As to the timeout debate, if he calls a timeout and they don't score, everyone whines that he played into ANA's hands and let the PKers rest. Damned if you do and damned if you don't. In reality, it's up to the players to execute.
And on that, there were two glaring things for me. ANA absolutely owned them on the dot. When they got the 5 on 3, you knew the puck was going down the ice immediately.
And the other thing was Brodie carrying it all the way up the ice himself and then button-hooking at the blueline where he coughed it up. All kinds of ice on a 5 on 3... you have to use your teammates better and move the puck.
As soon as those two things happened, the game was over.
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