Huge mistake by Peters in playing Talbot, huge. And not because of the goals, but because Rittich matches up way better against Washington. Even excluding Talbot gifting a goal by mishandling the puck, the real issue is there were many, many times with soft cross ice dump ins where Rittich would have simply cut the puck off before it got to the corner and chipped it up ice and out of danger. Talbot was too afraid to do this and it lead to significant zone time for Washington.
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