I’d have to watch it again but when Lizotte approaches the blue line, I think the D men were changing. They were probably changing because they saw it was a 2 on 4, with Lizotte heading right into three guys. They assumed he’d get the puck deep instead of skating right into the guys like a dumbass. It WAS technically past the blue line, but still not deep enough into the zone. Lizotte didn’t read the situation correctly, got pasted hard, and the Preds transitioned way quicker than anyone expected.
Yup spot on, just re-watched it. Doughty hands it off the Lizotte who had just come on for a change, Doughty and Anderson go for a line change. When Lizotte receives the puck and picks his head up, he's got 2 Preds in front of him closing him down and JAD coming down the right wing, 3 options he could've done was
1. Wrap it around the boards, or dump it in the right wing corner and have JAD start the forecheck.
2. Dumped it in and start the forecheck himself or
3. Make the cross ice pass to JAD although its a riskier play.
Instead he does none of these, skates right into the 2 preds and they go the other way. Durzi and Roy now have to hurry to get into position because a counter attack just started and weren't expecting it. Could it have been defended better? Yeah probably, but a simple dump in would've been the best move. You could see his reaction after the goal is scored that it was his fault.