We need a game to really shift things in the right direction.
To my mind it feels like there have been 2 games that have defined our season to this point--both against key divisional rivals.
1) The third game vs. Montreal (the Kapanen stick throw game) when we blew that 3-goal 3rd period lead and lost in OT. Coming off a 2-0 start to the season where they looked pretty good, that was a bummer and set the wheels in motion for the freefall and Babcock's ousting.
2) Last week's loss in Buffalo. We were coming off a 3-game win streak to start the Keefe era and jumped out to a 2-goal lead. Optimism was at an alltime high and it seemed like a new page was being turned until they blew that lead and lost in regulation. Scoring has dried up and they've lost two out of three since, throwing the fanbase back into panic mode.
We desperately need a turning point game. An unexpected blowout win, an unlikely comeback, a buzzer beater. Something to set the tone for good things to come for the rest of the year before the malaise of mediocrity fully sets in.