Leafs 4 - Sabres 1 -- Five Points Out
Five on Three
First things first, in the second period, Stralman scored his first of what will be many goals last night. The release of his stick was fast, the puck strategically traveled with velocity and pace to find the back of the twine. The spontaneous snap shot has been used earlier in the year by Anton, it resulted in two or three assists as the pucks were tipped in past an unprepared, unsettled goalie. Could very quickly become trademarked as a result of how hard and fast he can release it. His goal was timely, and took whatever strengthen the Sabres were beginning to muster away, the Leafs never looked back. Whats even more impressive is that Stralman was instrumental in the first Leafs goal with a timely pass to Ponikarovsky who chipped it to Steen who got it to Blake.
It was at the beginning of the second period that really set the tone for the game. After letting the Sabres cut the lead in half, the Leafs fell victim to back to back to back penalties, for what seemed to be an eternity of being short 2 men, the Leafs displayed true character by killing all of them. Matt Stajan was huge on the PK, aggressive to the lanes, Stajan blocked shot after shot, being short 2, it was nothing short of brilliance.
In his first game back, with limited ice time Kronwall played very well considering his long absence, he even saw some PK time on that lengthy 5on3 and performed quite well. He kept things simple and helped his team mates finally contain that speedy Sabre offence. White showed speed and some shifty puck work that looks to either spell more confidence or added pressure form both Stralman and Kronwall. White is improving each game, has shown to be effective when moving his feet and playing quick on the PK, his speed being consistent is what is leading to his success, but still his deep zone coverage is still weak, instead of attempting to contain the opponent when things do go bad, its at that time he has to light the afterburners and get quicker to force the play.
As you could tell I was late on my last two write ups, blame this to the new contact job I got that has me working plenty of overtime, make no mistake, I make time to watch the game, not the time to write about em. I started writing this blog before the start of the Senators game and finished it after, it’s a good thing I am working these hours, it looks as though I may need that money for playoff tickets after all.
First things first, in the second period, Stralman scored his first of what will be many goals last night. The release of his stick was fast, the puck strategically traveled with velocity and pace to find the back of the twine. The spontaneous snap shot has been used earlier in the year by Anton, it resulted in two or three assists as the pucks were tipped in past an unprepared, unsettled goalie. Could very quickly become trademarked as a result of how hard and fast he can release it. His goal was timely, and took whatever strengthen the Sabres were beginning to muster away, the Leafs never looked back. Whats even more impressive is that Stralman was instrumental in the first Leafs goal with a timely pass to Ponikarovsky who chipped it to Steen who got it to Blake.
It was at the beginning of the second period that really set the tone for the game. After letting the Sabres cut the lead in half, the Leafs fell victim to back to back to back penalties, for what seemed to be an eternity of being short 2 men, the Leafs displayed true character by killing all of them. Matt Stajan was huge on the PK, aggressive to the lanes, Stajan blocked shot after shot, being short 2, it was nothing short of brilliance.
In his first game back, with limited ice time Kronwall played very well considering his long absence, he even saw some PK time on that lengthy 5on3 and performed quite well. He kept things simple and helped his team mates finally contain that speedy Sabre offence. White showed speed and some shifty puck work that looks to either spell more confidence or added pressure form both Stralman and Kronwall. White is improving each game, has shown to be effective when moving his feet and playing quick on the PK, his speed being consistent is what is leading to his success, but still his deep zone coverage is still weak, instead of attempting to contain the opponent when things do go bad, its at that time he has to light the afterburners and get quicker to force the play.
As you could tell I was late on my last two write ups, blame this to the new contact job I got that has me working plenty of overtime, make no mistake, I make time to watch the game, not the time to write about em. I started writing this blog before the start of the Senators game and finished it after, it’s a good thing I am working these hours, it looks as though I may need that money for playoff tickets after all.
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