NHL years Patrick Lalime

1 nhl years

1.1 success
1.2 senators
1.3 post-ottawa years

nhl years
early success

lalime went cleveland third season in 1996–97 , remained lumberjacks until november. penguins called him , lalime made nhl debut on november 16 against new york rangers, replaced ken wregget midway through game, allowing 3 goals on 14 shots in 8–3 loss. lalime s next appearance on december 6, replacing wregget after first period down 2–0, lalime made 16 saves , penguins rebounded 5–3 win, giving him first career victory. lalime given start next night against anaheim mighty ducks, , responded 30 saves in 5–3 victory. lalime go on set nhl record longest unbeaten streak begin career (16 games 14–0–2 record) before suffering first defeat on january 23, 4–3 ot loss colorado avalanche. during streak, lalime recorded first shutout, 4–0 win on san jose sharks on december 13, , had 49 save performance against calgary flames on january 21, 4–2 penguins victory. after streak ended, lalime cooled off rest of season , finished off 21–12–2 record, 2.94 gaa , save percentage of .913. cleveland, lalime 6–6–2 3.24 gaa. dressed backup ken wregget during penguins 5 playoff games year.

in 1997–98, lalime , penguins not agree on contract, , spent season grand rapids griffins of ihl, appearing in 31 games , posting 10–10–9 record team leading gaa of 2.61 , .918 save percentage. on march 24, 1998, penguins traded rights anaheim mighty ducks sean pronger, lalime stayed griffins, , played in 1 playoff game, allowing 4 goals in overtime loss.

in 1998–99, failed make mighty ducks team during pre-season, , club assigned him kansas city blades of ihl. lalime rewrote team s record book 39–20–4 record, 3.01 gaa , save percentage of .900. named ihl goaltender of month march , earned first team all-star selection after leading league in wins, minutes played (3789) , saves (1708). in playoffs, lalime went 1–2 2.08 gaa kansas city lost long beach ice dogs in first round.

senators

the mighty ducks traded lalime ottawa senators ted donato , antti-jussi niemi on june 18, , opened 1999–2000 nhl season senator , ron tugnutt split duties. lalime began senators career 3–0 shutout victory on philadelphia flyers on october 2. go on , have solid season 19–14–3 record, gaa of 2.33 , save percentage of .905. sens trade tugnutt pittsburgh in march tom barrasso, , lalime serve backup remainder of season. lalime dressed 6 playoff games against toronto maple leafs, did not see action senators put out in first round.

the senators gave lalime starting job in 2000–01, , responded 36–19–5 record, 2.35 gaa, , save percentage of .914 , helped sens winning northeast division, despite missing ten games sprained left mcl in mid-october. named nhl player of week twice (november 27-december 3 , february 12–18). in playoffs, sens meet leafs second consecutive season, , lalime played well, gaa of 2.39, senators struggled score goals , eliminated in 4 games.

in 2001–02 lalime had 27–24–8 record, 2.48 gaa , .903 save percentage. second in league 7 shutouts , set club record 149:41 shutout streak october 23 november 10. in playoffs, sens faced off philadelphia flyers , heavy underdogs, however, lalime unbeatable, allowed 2 goals ottawa defeated flyers in 5 games. gaa series 0.40, , had .985 save percentage. in second round, sens met leafs third straight year, , 5–0 game 1 win, lalime tied nhl playoff record 4 shutouts. leafs stormed , won series in 7 games. lalime finished 2002 playoffs 7–5 record , 1.39 gaa.

in 2002–03, senators won presidents trophy having best regular season record, , lalime led way 39–20–7 record, 2.16 gaa , .911 save percentage. second in nhl in wins, shutouts (8), fourth in minutes (3943) , fifth in gaa. appeared in first all-star game on february 2 after ed belfour pulled out injury. made 18 saves on 19 shots in 25 minutes, allowed 3 goals during shootout , took loss. broke own record shutout streak 184:06 january 9–18. in playoffs, helped senators defeat new york islanders in 5 games, philadelphia flyers in 6 games, before losing eventual stanley cup champion new jersey devils in 7 games in eastern conference final. lalime had 11–7 record , gaa of 1.82 during playoffs.

in 2003–04, lalime finished 25–23–7 record 2.29 gaa , save percentage of .905. in opening round of playoffs, sens meet battle of ontario opponents, toronto maple leafs 4th time in 5 years. lalime struggled during series, allowing opening goal in every game, , despite senators heavily outshooting leafs, series tied after 6 games. in game seven, lalime allowed 2 soft goals joe nieuwendyk, , after first period pulled out of game sens losing 3–0. lose 4–1 , lost leafs fourth time in playoffs. marked end of lalime s playing time in ottawa.

post-ottawa years

after acquiring star goaltender dominik hašek via free agency, senators decided trade lalime st. louis blues fourth round conditional pick in 2005 nhl entry draft on june 27, 2004. lalime set blues starter during 2004–05 season, lockout wiped out season, , lalime did not play hockey year.

during 2005–06 nhl season, earned first win blues on october 11 against chicago blackhawks, making 32 saves in 4–1 victory. however, season forget lalime, finished year 4–18–8 record, 3.64 gaa , .881 save percentage. spent part of season in ahl, posted record of 6–6–1, 2.86 gaa , .903 save percentage peoria rivermen. on april 2, lalime played final game blue, suffered torn acl had him out remainder of season.

on july 1, 2006, lalime signed chicago blackhawks one-year, $700,000 contract, backup nikolai khabibulin. ended being injured before training camp herniated disk. in debut blackhawk on february 7, 2007, lalime stopped 34 shots , shut out vancouver canucks chicago won game 3–0. went 4–6–1 in 12 games during regular season 3.07 goals against average , .896 save percentage. play blackhawks enough club re-sign him one-year contract, 1 worth $950,000.

on july 1, 2008, lalime signed buffalo sabres two-year, $2 million contract play backup ryan miller. in first season sabres, lalime recorded 5-13-3 record 3.10 goals against average.

on july 20, 2011, lalime retired nhl , became analyst on ottawa senators television broadcasts on rds. lalime worked 15 senators games on french-language network during 2011-12 season contributing other hockey shows. quit rds in 2014 become primary nhl analyst tva sports.