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As for JH, he was still struggling big time in the first.

In the second he had back to back shifts were he just looked different after a couple of his nice cross ice passes connected.

In the third he looked really confident, that line cycled and controlled the zone.

It's really amazing and shows the fine line that confidence is, in such a tough, quick decision type situation...the simple successful execution of what play you think should work in your head, can pull out of the funk. In this case, a couple crisp passes that he visualized and actually came off as he visualized.

He's thought about and tried most of those passes plenty of times this past season or two, but they didn't connect for whatever reason.

But, as soon as they do in succession, he instantly feels better, on ice confidence gets a boost and gets back into a groove and ends the night with 2pts.

He's not out of the woods by any means, but just the little things going his way or the way he intended, means it just starts to all feel more natural again and this involves less thinking and more doing, and then that snowballs into better things.

And that's something he can take with him into games, that patience and preserverance will pay off.