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Originally Posted by Gaskal
I can't really find a scapegoat for last night but I did notice some uncharacteristic mistakes. On the 5 on 3, when the puck went back to the point, 2 out of our 3 PKers went high to cover - Jooris and Brodie(?) when it really should've just been the centerman. In a 5 on 3 scenario the point blast is considered a lower percentage play; you have to worry more about the cross-crease pass.
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They played it exactly how you're supposed to play a 5 on 3, you have to take away the D to D one timers as best as possible or they'll just sit inside the top of the circles and tee off and a goalie isn't going to stop many of those from that close. The only criticism that could be made is that Jooris didn't drop back down fast enough to cover that cross crease pass when the puck went down low.
But realistically it was a full 5 on 3 for 2 minutes, teams have a tendency to score on those, 3 guys can't take away every option everytime.