Man, Hutson can fly. I did not expect him to catch Raymond. He did. He just couldn't get his stick in play. He had a good shot in OT. Unfortunately, his back-up was Anderson. Hutson was fun to watch.
Montembeault wasn't great, but their goalie was even worse.
Montréal's defensive system needs to improve next year. Seriously not only do the guys not know who they should be covering half the time, there's far too much switching and almost zero shot suppression. When teams like Ottawa and Detroit are getting 30+ shots on you, there's an issue.
We need to cut down the shots against by about 10 per game. Montembeault was getting pelted.
We're missing Guhle & Xhekaj on D. Kovacevic is crap. Harris-Kovacevic was our worst pairing by far.
The 4th line was getting caved in. Both Pezzetta and Ylonen are pretty useless. That needs to be improved next year, too.
The only way Detroit makes the playoffs is if Washington loses to Philadelphia tomorrow. It doesn't have to be in regulation. It can be in OT, but Caps clinch with 2 pts.
Detroit obviously needs to beat Montreal again.
A fun game.
