Lightning @ Leafs - Oct. 25th, 7:30pm - SN1, TSN 1050

[herman]

Matthews with the sixth.

Seems easier to play loose and aggressively when chasing the lead.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

OUR TURN

 

[Kin]

If an opposing player scored like that on Andersen people would be losing their minds.

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

Sweet baby jesus Matthews has a release.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Nylander helps force the turnover, Matthews snipes.

All Hyman though.

 

[rdowdall]

They seem to have more urgency now.

 

[herman]

Matthews found the gap in Bishop (between the incisors).

 

[ZBBM]

It is nice to have comeback capacity.

Seriously, who said stick Marner on that line just for fun?  If they are within 2 with say 6 left to go I'd definitely roll it to see what happens.

 

[Kaberle15]

Last season a 4-1 loss entering the 3rd and it was over for me.

This season they are so much fun to watch that I do belive that they might comeback on this one...

 

[Kin]

Why oh why oh why is the Bozak group the first unit?

 

[herman]

What a heady pass by Marner

 

[mr grieves]

If an opposing player scored like that on Andersen people would be losing their minds.

Yeah, but context. Bishop's faced 39 shots, giving up his 3rd. Andersen's 5 in on 17 shots.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Bozak group ices the puck. Always the sign of a PP that's clicking.

 

[L K]

Good thing we let Bozak do nothing so that we wouldn't get more of the Matthews PP unit. 

 

[Kin]

Yeah, but context. Bishop's faced 39 shots, giving up his 3rd. Andersen's 5 in on 17 shots.

Context is my point exactly. All goalies let in stoppable goals. We don't apply the same critical eye to opposing goalies we do to our own.

 

[ZBBM]

Good thing we let Bozak do nothing so that we wouldn't get more of the Matthews PP unit.

Not on the PP but Bozak's had some good looks tonight.

 

[L K]

The 4 minutes for a scrape on a high stick while other similar plays can draw blood or worse and only be 2 minutes makes a lot of sense.

 

[Kin]

Marner taking the wind out of our sails a little there.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Good thing we let Bozak do nothing so that we wouldn't get more of the Matthews PP unit. 

The Leafs have one of the best powerplay rates in the league yet that entire line doesn't have a point on it.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

The 4 minutes for a scrape on a high stick while other similar plays can draw blood or worse and only be 2 minutes makes a lot of sense.

I absolutely hate the blood rule. One of the dumbest things in the rulebook yet nobody talks about how dumb it is.