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Originally Posted by bubbsy
Can't deny the first line's success and Gulutzan should some credit for that I suppose.
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While our first line suppressed theirs; I'd argue that our first line has been among the tops in the league for the past 10 games.
So the Matthews-line suppression of our top line had a better impact on the game's outcome than Gaudreau-Monahan-Ferland did in suppressing theirs.
If what Babcock said is true about the first-line matchup resulting in more TOR offensive zone time, then GG should have adjusted to get our top line to softer minutes.
Recent history shows they're good enough to contribute a couple of goals per game, and that might have been the difference last night.