Incredibly sloppy play all around. Looks like there'll still be an adjustment period with Peters as coach. I don't think it's a coincidence Lindholm and Hanifin looked pretty good since they've got more experience under Peters. Felt like we weren't as coordinated in our neutral zone play as we were in the pre-season. When the D are jumping up and forcing turnovers we look great, but if the forwards are sleeping on the backcheck we give up odd-man rushes, and then the D stop jumping and the whole thing falls apart.
Despite the poor play overall there were some encouraging signs from the coaching staff we didn't see last year: Peters shook up the lines to try to get them going, and the PP went with a different breakout early in the 3rd which seemed to work a fair bit better.
Gaudreau finally woke up in the 3rd, and I thought Tkachuk and Backlund got better as the game went on. Score 1 or 2 on the powerplay and that's a totally different game. Feels like a broken record after last year, but I saw more adjustments that game than in 2 years under GG.
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