We were essentially carried by our depth and our young players, which is awesome
Somewhat worried about our first line. Hudler is quite obviously hurt, and Monahan doesn't seem 100% either. They were really struggling especially early on. I really hope those injuries are something that can heal on their own...
I disagree that Bennett and Colborne carried Backlund. His role might have been less notable, but he was an important piece in that line. Ferland-Stajan-Jones was clicking too. These two lines were our best tonight.
The Canucks skated much better than I expected, but clearly couldn't keep up in the 3rd. As the series gets longer I expect the our conditioning to start making a difference. Fantastic to win the first.
Still, they'll make it hard on us.
Canucks clearly had their chances and could have won this game. The Sedin line was giving me heart attacks. While their defense isn't that great in their own zone, they're good at breaking up passes through the middle and creating turnovers, and that's really dangerous for our play style. Lack was also pretty good.