Avs just gave this game away with a terrible 2nd and 3rd period. Didn't even really have as great a first period as the score would suggest either IMO. A couple great plays on the goals, but they didn't have the kind of pissed off game they should have had after getting shutout, and never really woke up until about 8 minutes left in the 3rd.
Tyson Barrie with another brutal game. Getting so sick of saying that. Lots of turnovers and lost men defensively. Loses the battle to Perry off the face-off, then decides to just stop covering him and leaves him all alone for the first goal. Did the same thing on the Ducks 2nd goal.
MacKinnon was way too absent in this game outside his goal. I don't know who came up with the strategy to have someone else carry the puck on his line, and for him to try to come from behind the play all night, but that was a terrible idea. He pushes the play, and puts defenders on their heels. That's one of the biggest assets he brings, why would you curb that?
Varly gave up another bad rebound that led to the 3rd goal, but he was not the reason they lost this game. The first Perry goal was a great play to kick the puck five feet to the side of the net and put it in. The second goal Getzlaf was wide open and made a great shot. The 4th goal, Nemeth let a pass go through the slot and then sat in between Varly and the puck lying on the goal line. He’s not getting to that before it’s tapped in. His mistakes were the bad rebound on the 3rd goal and not making back to back big saves on a wide open Getzlaf. He didn't get it done though, and that's not enough.
PK was terrible all night. Scouting must have been way off because they made the 25th ranked PP look like a top 10 unit. Just sloppy coverage, and once again they leave the middle of the box way too wide open.
Wilson and Calvert busting their butt but miss their daily open nets. Unbelievable that they can’t score these goals. Wilson leaving Getzlaf wide open was the key to the Ducks 2nd goal too. That was his man.
Mikko with the worst penalty of the year by far. I don’t understand why he just loses control of his body sometimes, and swings his stick in the air. That penalty might have cost them the playoffs, but then again they might not have made it anyway.
A glimmer of hope if Arizona manages to lose to Edmonton next game, but I’m not holding my breath. This team had tons of problems already, and they’ve become a shell of whatever team they were before with Landy out.
