By The Numbers: Petr Mrazek

By The Numbers will highlight the Red Wings on-ice accomplishments in the 2015-16 season. Each week during the off-season, By The Numbers will profile a different player on the team, focusing on their statistical highs. This week we focus on goalies Petr Mrazek.

There was a stretch during the regular season when there wasn’t a better goalie in the league than Mrazek. The Red Wings’ netminder posted a 10-2-1 record with a 1.31 goals-against average and an eye-popping .951 save percentage in a 13-game block.

Then the wheels came off as the 24-year-old experienced a rough six-week period and lost his starting job to Jimmy Howard.

Mrazek, who is a restricted free agent this summer, finished with a 27-16-6 record, a 2.33 GAA and a .921 save percentage. He regained his starting role in Game 3 of the Wings’ first-round playoff series against Tampa Bay.

In May, the Wings hired goaltending coach Jeff Salajko to work with Mrazek next season. A former coach with the Grand Rapids Griffins, Salajko will try to help Mrazek boost his confidence.

“I don’t think consistency is an issue,” coach Jeff Blashill said. “Now, he dipped during that month for certain, he didn’t play as well as he wanted to but I’d also say our team didn’t play as well …

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