Ristolainen's underlying numbers were good but he was bad on two coverages leading to goals against. On the Draisaitl goal, he badly lost a puck battler and was poorly positioned. On the Ekholm goal, while Zamula, who got beat along the wall and Konecy puck watching and losing his point man to the net were the biggest culprits, Ristolainen allowed himself to lose inside positioning and was completely out of the play allowing an easy cross goal mouth pass. Typical Ristolainen. While the Flyers conservative defensive zone style and low zone collapse protects him, he is still poor in individual coverage.
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