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Five individual playoff stats you may find interesting

Martin St. Louis, Marc-Andre Fleury

New York Rangers right wing Martin St. Louis (26) takes a shot on Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury (29) in the second period of their second-round NHL Stanley Cup hockey playoff game at Madison Square Garden in New York, Monday, May 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

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.925 -- Marc-Andre Fleury’s save percentage this postseason. It was only .908 in the first round against Columbus, but has risen considerably on the strength of two shutouts over the Rangers. Among regular starters in these playoffs, only Tuukka Rask (.939) and Corey Crawford (.936) have stopped a higher percentage of shots than Fleury.

“I don’t think there was any question he was the best player on the ice,” Penguins coach Dan Bylsma said after Fleury’s 35-save shutout last night at MSG.

.830 -- Ilya Bryzgalov’s save percentage in five appearances for the Wild, by far the lowest of any goalie that’s started a game this postseason. Bryzgalov has faced just 21 shots in each of the two games versus the Blackhawks, and that’s a heck of an accomplishment for Minnesota against a team that averaged 33.1 shots during the regular season.

Unfortunately for the Wild, their goalie has been beaten seven times, including this back-breaker in Game 1:

Nice shot? Absolutely.

Stoppable shot? Without a doubt.

1.8 -- Points per game for Brent Seabrook. Nobody boasts a higher number than that. The Chicago defenseman was suspended for three games against St. Louis, but he’s still managed to rack up nine points in the five he’s played. Just another one of those right-shooting d-men that are all the rage these days.

6 -- Goals for Marian Gaborik. Nobody has more. The Kings got Gaborik from Columbus in March for Matt Frattin, a second-round and conditional third-round pick. So yeah, not a bad deadline deal right there. Certainly, skating on a line with Anze Kopitar has helped Gaborik, but let’s not use that against him -- he was picked up to score, and he’s done just that.

41 -- Shots for Rick Nash. Nobody has more. And that’s good, in theory. But did we mention Nash has zero goals and apparently needs to put his “big boy pants” on? Why exactly the shots aren’t going in for the hefty winger is a good question. Some of it’s probably bad luck. But Nash had similar issues in last year’s playoffs when he scored just once on 42 shots, so it’s feasible there’s an issue with the quality of shots he’s getting. Regardless, it’s his job to convert, and for the Rangers’ sake he needs to figure it out quick.