Sluggish first while getting their legs under them but were good the second period on.
Special teams got us some goals and the PK was great.
Ritchie got the win and made some saves but looked shaky making some as well. I'll take it from the backup.
I didn't like the breakout play from Schmidt and Pionk tonight. They just miss fired on a number of easy outlets. I didn't think either was great in their end as well.
JoMo continuing to play excellent hockey and has been this teams best skater after Helle.
Thought Dillion, Samberg and DeMelo all did their job in their end and on the PK.
Scheifele with a pair of goals and was back playing sound hockey in his end. Conner was on and off tonight, some good chances and some pretty poor plays.
Dubois - He had some good looks but I didn't like his puck management today. He gave it up in real poor spots a number of times. I thought Blake had a real slow start to the game but him jumping in to stick up for Schmidt seemed to give him an adrenaline boost and he was very good the rest of the game and got that big tieing goal. Perfetti had a strong night and was looking to hold the puck more and be creative with it. That is when he's at his best. He was also really good through the nz with the puck.
Lowry was his usual physical force and great on the PK. Essymont had his legs and was buzzing around and involved in a positive way. Definitely earned another game. The other bottom 6 players were all solid.
Good win.