[Monahammer]

Originally Posted by Bingo

https://twitter.com/user/status/1293554482035306498

So interesting ... why would Ward move away from sheltering the top line in the playoffs?

Monahan has had 4 of 5 games under 40% (the other just over 40) compared to the regular season at close to 60%.

This is very interesting- I wonder if it's actually a play at the opposing team's matchups. He might think he can get our top line a better D matchup while throwing them out against whatever offensive line Dallas is fielding to take the draw. Alternately, if Dallas is heavy on line matching us, throwing out our top o line on a dzone faceoff could result in Dallas "wasting" the o zone faceoff opportunity by ensuring that their better D players are out even though it's an o zone faceoff.