Playing too tentative and scared to make a mistake. Had we scored in the first ten minutes it's a totally different game. 0-0, while we have Hank, you have to feel like plays to their advantage. Very tough to shut them out, so unless we really limit their chances in the third, we're gonna need to score 2-3 goals here in the third and gotta be ready for them to come out of the gates firing fast and hard at us here.
I don't have a good feeling or bad feeling, other than at some point in time we are due to lose a game like this, but now we have a 100% coin flip situation, and that is scary. Maybe we score that goal OR maybe they score that goal. Like OT...we'll see.
That's pretty much how I look at it. They're not going to win every time in this situation. They're on pace for 15 shots in this game. To me that's a joke.
you knew adjustments would be made, c'mon, these are the elite teams of east, well coached teams... either 1 could rep.. lets hope its the rangers....
The way Lundqvist is playing I still think NYR have the advantage but the crappy passing constant dump and chasing and frequent offsides is leading to no shots. The one good thing is they are winning 2/3 of the face offs Just takes 1 tonight boys. The team w the most resolve plays on
I'm with you. First goal means a hell of a lot more now than it did in the first period. As usual, breakdown the period into four 5 minute mini periods and just keep grinding and winning those and we will win. Just know, if we score first, Hank will have to literally stand on his head to keep the lead because Tampa is gonna come out and PUSH for a goal. Worried about how few shots we have and how little pressure we are applying to them. This team confuses the hell out of me. Chase a goalie because we were aggressive and got to the dirty areas and threw everything at the net and scored and then next game came out and didn't repeat the process. Mind boggling how they didn't learn from game 5.
If I can fault the Ranger coach for anything it is how much time he allows MSL to be on the ice, the guy is finished as a good player on this team. He brings literally nothing yet gets a ton of meaningless unproductive ice time.
It's how they have played at home the entire series. They scored 17 goals in Tampa and can't do crap on home ice.
Again top players have laid an egg tonight. Will see if they can win the third period. Thank god for hank. That's all needs to be said.
I think we need to give TB some credit here. They are playing really well. I don't think the Rangers have been aggressive enough, and why MSL is still on the 1st PP unit is beyond me, but TB is really playing a strong game and deserve credit. What concerns me is they are due a PP, and that could bite us. We'll see.
