I didn’t think Matthews and Marner were horrible. They had their chances and got pretty unlucky on a few. OTOH, given the pay and the hype, they have to push through that and score. It was more or less like Monahan/Gaudreau in the last POs - rendered ineffective by a clogged slot and unable to open it up like, say, Mackinnon.
And without Tavares they didn’t have much ability to produce down the line. Galchenyuk went off for a game but that was it.
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