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Originally Posted by AC
To be fair, Bennett also blocked a Myers slapshot off the skate that seemed to injure him 25 seconds before the goal. He looked to be labouring a bit afterwards and may have have an impact on his ability to defend properly.
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Just watched that entire sequence again and don't buy that. Bennett initially looked stung by the glancing shot @ 5:38, but within six seconds @ 5:32 he was putting full weight on the foot that was glanced and was skating without any indication of any discomfort. If anything the line was tired because they were out there for over a minute (line change at 6:24 left in the third) and couldn't get the puck out of their own zone even though they had multiple opportunities (Bennett @ 6:10, but the puck was immediately shot back in; Girodano @ 6:00 but it was kept in; Lucic at 5:50 but he mishandled the puck.) Leivo actually cleared the puck to Bennett outside the blueline @ 5:20, but Bennett then loses the puck battle @ 5:18 and Myers is off. Bennett has a chance to break up the play at 5:14, but waives at the puck instead of playing the body, and the puck is in the net @ 5:11.