Sentence examples for shutdown pair from inspiring English sources
This spring, Bruins Coach Claude Julien united the towering Slovakian defenseman Zdeno Chara with the solid German Dennis Seidenberg to create an effective shutdown pair.
The Rangers entered the game with the intention of using the young defensemen Marc Staal and Dan Girardi as the "shutdown pair" assigned to try to contain Alex Ovechkin.
Girardi and McDonagh were used as a shutdown pair against Ovechkin's line, but they were victimized on the goal by Ovechkin's linemate Johansson, and Ovechkin stripped McDonagh of the puck near the end of the first period for a breakaway that ended with Ovechkin hitting the outside of the goal post behind Lundqvist.
Muzzin made major strides last season and joined fellow defenseman Drew Doughty to form the Kings' shutdown pair.
You take away half of the team's top shutdown pair and it is going to have an impact, naturally.
Muzzin's development accelerated last season, and he and defense partner Drew Doughty formed the Kings' top shutdown pair on the way to the Stanley Cup in 2014.
Throughout his NHL career, he has been placed on shutdown pairing with such defensive partners as Willie Mitchell and Dan Hamhuis.
It remains to be seen how much effort Bylsma will put into matching lines at home in Games 1 and 2. It's probably in the Penguins' best interest to have Staal's checking line and the shutdown defensive pair of Brooks Orpik and Zbynek Michalek matched up against Claude Giroux's unit.
On Sunday, Tortorella assigned his shutdown-defense pair, Staal and Dan Girardi, to Ovechkin, and they were effective.
Prior to his injury, Hamhuis played a significant role in the team's playoff run, forming a shutdown defensive pairing with Kevin Bieksa.
Playing on a shutdown defensive pairing with Dan Hamhuis, his season-ending +32 plus-minus established a personal best by 31 points (his previous career-high was a +1 in 2006 07) and ranked second in the league, one point behind Boston Bruins defenceman Zdeno Chara.
