trouble. Lindgrën will look bad, too

[@fearcedgamer8789]

Giuliano di Staulo i dont know what world ur in but niemi has been doing great since coming to montreal and charlie can easily be the future starter for the canadiens

[@ChloeGfan]

Wow Niemi... The NHL clearly isn't for you. Good luck against my Red Wings

[@lucarossi8913]

Niemi been taking Ls for a while, who else is watching how garbage he is after seeing him let everything in for Pittsburgh?

[@threethrushes]

His NHL career is officially over.

[@wastefellow2569]

Atrocious stats this year! Should be playing in La Liiga…

[@m00rtin4]

dont know if its only niemis fault tho. look at the space the wild players got to fire goal 2 and 3.

[@BreegFIN]

Staal's goal was a bit on the easy side, but own goals, ridiculous turnovers... and overall very sloppy defending game after game. It hasn't been easy to be a Stars goalie the past years.

[@Megamind92x_Jeff]

The nhl community should watch mire whats happening with the montreal canadiens right. Carey is the biggest overestimated and this guy is the most underrated. Stop looking at you stats and look at the plays instead..

[@gobluejackets61]

hard to blame him for the first two, except maybe that monster rebound on the first goal, but that third goal was awful.

[@AZ112WE]

Ouduya scored the first one and on the second he let the Wild on a 2-1 rush. Third one was all Niemi though. But can you blame him when his own defence is trying to score against him.

[@jmartinkat40]

The First 2 he couldn't do much. A open goal because of a blocked shot and then a 2 on 1. The 3rd could have been stopped but that should have never happened. There was a bad turnover before the shot.

[@g-daddyyoutube1545]

Honestly 2 of the Wild's goals came off a bad pass by the Stars or turnovers, it wasn't even Niemi's fault

[@randomgamer7141]

2 shots and 3 goals?

[@wastefellow2569]

Yep

[@brycevogt9669]

Only goalues like niemi can pull stuff like that off.

[@matthewammendolia8577]

Some poor defending in there but shoulda had the last 2, coming from a goalie. 3rd one was a decent shot but from that far out that can't go in. Everyone has an off night.

[@vincedelmonico2927]

Let's go wild!!!!!

[@yumiheartskitty1822]

rip wild lmaoooo

[@wastefellow2569]

Why do we have to go wild?

[@StonedJackelope]

he had no chance on the first goal....got caught flat on his feet backing in to the crease, couldent cover his 5 hole on the second...lost his confidence resulting in the third....just sayin...

[@chad_b]

I don't understand why the stars having been dealing with such below average goaltending for so long. It has to be what has been holding them back so long

[@ignatiusv1869]

tbh I think they should fire Lindy Ruff, the Stars are my favorite team but they're not doing so well this season

[@JacobWat]

I'm a stars fan but, man we suck this year. We really need new goalies. Especially after last years playoffs

[@chase4870]

minnesota never gets any credit it's almost hilarious. It's always a bad goalie or bad team when the Wild play them.

[@Gh0stBustaz11]

Not even his fault... I think Niemi sucks but come on, the Dallas Stars have NO defense.

[@sugaquaks]

I've never seen a team so desperate for a goalie than the Dallas stars, they should've drafted Hart last year and now they can only hope they can get gravel this year or next.

[@skeletor2by4]

Columbus and Minnesota are scary. Hope the hawks show up against the wild next game

[@TheShini1234]

This man won a cup

[@xSlattzZ]

"awful defense" not really awful defense when there is no screen and the shot still goes in. Awful goaltending. It happens.

[@ClaudeVids]

all 3 goals were pretty good thou not like some easy ass save maybe the 2nd but LOL where is the defense ?

[@haiperr6861]

lmao first goal was because the def were watching the puck. and within a ft from one another...

[@hockey4vlogs185]

not his fault when defense weak af... goalie is the last line of defense. without any good defense don't blame the goalie

[@PrimeNHL]

Anybody else notice the description? It says against the Dallas Stars lel

[@ireapzz9297]

The first one wasn't his fault the second one.. ya he should of had that.. but the third one that's just awful

[@tollboothjason]

3 goals on 2 shots? Does an own goal not count as a shot?

[@GWh135]

They actually didn't count the second goal as a shot on net, idk why.

[@DanielTheFreak]

God we suck. We could have Price in net it wouldn't matter with this defense.

[@dexxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx6537]

All 3 of those were faults of the teamates i dont understand why the goalie was pulled...

[@MrEpichabsfan]

Those were just turn overs and terrible defense. He shoulda stopped the staal one though.

[@burkchub272]

How bout dem Cowboys

[@ambroseheyer5952]

Probably discouraged by the rest of his team playing really poorly.

[@Hi.Im.Levi.]

Only one of those are the tendys fault. Own goal. Odd man rush. The stars let him down

[@DeellySwim]

Lol the blackhawks should be scared

[@legendapoju22]

Can't blame the goalie. The entire Stars defense is completely useless.

[@Quole1234]

and that's why the stars will not go anywhere. terrible defense and bad goaltending.

[@THEJIGGADREWSHOW]

MAKE HOCKEY 3 VS 3....SUBSTITUTE EVERY 4 MINUTES..

[@Bline-ip6et]

LOL at when they played Seth Rollins theme at the start after the wild scored their first

[@Sapsterr]

I swear I hear Seth Rollins theme song after the first goal

[@jetli2086]

Ahaha Stars announcer is really funny 😂

[@Dr_Doc]

Both of the stars goaltenders would be bad miner league backup