1st goal - Karlsson jumps up trying to pick off a pass through the neutral zone. Eriksson hurriedly shovels the puck over to Bergeron, who Michalek failed to come up and cover. Bergeron passes it off to Soderberg, who's given way too much room by Cowen. Soderberg passes it back to Bergeron who skated right by Michalek to the net. Bergeron fumbles the puck a bit but he was left more than enough space to recover and shoot it past Anderson.
2nd goal - Ceci tries to hold the puck in at the Bruins blue line, but the Bruins break it out. Neil covers his guy (Kelly) through the neutral zone, but loses focus after his own blue line. Kelly breaks to the net and makes a nice tip for the goal. Smith is 10 feet behind the play. Kassian is 60 feet behind the play. The blame for this one lies with the Kassian - Smith - Neil line and their inability to cover anyone.
3rd goal - Neil comes all the way across the ice to go after the puck carrier. Zack Smith coasts along about 15 ft from the boards and watches the pass go straight to Bergeron in the high slot. Not much anyone else can do but watch as Smith's guy Bergeron skates to the net and scores.
4th goal - This one's 100% on Jared Cowen. Cowen follows Lucic around the net all the way out to the top of the circle. Then he coasts back and stops at the hash mark for some reason while watching the puck. He realizes too late that he's actually supposed to be covering Iginla in front of the net.
5th goal - Cowen makes a lazy backhand pass to Turris without really looking. It is easily picked off, and the Bruins make a nifty passing play for the goal.
6th goal - This one comes off a 2 on 2 rush. Reilly Smith carries the puck up Cowen's side. Cowen covers Marchand in the middle of the ice, despite Karlsson being right there. Cowen weaves back over to Reilly, but at this point Reilly's basically past him and passes the puck around Cowen to Marchand for the goal.
7th goal - Everyone's just coasting around at this point. Hard to blame anyone in particular for it.
Cliff's Notes:
1. Most of the players on this team watch the puck too much and aren't aware enough of the movements of their non-puck carrying opponents.
2. Jared Cowen doesn't know what he's doing.
2nd goal - Ceci tries to hold the puck in at the Bruins blue line, but the Bruins break it out. Neil covers his guy (Kelly) through the neutral zone, but loses focus after his own blue line. Kelly breaks to the net and makes a nice tip for the goal. Smith is 10 feet behind the play. Kassian is 60 feet behind the play. The blame for this one lies with the Kassian - Smith - Neil line and their inability to cover anyone.
3rd goal - Neil comes all the way across the ice to go after the puck carrier. Zack Smith coasts along about 15 ft from the boards and watches the pass go straight to Bergeron in the high slot. Not much anyone else can do but watch as Smith's guy Bergeron skates to the net and scores.
4th goal - This one's 100% on Jared Cowen. Cowen follows Lucic around the net all the way out to the top of the circle. Then he coasts back and stops at the hash mark for some reason while watching the puck. He realizes too late that he's actually supposed to be covering Iginla in front of the net.
5th goal - Cowen makes a lazy backhand pass to Turris without really looking. It is easily picked off, and the Bruins make a nifty passing play for the goal.
6th goal - This one comes off a 2 on 2 rush. Reilly Smith carries the puck up Cowen's side. Cowen covers Marchand in the middle of the ice, despite Karlsson being right there. Cowen weaves back over to Reilly, but at this point Reilly's basically past him and passes the puck around Cowen to Marchand for the goal.
7th goal - Everyone's just coasting around at this point. Hard to blame anyone in particular for it.
Cliff's Notes:
1. Most of the players on this team watch the puck too much and aren't aware enough of the movements of their non-puck carrying opponents.
2. Jared Cowen doesn't know what he's doing.
