Not the result the team wanted, but you take the point and move on.
Difference was Binnington was excellent tonight all things considered whereas Talbot played quite possibly his worst game of the season. About 10 pucks got by him. Could’ve easily been a laugher if the Blues connected. Talbot has to be better than this.
Overall, loved the team’s game for the first 42 minutes. If this team plays like this more often, they’ll be just fine. Gaudreau looked like he had the swagger back tonight. He and Monahan looked dangerous seemingly every other shift. Buddy Robinson was surprisingly good tonight. Big, mobile and can forecheck. He’ll be in the line up for a while methinks. Team has gotta bring that 3 line team against the Oilers tomorrow to win.
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