Brandon Saad previously skated in both a third and fourth line role over the past handful of games. What’s worse, he skated in the white, healthy-scratch jersey during practice leading up to his fourth line demotion.
I’m not sure if this lit a spark under him, served as a wake-up call or had any real positive impact, but Brandon Saad has actually looked like Brandon Saad over the past two games.
He played very well in Sunday night’s game in which he was slotted in alongside Chris Kunitz and David Kampf.
Tonight, though, Saad was moved up to the second line alongside Patrick Kane and Artem Anisimov.