Converting my post in the PGT to this format. Basketball in italics. Might as well move over my PGT stuff to this thread.
A
Mikheyev - Great PK, nice goal, effective offensively.
Muzzin - Nifty breakout play, superb read at the end to breathe life into the game, strong game.
A-
Kapanen - Terrific first period, rather invisible afterwards.
B+
Johnsson - Was around the puck, dug it out several times, and was a big reason this line could at least put on some pressure.
B
Nylander - See Johnsson, except a lesser version without digging pucks out. Good cycle game, we needed a goal on one of his chances.
Moore - Gets a plus for the nice play on the Kapanen goal. Not the Moore of the last few games otherwise. That's setting the bar high though.
Holl - I liked Holl this game. He looks like he belongs.
Shore - Did his job fairly well as a fourth line FOGO guy.
Barrie - Nice playdriving, but some bad giveaways. He's lacked the oomph we was promised so far.
B-
Matthews - Ends up here because almost everything this line created ended up with a Matthews shot into shin pads, or a missed pass.
Tavares - Probably our worst player until he got us into the game again.
Marner - He didn't do much for us, but felt like he was given nothing to work with by Caps and Tavares.
Kerfoot - Looked lost tonight.
Timashov - Didn't really do much for anything tonight. Looked largely inconsequential.
Rielly - Rielly-esque performance, in the negative sense. Some offense, but not dynamic, and more than balanced out by bad defense.
C
Gauthier - Looked like last years Goat.
Ceci - Ugh. Bleh.
Marincin - He's like a lighthouse in the dark.
Hutchinson - The career third string goaltender looks just like it.
Coaching Staff - It's not that I blame Babcock. It's not that I think that he's necessarily the problem with this team. But he can evidently not provide the solution either.