You could have scripted this in advance, which means things around here are way too familiar. In no particular order:
- Backlund continued to coast like he’s at the country club
- Lucic too friendly with his old buddies to be of impact
- penalties facilitate the usual torching by McDavid
- Markstrom makes a game saver save but then allows the game breaker
- Monahan gets hit then disappears
- Gaudreau fumbled the puck pretty much all night long and looked slow
- Gio’s presence was missed
Bright spots:
- Andrew Eat Bread
- Tkachuk seemed engaged
- Defence was better than expected
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