The goalie did not steal a game.
IMO he cost the game. Not a good outing.
On three goals he lost the net and it could have been worse.
He should put some brillo pads on the inside of his pads so he doesn't slide outside of the pipes.
The first period Cole ..... well not good, not close to being good. He left Zadorov to take on 3 odd man rushes.
Boeser, the guy I keep hounding on, did have a good game, one his best of the year. It isn't all about scoring goals all the time, most times it is just being in the play and he was this game.
5 minutes for Zadorov? Well that was the call but Big Z eased off the hit, if he hadn't the player would not have got right up and start duking it out. 2 minutes for getting close? Head snap and bingo, 2 minutes. Sometimes heads snap back to avoid contact of anything, pucks, hits, sticks, it is instinct to avoid being hit in the face. Just fake a slap at someone and their head snaps back.
Tocchet needs to ramp up his game too, get the lines set and stop relying on Hughes to carry the game. It might be time to unleash Miller's nasty side.
Regardless of the score it could have been worse Vegas eased up and they are not all healthy yet either playing with injuries to key forwards.
They are in the playoffs but not for long if they rely on DeSmith to carry them, better get that Topolio kid into one game, just to see what there is there, with DeSmith it will be 4 and out.
The ref's, the organist, that used to be the music guy, they were all told to not play "three blind mice" after suspect calls or goals. I doubt anyone even knows that tune anymore, but it would and can be appropriate at times.
