Good: Defense was fantastic. Staal played his first mistake-free game since he's been back. Del Zotto is a revelation. Gaborik was on fire. So happy for Anisimov. We were opportunistic., finally.
Bad: Richards is absolutely awful.
Redden: The lack of intelligence on this team really pisses me off. Anything that requires a specific skill or a scrap of brainpower this team fails miserably at. Faceoffs, power play, not taking penalties, they are incapable of making it work.
The team played pretty well, and they scored when they had chances, that's all that matters though.
Henrik has a very good chance at his first 40 win season this year, despite playing fewer games. If he plays 25 of the last 32 (reasonable, would put him at 63 games) he would need 16 wins to get 40.
Stars: Gabby, del Zotto, Hank
HM: Girardi, Strålman, Dubinsky, Boyle, Prust, McD, AA, Staal, Stepan
MIA: Cally, Hagelin, Bickel (well... at least penalized a lot but did a good job in the 2nd fight), Rupp, Mitchell, Feds
B(r)AD:
Ugly: Flyers broadcasting, goon squad
i missed the first period but i'd have to say henrik and gaborik both deserve the nod. the whole 'd' as well, was great. bickel playing super-tough, girardi and del zotto and mcdonagh just playing like rocks. stralman too, was good. dubi made a few nice strong plays. prust... list list goes on...
The folks saying Cally and Richards were bad either forgot to watch the game and are looking at the score sheet, or simply forget any play which wasn't a goal.
Mcdonagh didn't look too sharp this game. wouldn't say he was bad but he worried me. so did Staal. i'm hoping we don't have to wait until next season to see Staal back and at 100%.
Set up at least two great chances for his teammates, had a couple of good chances, made a good defensive play on the EN goal. Yeah, Richards played so awful
Also, I like Bickel's grit but it's probably time for him to take a seat
