Of all the things potentially rattling around in DiPietro's head, and there are likely many, consider this: He's never played behind teams that outshoot their opposition 51-11 and 39-13, like the past two games. Never. That takes some serious adjustment. And it's not that the defense that's playing particularly well (they're not bad either!), the 67's can now roll out 4 lines that can hem a team in their own end for up to a minute (then regroup in the neutral zone and do it again and again). There were points in the last 2 games when it appeared the Zamboni would only have to resurface one end.
The problem is the quality of shots. As Intentionally pointed out, Hoefenmayer is neither fronting or pushing the Kingston screener. He's standing beside him. In Mikey's defense, he didn't see the shot at all, and Beraldo (who Peterborough curiously gave up on) put it in a coffee cup. On Beraldo's 2nd goal he had a 3 or 4 step walk-in before he shot and that should never happen. Mikey did have a clear view and it just beat him. Both PPs were on Marco Rossi penalties and his 3rd penalty negated a full 2 min PP opportunity so discipline continues to be a bit of an issue (also it was the 2nd game in a row where Kody Clark was stapled to the bench for an entire period -- no doubt a discipline issue). Speaking of Clark, on the GWG he flies from blueline to blueline to get back to help and then lets up and glides toward the scorer, never actually engaging.
Having said all that, bleh. It was a meaningless game points wise for Ottawa. Let's hope the teachable moments are taught. Ottawa needs to take fewer penalties. That's been an ongoing concern. They need to either box out or front the net presence on the PK (so Mikey is looking through/around 2 guys 'stacked up', not 2 guys side by side). Finally, I believe the team in front of Mikey need to get past the attitude of, 'no worries, Mikey's got this', to 'OK we've allowed only 2 shots in 15 min this period so Mikey might be cold and we'd better crank up the focus defensively'.
Add to that the typical tactic of a good team playing a much poorer one: Overpassing to make the TSN highlight reel then, when that fails, trying to do it all on your own (1-on-3s, 1-on-4s and end-to-end rushes). This rarely, if ever, works as we all know.