Gibson Named NHL's Third Star of the Week

Ducks goaltender John Gibson has been named the National Hockey League's
"Third Star of the Week" for the week ending Sunday, Feb. 26
.

Gibson's week was the latest in a specatular month of February, in which he's already accomplished numerous goaltending feats unseen in over a half-century.

In three starts, all on the road against playoff contending clubs in the Eastern Conference, Gibson turned aside 143-of-151 shots, highlighted by two 51-save performances and a pair of wins to close the road trip.
Gibson stopped 51-of-55 shots, including 22-of-23 in the third period, in a 4-3 loss to Florida on Monday, coming within two saves of his own franchise record set earlier this month.

The 29-year-old followed that up with a 41-save victory over Washington, stopping each of the Capitals' final 26 shots on net.
He closed the week out Sunday with another 51 saves in a 3-2 win over the NHL's second-ranked team, the Carolina Hurricanes, becoming just the second goaltender since shots on goal was first tracked (the 1955-56 season), to post three 50-save performances in a single month (joining Gump Worsley, Jan. 1963).Gibson's 1,394 saves through 41 games are the most by an NHL goalie since Jacques Plante (1,442) in 1963-64. He leads the league this season in saves, even-strength saves (1,153), 50-save games (three), games with 40-plus saves (10) and 35-plus save efforts (18). He's also the lone NHL netminder this season with at least four games of 45-plus saves.