No one wanted to see Niklas Hjalmarsson get injured this season, but when he did so many different players stepped up to the plate, one such player was Alex Goligoski. Goligoski took on a top-four role, and even managed to play in both situations as an offensive threat for the team, and play that shutdown role.
Goligoski has honestly been playing really well on the power play, I know strange? He currently has 2 goals and 7 assists on the power play and that is not bad from a defenseman.
Because of not having his fellow blueliner Niklas Hjalmarsson for much of the season Goligoski has had to step up.