I thought they were showing good perseverance coming back three time, (four counting the offside goal). But goaltending let them down. Rittich was playing small and weak all night. He wasn't tracking, even on the saves he made.
I thought the third line was bad in their own zone, and the bottom pairing was in trouble as well. The fourth line was pretty invisible except for Lazar (Brouwer was obviously hampered by the cage IMO). Backlund and Tkachuk had good games, and I thought the top four was good as well.
Interested to see Gillies tomorrow. Unless, of course, Smith makes a comeback.
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