As I make my transition to The PensNation, I'm going to start putting my thoughts on their site and the full +/- assessments on this blog (with links on each page). Also, if you are going through podcast withdrawal, subscribe to theirs here. Meanwhile, here are highlights and your goal assessment (if you have no clue what I'm doing with this goal assessment, visit http://www.crosbyftw.com/p/plusminus-spreadsheet.html).
+/- Assessment:
1st Goal For (Kunitz): + for
- Niskanen – leads breakout through the neutral zone
- Crosby – takes puck into the offensive zone and passes to Kunitz
- Neal – draws defenders deeper into the zone to open up a passing lane
- Kunitz – one-timer goal
1st Goal Against (E. Staal): - for
- Crosby – left his guy (Staal) after the faceoff and then doesn’t keep up with him going behind or to the net
- Letang – over-pursues Tlusty for a hit instead of playing the puck
2nd Goal Against (Tlusty): - for
- Crosby – doesn’t follow Staal / miscommunicates with Niskanen
- Niskanen – miscommunicates with Crosby / gets caught between Staal and Tlusty
3rd Goal Against (Skinner): - for
- Vitale – turnover in neutral zone
- Adams – turnover in neutral zone
- Bortuzzo – misses puck on a bad step up at the blue line, then has a tough time getting to Dwyer on pass to Skinner
- Martin – doesn’t step up to Skinner in the slot
4th Goal Against (Tlusty): - for
- Bortuzzo – gets manhandled and loses the puck
- Crosby – skates to empty area and doesn’t get back in the play
- Neal – leaves passing lane between Semin and Tlusty
- (Martin was not at fault for this goal, he was tripped on the crease and couldn’t do anything)
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