Some positives:
-Backlund's playmaking and his overall pushback in the third. A couple of great passes for his assists and he was a leader out there.
-Rittich held the fort for a long time out there and who knows what would have happened in the game if Neal would have scored on one of his chances. He looked calm and made some great saves. The third goal was a really quick release and I think Drouin scores there on a lot of goalies in the league.
-Bennett looked pretty decent yet again. Love the battle he brings out there.
-Lindholm woke up in the third period and made some quality plays.
-Andersson again looked like a promising NHL defenceman.
-Matthew Tkachuk is so good and such a leader. He was one of the first guys that won battles and turned the tide a bit.
Negatives:
-Monahan's worst game of the year... looked hungover and behind the game all night.
-Hanifin with an enormous number of giveaways
-Gaudreau didn't seem to have it tonight either. First line was real bad.
-Gallagher was unbelievably effective, which is frustrating to see.
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