A few more notes on this game specifically that get lost with the Gushchin performance:
-First star of the game was actually Alexander Holtz of Henderson, who scored four goals in this one. We had no answer for him.
-Andrew Poturalski finished with five points on the night (1G 4A). So that's seven points on the weekend, he now has seven more points than second place in the AHL (Texas's Matej Blumel).
-Along with the GWG, Cardwell had two assists, so three points for him. Luca Cagnoni also had three points, all assists.
Overall this weekend:
I know Romanov just came back from injury, but he better get himself back in gear, because Gabriel Carriere is looking better and better. Romanov returned tonight for this one and frankly wasn't very good, IMO. If Askarov's still going to be out, Carriere is my most trusted guy right now.
Braden Hache has actually improved quite a bit. He's filling the role of big physical bottom-pairing defenseman pretty well. Which is good, because we're thin at that position since Muk and Thompson aren't here anymore.
PK went 0 for 3 today, but I'm not really all that concerned by that. Both their first two goals happened because Romanov couldn't get over quick enough after a bad bounce.
Overall, great weekend for us, we made things a little too interesting today. Next up... ugh. San Diego, of course.
Is this deliberate? Are you choosing to be this reductive and naive?
