So 2 points is nice, but we looked like ass 5 on 5. Top line was useless. Second line was legit really good. Third line had its moments (Joseph drew the first penalty that led to the 6 on 5 goal and they generally had a good amount of jump). I didn't love the fourth line as a unit - thought they didn't actually have any meaningful zone time/moments (as a line), but were basically out there to kill out a shift. I don't like that idea for a fourth line, but I'm hoping Paquette coming back will change its effectiveness since Smith was pretty awful.
All of our goals basically came with the man advantage. Kucherov was 6 on 5. Shattenkirk was before the Panthers player came back in the play. Palat's goal was on the PP, and Maroon's goal was as the penalty door was opening. On one hand - having a great PP is great! On the other - no 5 on 5 offense is not.
PK was solid. Vasi was great. We allowed way too many odd man rushes. Shattenkirk had good and bad moments. Sergachev I thought was mostly very good, and Coburn was great. Cernak had a rough night for him. Hedman was Hedman.
So long as we're top-loading, we're gonna struggle 5v5 when the big guns don't play well. Usually all of our lines are a little better than the "typical" line (2nd, 3rd, whatever), but that's not really the case when we don't have at least one elite player on the 2nd line.