There is definitely something amiss. He simply wasn't himself last night. Not just on faceoffs, but timing and synch were off. He had his linemates wide open a couple of times last night and gave the puck away. He was also not as effective as he usually is defensively.
That said, his last three shifts in the third were better and his linemates noticed and keyed off of it.
He appears to be the lynch-pin in that no. 1 line, even more than I think I realized, so hopefully it is a temporary thing. We need him big time.
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