Scattered thoughts:
- Dropped onto any other ice sheet on the planet, Crosby would have been the best player in the world tonight. But in Buffalo, Evgeni Malkin one upped him. Geno was an absolute force on the ice tonight. He's Mario-like when he's on.
- Kunitz can't keep the puck on his stick lately.
- Gibbons is out of his league playing next to Sid. I actually don't mind Bylsma rotating several guys in/out of that spot throughout the game.
- Neal is playing well, but earlier this season he was like a honey badger. If he can find that again, the Malkin line will go from damn-near unstoppable to outright unstoppable.
- Sutter is an average 3C and he really struggles when his wingers are subpar.
- Scrabbles and Engo are competent 4th liners. Adams is not.
- Maatta was our best defenseman tonight. His instincts in the offensive zone are insane. God I wish KL had half the brains of this kid.
- Despite only allowing one goal against, Orpik, Scuderi, and Bortuzzo had mostly lousy evenings. Fleury had to make some good saves between oddman rushes and an inability on behalf of our defense to clear the front of the net.
Anyway, hell of a game!