Red Wings 2019-20 Grades: Goalies

Photo by Dave Reginek/NHLI via Getty ImagesWelcome back to our series on Red Wings season grades for the 2019-20 season. Today we will be taking a look at the goalies.

Expectations

My grades are going to be based on expectations coming into the season. Detroit looked to be expecting a scenario in which Jimmy Howard and Jonathan Bernier shared the net somewhat evenly. Neither goalie was expected to be among the top NHL goalies, but around league average was a reasonable expectation.

Bernier had played 35 games the season before, and it seemed likely he would play around the same number, if not a little more with Howard another year older. Nobody expected Detroit to be good this season, but…