Biggest win of the season. After falling down 2-0 they played great hockey. Didn't give up a ton as KIT had 12 shots in first then had 12 combined in the 2nd & 3rd. PK struggled but killed off a huge one in the 3rd.
Brown-Beamish-Filak are just ridiculous right now. Best players on the ice tonight. It felt like they couldn't lose a board battle or a race to puck all game. They get them within one, then tie it. Great pass by Filak to set Beamish up. Brown looked like a man possessed tonight. Was insane watching him some shifts. They gotta do everything in their power to convince Beamish to stay past next season lmao. He's magic with Brown.
They aren't playing enough, but Letang puts 17 & 19 on the ice with under 5 minutes left in a tie game & look what they (& Wainwright) do! Have a fantastic shift before banging in the GWG. Such a massive goal for this team & for that line.
Another good game from JJ-Hall-Luecke. They had a ton of zone time, brought a ton of energy, back checked hard & were chirping KIT all night which I love. Drags everyone into the fight. At first I was mad seeing them out there with 1:40 left, but they earned it. Luecke is slowly becoming a solid role player with his size, skating & willingness to hit, take hits, fight.
Defensively they carried over that 3rd period in the Soo to tonight 5on5. Probably gave up 12-15 shots 5on5 all night. Vs a really dangerous, good team. Fischer-Young are just so reliable back there. Little bit of everything with that pair. O'Brien-Hurt continues to be such an awesome 2nd pair. Simple. Aggressive. Reliable. Didn't see 16/27/43 a ton, but im okay with that in this type of game.
As he almost always is, Surzycia was great in net. I can honestly say I haven't felt this comfortable/at ease with a goalie in our net since Fazio. Thornton at times, but he didn't play a ton, Gaudreau was so up & down you never could feel at ease. Nick gives them a chance every night & really comes up with timely saves.
LET'S GO!!
