I'm actually surprised that a lot more people didn't enjoy the hell out of the game. I had a putrid day, so the OT loss felt more of an 'of course' - but I felt that I was going to be alone in walking away from that game with a frown... even with the loss
That was a hard-fought game between 2 teams in the thick of a playoff push, and Saros was playing fantastic. Chances were there in all 3 periods, all 4 lines were rolling, new guys were looking pretty darn good and even down to 5 D (2, again, brand new to the team) they were hard on the puck and limiting chances
In a loss, there's always sore spots - but 0.01s going differently and we're not worried about them. We're not talking much about Lindholm's unengaged defensive game last night if we win - as we all know that is an off game for that beauty. But you guys are watching the game from Backlund and coming away with "well it's all #### if we didn't get the extra point". All season I've been reading about how his terrible play and Tre's instance on even having him on the roster were sinking this team. Guy has been on a tear and we're furious dropping a point with 0.01s left...
Would have been better to be putting distance on the Preds and crawl up the Pacific 1pt more... but that's a 0.01s scramble that didn't go our way. But that was a fun game
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