GDT: 9/21/20 - 8:00PM EDT - Dallas vs Tampa Bay [SCF Game 2]

[Lord Stan 2020]

id say league ignores the bad hits etc...kinda like goodrows.....prayers for comeau that is hated.....

 

[DFC]

9-1 under the Fresh Prince.

 

[Flat Ronnie]

God, how things would be so much different if we had one more finisher.

Sometimes it feels like me need A finisher.

 

[JoVel]

Huge game for Kuch though, just what we needed. Just hope he can keep it up for the rest of the series.

 

[SRQKiter]

Generally an outstanding last 10 minutes. Controlled play, good O zone time and defended beautifully. Need to bottle that.

Would have been nice to pot a few more against Khudobin and get in his head a bit. He played really well again.

 

[DFC]

Was that Shattenkirk's worst game as a Bolt? I know the bar is really high on that.

 

[Hint1k]

Heck of a game by Kuch after he went to the locker room and came back. Nice bounce back game

If Bolts win and Kucherov gets Conn Smythe, then this game is why he got it.

 

[Antiramie]

How little Coburn has played is borderline criminal.

 

[JoVel]

God, how things would be so much different if we had one more finisher.

Sometimes it feels like me need A finisher.

Do we by any chance have someone scratched who could possibly provide some good shooting?

 

[Cigar City]

This is fun

 

[Coburn and Condra]

Series is tied. Will need to be better to win the Cup. Have had 2 good periods out of 6 and in one of those we didn't score (so maybe just 1 good period, depending on who you ask).

Here's to Stamkos in Game 3.

 

[DFC]

Generally an outstanding last 10 minutes. Controlled play, good O zone time and defended beautifully. Need to bottle that.

Would have been nice to pot a few more against Khudobin and get in his head a bit. He played really well again.

The most impressive thing about this game, to me, was we dominated play after Dallas scored their second goal. Usually that goal would be a back-breaker, but we held stronger than I can ever remember us holding in a situation like that.

 

[Sky04]

Ok cool, we got Rutta's 1 game in, now he can sit. Was not impressive at all.

 

[Hoek]

If the refs hadn't totally botched the 2nd period that was likely as dominant a win by us as Dallas had in Game 1. They had nothing going until they got a bajillion unearned PPs in a row.

 

[Stammertime91]

Tampa won but it didn't feel like a good win. Still a ton of mistakes and don't feel confident at all about this team right now. Kucherov playing better was a good sign. Scoring on the PP was a good sign. We just gotta cut all the tough guy bullshit and play hockey.

They won't all feel good. The Oleksiak hit was bush league. Imagine being such a p***y that you jump into a guy you are a good half a foot taller than.

We should cherish the games we keep Benn, Radulov, and Seguin off the score sheet. We need depth to contribute like that Paquette miss if we want to keep winning this.

I really hope Stamkos plays game 3. Giving us another option other than Verhaeghe (who wasn't bad) that can chip in would be huge right now. You better believe him being on the bench would be great too. What killed us tonight was missing their high guy/4th man for so many chances. Vasy was good but man, he had to face wayyyu too many grade A chances. Need to take that out of their game.

Each of our lines defensively did really well. I'm impressed they hung on. Didn't expect it, at all.

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

Was that Shattenkirk's worst game as a Bolt? I know the bar is really high on that.

His goal decided the game. Overall a very Shatty game.

 

[T REX]

We folded up shop aftergoing up 3-0.

Bad strategy. Take the win but good lord it should've been 5-1

 

[Hoek]

The most impressive thing about this game, to me, was we dominated play after Dallas scored their second goal. Usually that goal would be a back-breaker, but we held stronger than I can ever remember us holding in a situation like that.

With all the one goal games we've won this playoffs it's not that new, tbh.

 

[Ginger Papa]

Huge game for Kuch though, just what we needed. Just hope he can keep it up for the rest of the series.

 

[Sky04]

With all the one goal games we've won this playoffs it's not that new, tbh.

Yeah I don't think so either, Tampa has been responding to goals very well all playoffs.

 

[Stammertime91]

9-1 under the Fresh Prince.

We avoided an entanglement at the end.

 

[Sky04]

Shattenkirk gets the game winner, also gave up the 2nd goal, fed Jamie Benn a great assist along with 50 failed clears and 10 icings.

 

[PRZ45MD]

Was that Shattenkirk's worst game as a Bolt? I know the bar is really high on that.

A lot of that is the scheme I think. He's not built for a right side lock like that. Our Left side D are so good that we typically let them roam more and let the RHD turn to get pucks in the corners...that's bad if the other team is fast enough to land body blows to your RHD all night. Shattenkirk has never been a big stalwart RHD that can do that reliably. That's not his game.

So yeah, he can be better and has. But I can't blame him entirely. Dallas is just a pretty good forechecking team and they commit to laying the wood on the D once they make them turn.

 

[Bozo Nicholson]

I f***in love Palat

 

[TheFurryPickle]

Ok cool, we got Rutta's 1 game in, now he can sit. Was not impressive at all.

The f*** is this bs comment ? no on scored goals on him and Victor got another lazy 2 assists today.