First Period:
Two minutes into the game, McDavid somehow got matched up against the Ducks’ fourth line. Unsurprisingly, this led to a tremendous chance against Anaheim.
But there is some great news. Carlyle is shaking up his defense pairs and does not look afraid to stack his young guns. Fowler with Vatanen and Lindholm with last year’s partner Josh Manson seems like an amazing top four. However, that leaves Clayton Stoner and Kevin Bieksa together to round out the ice time. Their first shift together on the ice led immediately to a dangerous scoring chance against.