Game 18 (PHX)
GA1: Unfortunate bounce. If Karlsson misses the puck it probably goes in the corner and nothing come out of it. I have a hard time blaming anyone, maybe Karlsson for letting Duclair have a breakaway. 0.5 Karlsson
GA2: 100% Condon. 1.0 for Condy
GA3: Ceci playing way to soft, Condon can't make the save. 0.5 each
GA3 : I dunno if you can really pin some blame on Ceci there. He was going to cut the angle and push Duclair to the outside but nice move by Duclair to come back on the inside, Ceci is able to turn around fast enough but Duclair still had a shot that the goalie should stop, even though it was from a close distance. A puck cannot go through you. Remember it was OT and 3v3, lot of space, players able to come with a lot of speed. I don't think you can expect the D-man to not allow on a shot on goal on that sequence, Duclair had a lot of time and space.
Game 19 (NYR):
GA1: Claesson loses the puck in the corner, Hoffman gets sucked in the middle, losing his positioning. 0.5 each.
GA2: Bobby doesn't tie up or do anything to Grabner, Paul loses positioning and lets Stall have all the time in the world. 0.5 each.
GA3: Even though it's an empty net goal, don't know why Phaneuf was trying to force the puck in the middle. 0.5 to him.
GA1 : Yeah Claesson loses the puck in the corner but there was instant pressure on him, he didn't have time to do much. When you look at that play, it was just a fortunate bounce as the puck got deflected right onto the stick of Hayes alone in the slot. Maybe Hoffman should have been closer to him, but it was an unpredictable play, somewhat lucky.
GA2 : I have a hard time blaming players on deflected goals. Obviously there was a miscommunication on that play and a break in coverage. I think all 3 forwards are equally to blame here, except maybe Thompson who realized Paul wasn't going to put pressure on the point, which created the confusion. Boro also created some confusion as he seemed like he was going forward. All 5 Sens players were in the picture, hard to pin some blame on only 2 of them, maybe 0.25 each (on 4) but in the end it was a deflection.
GA3 : yeah I don't know if it's right to blame on EN goals but as his teammates are stationary, Phaneuf didn't have many options. They are trying to come back in the game so they have to move around and create holes in the defensive coverage. Pageau didn't have inside position on the Rangers player. Phaneuf should have sent around the boards behind the net, bad decision, it was very Karlssonesque.
Game 20 (WSH):
GA1: Karlsson goes into no man's land and loses positioning. Claesson fails to tie up the stick of Vrana. 0.5 each
GA2: Ceci is either lazy or just fell asleep, gives Ovechkin a breakaway. 1.0 for Ceci
GA3: PP goal. It was a scramble and a broken play. Can't blame anyone.
GA4: Ceci is out of position, Andy lets in a good shot but from a bad angle. 0.5 each.
GA1 : so many things happening on that goal. Ryan blocked a shot and was hurting, he would have liked to get a change but Duchene doesn't recognize that and made a good pass to Ryan but he was not going for it as he was in pain. That created a turnover and players probably tired on the ice. Then a great pass by Oshie, nice stop by Andy but Caesson and Dzingel can't prevent Vrana to score on the rebound while Karlsson was covering nobody.
GA2 : this is a textbook example as to why Ceci is a scapegoat on this board. He received a hard hit along the walls just a few seconds before the breakaway, which probably took his breath away, then he doesn't recover fast enough, Backstrom and Chiasson with a pretty passing play and then Ceci just got beat by Ovechkin who is a fast and powerful skater. Ceci lazy or just felt asleep? Again, prefect example of the bias against Ceci on this board.
GA4 : ... Ceci was not out of position, he pinched and permuted with Dzingel who then got fooled too easily by Kutnetzov fishing for the puck. Good shot by Vrana but absolutely no reason to give up that goal by Andy, who didn't play the angles well. 1.0 to Anderson.
GA5 (not mentioned?) : if you put some blame on Phaneuf against the NYR EN goal, you have to put blame on Karlsson here who forced a shot and then Chiasson scored right away. Karlsson had better passing options but bad decision.
wow just did 3 games and the Ceci scapegoating is real. Of course people are not going to like him if that's how we "neutrally" analyze the plays... Hopefully he is traded fast enough before we destroy him, so we can watch him shine somewhere else (makes me think a bit about Zibanejad when he was with the Sens)
