Great effort from Backlund & most of the other young guns again. Am really impressed with Reinhart. He has a motor that never quits and he was flying out there and he also showed a rather potent wrister a couple of times.
Among the vets, Stumpy & Scoreface were really good tonight.
Thought Cervenka had a good game later on. Took advantage of some sloppy Nuck turnovers in the 3rd and displayed some crafty puck skills and good offensive zone hockey sense. He even made a nice hustle backcheck to thwart a good Nucks scoring chance shortly after the Nucks took a 2-1 lead. Good on him for that considering he hasn't been that good in his own zone and also considering the fact his skating often leaves something to be desired.
Jones I thought was rather invisible tonight and so was Baertschi.
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