Weird to me people keep ripping on Matthews and Marner. They were fine. Obviously we want more from them, but they were dominant at times, and really weren't an issue. I imagine theyll look better with more consistent ice time. On the other hand, the entire defense has looked like complete dogshit, faltering the moment they've seen a semblance of pressure, giving away the puck like crazy. Giordano and Holl were especially bad, and I don't think Schenn playing is wise even if his numbers were fine. Not to mention the entire bottom-6 basically did nothing positive all game. I'll give Sammy a pass because most of the goals weren't overly bad besides the Point one at 0.1, but we need some saves if we want to win the series, and he needs to be better.
The only three positives I'll take out of this:
1. Tampa's top line was complete, utter dogshit at 5v5, and they won't be getting that much PP time the rest of the series combined.
2. We'll have different refs next game.
3. William Nylander is really good at playoff hockey, and he showed up again.
