AtNightWeFly
You better run.
It's less about one particular shift on a goal scored by a defenseman when the goalie was screened by a teammate or two than their production over the past month or so and their general level of play. Johansson has four points in the last eleven games, Kuznetsov three in ten and Williams four in twelve. They do have the puck a lot but it's too often just perimeter stuff. Kuznetsov has to be a difference maker and lately he hasn't been. This was the type of game he should have taken over and he wasn't much of a factor despite playing more than anyone up front 5-on-5.
In my opinion, Kuzy is not the problem on that line at all. Its his wingers who can never finish! Even on those nights where he's flying and stealing the puck from the opposition, as soon as he passes to one of them the play dies. That's why he kept trying to go through the CBJ defensemen against the boards (to no avail) because he feels like he HAS to do everything himself instead of just playing his own game.
Williams is who's starting to concern me. Caps signed him for his playoffs prowess but it didn't show last year. Hoping that's not the case this year.