Robin Lehner Thanks Twitter Haters Following Clutch Game Four Performance

In a surprising move, Vegas Golden Knights head coach Pete DeBoer turned to Robin Lehner as his goaltender in a gotta-have-it Game Four against the Canadiens on Sunday night.

While Marc-Andre Fleury had been great all year, and in the first two rounds of the playoffs, he was a little shaky in Game 3, and DeBoer went against his fan base by turning to the veteran Lehner.

After coming up with a huge performance in the OT win to even up the series at two games apiece, Lehner thanked all of his doubters after the game.

“Not many people know,” Lehner said after the overtime victory. “I come to the game four hours early. I get my own bus. I sat for two hours and watched you guys talk shit on Twitter to get me motivated. It was great to see what you had to say. I don’t care what people think.”

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Robin Lehner would go on to describe how this year has been especially difficult for him, but he never lost confidence in his game.

“It has been a weird season with concussions and my surgery,” Lehner said via The New York Post. “I have been battling hard to be a good teammate and be as good as possible. Before this season, since I got out of rehab, I have been putting up some pretty good numbers and people act like I am not very good.”

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Robin Lehner has been a part of a great goalie tandem with Fleury all season long. And while DeBoer hasn’t made a decision on his Game Five goalie yet, Lehner says it a moot point for him.

“We’re on a Stanley Cup journey with a great team, a great organization and great guys,” Lehner said. “It doesn’t matter for me, truly in my heart, I don’t care if I’m on the bench or in net. I’ll do the best I can for the team.

“That’s what people don’t understand – it’s a team game. I couldn’t care less. [Fleury] has been absolutely outstanding. He’s the reason why we’re here with a lot of the other guys. When you get a chance to come in and help, it’s great. You just do what you can for the team whatever position you’re in. And that’s what it’s about.”

Before leaving the podium, Robin Lehner left his haters with one simple message.

“It is great motivation for me,” Lehner said. “It was very enjoyable on Twitter today. Thank you guys very much for giving me that motivation.”

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