It's always curious to me that Nurse's partners always get blamed for his poor reads. It couldnt possibly be that he put himself out of position leading to his partner scrambling to make up for it?
In saying that Benning hasnt been great, but you might want to watch that Hornqvist goal again. Nurse makes a terrible read on the play and leaves a lane wide open to the front of the net. If he had just stayed where he was that goal doesnt happen. Nurse actively left a high danger scoring area chasing the puck to an area where no one literally ever scores from. He did this knowing that 3 of his teammates where in a scrum along the far side boards, and one winger was protecting the high slot. Needs to be better on that play.
Also worth mentioning Larsson's big hit in the 1st. I'd like to see Nurse bring more of that type of nasty game. As much as people like the fighting, it's dying out in hockey.
Consider Nurses Partners for the majority of his career so far.
Justin Schultz and Matt Benning.
Both players are hot garbage in their own zone.
