Phillys 4th line deserves a lot of credit too. Vandevelde Bellemare are their top PK unit and logged a ton of minutes. White compliments their forecheck game, and got the goal on the 2nd PP unit. Great production and roster management.
I'm surprised at play time of Philly's D. Gudas is clearly their best guy and just getting 20 minutes a game. Their bottom guys, Manning and schultz, get 16 minutes. This is the playoffs -- gotta lean on your studs. Compare that to the caps, who overwork Carlson/Niskanen for 25+ minutes and protect their bottom pairing.
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Gaudreau > Huberdeau AINEC
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