GDT: Lightning @ Devils - 7:00 PM - MSG

[Hisch13r]

I did too as soon as I heard that - I was like well a SHG to end it sounds about right.

Whether there’s a D or not really isn’t going to increase the likelihood of a SHG much at all on our 4v3. If Luke’s out there it’s not going to run like a traditional PP as they’d all be roaming around the same as what we had. Then if it’s Dougie his big ass is way too slow to prevent a shorty anyway.

 

[Richer's Ghost]

Whether there’s a D or not really isn’t going to increase the likelihood of a SHG much at all on our 4v3. If Luke’s out there it’s not going to run like a traditional PP as they’d all be roaming around the same as what we had. Then if it’s Dougie his big ass is way too slow to prevent a shorty anyway.

More about the propensity to drift in too far thinking offense only

 

[Emperoreddy]

You should be thinking offense only on a 4 on 3 OT. Zero reason to be conservative and potentially settle for a shootout.

Getting a better net front guy out there was the right move. Taking any of the other forwards off would have been dumb and you aren't going to be any safer out there with Dougie's slow ass.

 

[britdevil]

Jack Hughes in interviews looks like he can see evil creatures that we can’t but he knows if he tells us about them they’ll kill him

 

[Richer's Ghost]

You should be thinking offense only on a 4 on 3 OT. Zero reason to be conservative and potentially settle for a shootout.

Getting a better net front guy out there was the right move. Taking any of the other forwards off would have been dumb and you aren't going to be any safer out there with Dougie's slow ass.

Well Luke would have been my D selection because he has the wheels to recover a fumble or someone getting a step on him at an angle. My point was having someone thinking not giving up the fumble like Jack did the other night because that's all I could picture when I heard 4 forwards - another Jack goof at the blue line and it's a breakaway.

 

[Camille the Eel]

Had a lot of good looks this game but we still didn't capitalize on em. Glad this team was able to close out a win.

In the first period, when Hughes has a partial breakaway and Bratt later has a full breakaway and neither hits the net (blocker side - Bratt hits the post but that’s no shot on goal, close is no cigar). Plus at least two 2 on 1’s that resulted in nothing or harmless attempts. I would love to see us be more efficient with our chances.

But great win. They’ve had our number for so long, I would have hated them to sweep us once again. And particularly when we hope to see them maybe in the playoffs. We gain confidence from this.

And is it 6 or even 7 straight at home now? That’s so important, we haven’t had much of a home ice advantage in years.