Glad they pulled out the win, much needed. Some positives here like Malone bringing the hits, McLeod looking much more effective, the PP clicking. Barrie doing well too, is he consistently taking both PP shifts? If so, will be very difficult to take him out of the lineup. Never thought I'd see the day Guenin was scratched two nights in a row. Also, to those who say Varly isn't playing elite anymore, he hasn't lost in regulation in 8 games now.
Duchene probably got the first star when he was chosen prior to MacKinnon's PP goal, or else it should have been him. Tonight was a night you just give the stars to the home team. Columbus played hard but not one person was that outstanding. (edit) Dater chose the stars, that explains it.
Glad to see MacKinnon get the goal and assist. He's been great on the PP. When he can start scoring more ES and especially on the rush he'll be deadly. He must be close to the lead in team PP points and I'm pretty sure he leads the team in PP shots.
I hope Roy doesn't keep the insane line combos for Philly. Some pairs need to stay together for any sort of ES chemistry or else they will go back to scoring one goal per game. I'm open minded to a few changes but some of those were downright crazy.
I swear some people are rooting for the team to lose just so they can be right.
