On four of those five goals, the Devils skaters did not execute. It was mainly boneheaded, lazy play. That is inexcusable, more than the goalie play.
Goal 1 - Horrible turnover by Timo. Should have chipped it up the boards. Did not backcheck and let his assignment have a wide open backdoor goal.
Goal 2 - Deflection. Not much to complain about.
Goal 3 - Terrible turnover by Hughes. I think Schmid could have played it slightly better and not committed as much to the shooter. Perhaps he could have slid over quicker. I don't particularly blame him, as much as I do Hughes here.
Goal 4 - Each of the 3 forwards are behind the play near their opponents Goal line. Why is the Devils left D pinching here? Why does Marino lazily poke check the puck carrier and not contain to allow forward help. Why does Mercer slow down on the back check. It was a nice breakaway play by Duclair. Many more to blame then the goalie.
Goal 5 - Nice breakout play by Sharks. I don't like the weak poke check by Schmid here. Would like for him to get more on it. Luke looked absolutely lost on clearing the crease here. The forwards did not seem to care and backcheck hard. All around, a lot to blame here. This is the one I put blame on Schmid for, but he's not alone.
On top of that, Schmid probably shouldn't have played this game. Who knows if a more energized goalie slides across quicker on Goal 3 or has a better effort on Goal 5. What I do know, is Ruff better rip the players over their lackadaisical play and bone headed turnovers.