Did anyone else notice that it was Ritchie carrying the puck a lot on the Monahan line? Then either crossing the blue line with it and getting stuffed or dumping it when he's supposed to be the chase guy. The play would go - Monahan digs the puck in the D zone, gets it to Gaudreau who would pass to Ritchie up ice. The Ritchie dumps it but Gaudreau was behind or not able to get the puck and Monahan, because he started out deep, is not in on the chase part as well. It's less than an ideal series of events.
I think Monahan and Gaudreau would benefit from a little longer shifts - Sutter has them very disciplined on short shifts, especially Monahan because Gaudreau is typically the guy that stays out to challenge during a line change. But I think Monahan and Gaudreau have always been guys who can be thwarted once or twice on a shift but then can do something on a third try.
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