Patrik Bexell is joined by Anton Rasegård and analytics guru Jason Paul in this episode of Habsent Minded. Together they go through what went wrong Saturday night in the Montreal Canadiens’ loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs.
The penalty kill is being boosted by all of the short-handed goals, but is in fact struggling when it comes down to preventing high-quality scoring chances from dangerous snipers. What can be done to fix these issues and is the coaching staff proactive enough to adjust when needed? Is there a lack of mobility on the back end, which becomes increasingly visible in a penalty-killing situation?