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Season possibly back on the brink?
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Jonas Johansson allowed six goals on 24 shots for the loss. You want your backup to give you a chance. He didn’t tonight.
First Period
4:07 NYI Dobson (7), (Pageau)
6:42 TB Kucherov (33), (Raddysh)
14:07 NYI Barzal (15), (Horvat)
18:35 NYI Palmieri (14), (Reilly, Nelson)
Second Period
1:14 TB Hagel (18), (Cirelli, Hedman)(PP)
7:10 NYI Pulock (3), (Engvall)(PP)
8:18 NYI Horvat (21), (Barzal, Pelech)
15:22 NYI Cizikas (6), (unassisted)
Third Period
NO SCORING
This team seems to be in emotional free fall after the catastrophic leg break by Mikhail Sergachev. They were not in a position to go on a losing streak, standings-wise, and they suddenly look like a team that’s struggling with its identity. The All-Star break came at a bad time and there’s no good time for your second best d-man to break two bones in his leg, but here we are. Season feels like its on life support again all of a sudden.
Mitchell Chaffee was -1 with 2 hits in 9:39. Honestly, I haven’t felt he’s been all that noticeable the past two games.
Emil Lilleberg was -2 with 2 shots, 2 hits, and 2 blocked shots in 18:53. Absolutely clobbered Brock Nelson on a zone entry in the Second Period, in what was one of the few Tampa Bay highlights in the game.
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