Winning a turtle derby basically saves Willie's job. Arizona looked to have this game in control but lagged badly in the 10 minutes following the awful Richardson injury and allowed us back into it.
- Markstrom over-committed on the 2-0 goal but was very solid for the most part. Is now somehow 5-3-1 behind this crap show of a team.
- Edler was the best player on the ice by a mile. Absolutely outstanding game from him. Absolutely brilliant even while carrying a rookie in his 8th game on a top pairing. Stecher is doing well enough and looks good in offensive situations but his defensive game and coverage down low needs significant work. Gets on the wrong side of his man far too easily in front of the net, and when you're that small to begin with it's a major problem.
- Hutton was far better, even without the nice OT winner. Looked more like the player from last year. Gudbranson trundled along ok.
- Tryamkin-Sbisa are somehow going pretty well. Expect the bubble to burst here because it defies logic, but they had a solid game.
- Sedins back producing after that long cold streak in October. Sutter is just ridiculously better as a winger. A speedy shoot-first winger with a good shot is a thing. A top-6 center with no offensive IQ isn't.
- Burrows continues to be excellent, is busting his tail every shift. Horvat was decent. Baertschi was a bit better but still way too on the perimeter.
- Granlund line was ok. Chaput did well there when inserted in 2nd half of the game.
- 4th line was excellent in the first period, then benched when Willie cut down to 3 lines to try and save his job.
5-1 OT record is completely unsustainable and hiding how bad this team actually is. Eking out a victory at home over the 30th place team is not exactly cause for celebration.