GDT: ECF - Game 1 - New York Rangers vs Tampa Bay Lightning - 8pm EST, ESPN - Series (0-0)

[DudMan28]

They look exhausted. They need to adjust to Tampas speed also. They made a lot of small passes and chips to get around Carolinas speed and Tampa is just sitting back and letting us make mistakes

 

[MysticLeviathan]

yeah they look tired after the initial adrenaline

 

[Raspewtin]

think you give the kids an extra shift or two here and there. only ones with anything resembling energy

 

[Rempe73]

They are so good. Without Point too ugh

 

[Atax]

Man is the between face off music annoying anyone else lol. Feels like it’s going on too long

 

[CLW]

Dudes look gassed after the adrenaline wore off.

I'm afraid of that. Like in the first game against the Pens, came out flying then went flat

 

[bleedblue94]

They look exhausted. They need to adjust to Tampas speed also. They made a lot of small passes and chips to get around Carolinas speed and Tampa is just sitting back and letting us make mistakes

They are making the game harder trying high risk plays rather than the safe and boring plays. High risk plays lead to turnovers which leads to chasing the play and being exhausted. Nyr puck management has been horrible this period

 

[ColonialsHockey10]

That was a shit period.

 

[Circus86]

Panarin makes that same move 99/100 times when he brings the puck over the blueline

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Not a good period honestly but I'll take it.

 

[ncdoc]

They are picking it give it time, just hang in there.

 

[LokiDog]

Panarin clearly can skate when he wants to, which makes the number of times he doesn’t want to, in the playoffs, pretty ducking upsetting.

 

[Psycho for Perreault]

1-1 after 1. I'll take it. Scoring on Vasi early was important. Didn't want this series to start with us thinking he was invincible.

 

[Raspewtin]

they’ll be fine

this is based on nothing in particular, just blind optimism

 

[pld459666]

We can be better.

Thats the good news

 

[will1066]

Have to clean up the slot area. They are invading the slot.

(That's what she said)

 

[RangersFan1994]

Who gets the Messier award?? Im guessing Kreider

 

[mike14]

Tied after one with the 2-time cup champs who are playoff beasts. Did we look outmatched at times? Sure, but that's to be expected. This was never going to be easy.
Lot's of room for improvement in the 2nd

 

[nevesis]

Regroup in the intermission. Wasn’t a terrible 2nd half of the period, especially toward the end.

 

[LokiDog]

Panarin makes that same move 99/100 times when he brings the puck over the blueline

Quickly building a case for most overrated one dimensional player in the world.

 

[Fataldogg]

One team definitely looks well rested while the other looks like they just finished their 2nd 7 game series.

Fatigue may end up playing a big role.

 

[Boris Zubov]

We're lucky we're not down 4-1. They completely pushed us around & we had no answer for it.

 

[bleedblue94]

If panarin would move his legs as much as he moves his head then maybe he would go back to being an effective player. Headfakes do nothing if you aren't moving.

 

[Cmox]

Its okay.

 

[Jayan]

So both Captains scored, and both Russian goalies played great