Matthews scoring that goal 90 seconds into the PP underscores how absolutely insane it is to have a weapon like that and consistently pull him off after 50-60 seconds only. Ovechkin plays most of the 2 minutes, and so do other players who are that dangerous. They can just have Matthews not be the one to carry the puck in or aggressively forecheck if they're worried about him getting gassed. All you need is for him to be there to be a shooting threat.
Now that is using the Queen's English in excelling expression!We win Habs lose. It was ugly but in a beautiful way
He laid a couple hits. Marner and Rielly. Other then that he wasn't entertained by anyone, and played himself out of the game, I thought.Big bad Reeves do anything tonight??
Because the habs are putridWe win Habs lose. It was ugly but in a beautiful way
Here are the goals by Matthews and JT
That's a wicked shot
Such a neat pass and a good finish by JT
Alas...poor yorick!
I mean the guy is coming off a 47 goal season
I mean he just missed 7 games with a broken hand
I mean he's still playing with a broken hand
I mean he wins the game in overtime
But name me a play - what a joke
Seeing lots of love for Matthews - I thought he was pretty average tonight with the exception of a couple great shifts. Still waiting for all the big boys to wake up.
This one was 100% Freddy
It was 3-0, I thought it was game over.Glad the Pens came back and beat the islanders.
Marner made a great play skating into the dropped stick just prior to that Matthews goal. Could it have been a penalty? Maybe, but it wasn’t called.
The only joke is his play so far
A novel concept could be to leave Matthews out with the second unit with Nylander, Barrie, Moore/Kappy, and Kerfoot. Matthews/Nylander can man the half boards.
No doubt, but Andersen is a part of the team and he’s allowed to bail them out.Seeing lots of love for Matthews - I thought he was pretty average tonight with the exception of a couple great shifts. Still waiting for all the big boys to wake up.
This one was 100% Freddy
Damn... too bad... hopefully Leafs keep the Ws coming until Hyman is back in the fold.
Washington maximizes OVs PP time.
Nevermind Marner kicking a stick out of the way. Did you see Matthews hit for the cycle on that one? The fact that all parties involved were capable of adapting to his movement spoke volumes. JT to flank for bumper, Rielly to flank for point, Marner to point for flank. Matthews then goes around the net and gets a pass and 1 shot, 2 shot goal.
Thats agility of mind. The PP would do well to adopt it.
Freddy going November beast mode again. Thats like 5 decent to elite starts in a row.
Team save% up to 17th overall but still 24th 5v5. Shows how bad early October was.
Sucks Hyman not coming back sooner but I'd rather he be fully healed before jumping in. His style of play is very physical and we dont need him taking himself out.