Reasons we lost in a nutshell.
1. Give up 2 pp goals and a shorty, you're going to lose.
2. Giving up a shorty to a defenseman who basically took it end to end while skating through most of the guys on the ice was a back breaker. If it were Karlsson or Burns doing it I'd be like, I expected that. For Dillon to do it, unacceptable.
3. To change up the PP units like we did up by two didn't make sense. Sure, having two D out there was nice, if they would've done something with Dillon coming up the ice but these units have been used since Ellis came back from injury last year and that is the time we change it up? Doesn't make sense to be honest. Guys assumed because we had two D out there everything would be ok and everyone slacked off.
4. A PP with all right handed shots gives an advantage to the PK. They have no reason to cover the guy on the right face off dot with any sense of urgency. They're not going to be able to turn and fire at the net quickly so they have time to close. That takes away a quick fire option. If we're going to use the umbrella we need a left handed shot in the right face off dot and a right handed shot in the left face off dot. Plain and simple. It will make it more effective. The problem is, the only left handed shots we have at forward are Fiala, Bonino, Salomaki and Rinaldo. The only other option would be to use Ekholm in that spot. Obviously Tolvanen may be an answer at some point but we need a solution now. Also, didn't the second unit do well when Sissons was on it instead of Bonino? Thought we had decent success with that combo.
5. Other than the JOFA line and Smith, no one is producing offensively on a consistent basis. Jarnkrok and Bonino with 1 point each as of last night I believe. Hartman has 1 or 2 points? Fiala and Turris are invisible. We need a shuffle of all the lines except the JOFA line at this point. While we're 7-2 and that's nice, the JOFA line needs support.
6. Bonino succeeded with the Penguins when he had two fast wingers with him. Jarnkrok and Hartman have good wheels but not exceptional wheels. He needs guys with him that can fly. Not sure we have the pieces to help him there.