There were some positives from last night even in the loss.
Biggest issue last night is the top line had what was easily their worst game of the season
Gaudreau-Lindholm-Tkachuk:
31,8% Corsi For
17.3% xGF%
Which is not a recipe for success for this team.
But I'd argue the 2nd and 3rd lines were promising.
Mangiapane-Monahan-Coleman
73.3% Corsi For
78.3% xGF
1 GF - 0 GA
Dube-Backlund-Lewis
78.5% Corsi For
59.7 xGF
1 GF - 0 GA
So some promising numbers from the new 2nd and 3rd line. If the top line would have had their usual performance last night would have probably been a different game.
Also no clue how PPs were 5-1 last night and felt like Montreal got away with a lot of obstruction.
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