[TheScorpion]

- Matty Tkachuk was bowled over early to start the second, and he was soaked! He slid through a particularly moist part of the just-flooded ice.

- Oliver Kylington has a nice stretch pass. He can really find guys in open ice.

- Kanzig is now splitting the defense. Who is this guy and what did he do with Keegan?

- Phillips is really crafty. I hate to put such lofty expectations on an 18-year-old kid... but he looks like Johnny out there.

- Dillon Dube made a nice move on the defense, putting the puck through his legs, but was a bit too deep in the zone and he hit the side of the net.

- Janko tried to do the same move. He failed. He's definitely trying to do too much.

- Tkachuk then failed at doing the same move. Guys, we get it, you can do it.

- Right after, Tkachuk had a nice forecheck. Eased a guy off the puck with success.

- Rempal has been pretty impressive. He just rang one off the bar with a hard shot.

- The goalies have been uniformly successful. Parsons has been good down low, like yesterday. He has yet to be tested up high.

- Nick Schneider also looks very good, although he hasn't been tested much.

- Nice give-and-go by Hickey. He's a good passer.

- Wilson just hit Dyukov into the boards in what I said was "textbook boarding".

- Dyukov made a nice move on his penalty shot, but didn't get a lot on his backhand. Stopped by Parsons.

- Rasmus Andersson took a nice shot off a good pass from Janko, but he was stopped by Parsons who swallowed up the rebound. Parsons has very good rebound control.

- Tuulola's a pretty good stickhandler.

- Hunter Smith skated off injured after a collision with Kenney Morrison. He was pressing a towel to his face after he skated off the ice.

- Tkachuk had a couple of good chances shortly after.

- Dyukov is also quite fast. He out-Kylington'ed Kylington.

- Eetu Tuulola just scored some kind of goal after some kind of shift. One word: something else.

- Phillips should be arrested for pickpocketing.

- Nick Schneider showed off his acrobatic play late in the second, stretching across the crease to stop a shot off a deke.

- Kylington can work the puck really well.

- Tuulola was my first star of the game, without a doubt. A fantastic showing.