As Timo Meier collected the puck off a sharp defensive play from Tomas Hertl and raced up the ice, the New Jersey Devils’ Yagor Yakovlev and Keith Kinkaid had possibly the best views in the arena of the Swiss forward’s movements.
Kinkaid covered the near side while Yakovlev, reading Meier’s moves, moved to his right to block a pass to Logan Couture. And so Meier, who had once been benched and demoted by Pete DeBoer for recklessly shooting from all over the ice, decided to shoot once again.