Passing the puck around the offensive zone and then losing it at the line, looks good, but doesn't win hockey games.
Dump and chase only works if you actually go into the corners to retrieve the puck after you dump it in.
Playing around with the puck in your own zone, when you don't have the lead, doesn't help at all, it just kills the clock.
We had 23 missed shots. They had 12.
If you want to blame the D, the Goalie, whatever, understand that 4 players make up almost half of the cap space that the team can use.
We can't hope to get better D, or a solid 3rd line without the money to bring the players here. The 4 guys took the money, and in the process handcuffed the team,so if they are tired, and playing too much, this is what you get. You can blame them or the GM.
Doesn't matter it happened.