Giroux's foolproof sign Mason is playing well: 'He stops the puck'

Call it intuition. Call it whatever you want. But Claude Giroux knows.

The Philadelphia Flyers captain was asked after his club's 3-2 shootout win over rival Washington whether there's one thing he looks for that tells him goaltender Steve Mason is on his game.

"He stops the puck," Giroux said, according to The Fourth Period's David Strehle. "That could be one (thing)."

It's brilliant, really, when you think about it.

Mason did a whole lot of puck-stopping Wednesday, making 36 saves in 65 minutes of play, then allowing only one Capitals player to score on four shootout attempts.

Mason's now 9-1-1 in his last 11 games with a 2.12 goals-against average and a .932 save percentage, and he's 6-0-1 at home during the stretch.

Yeah, he's stopping the puck, alright.