“Obviously you want your third- and fourth-lines chipping in and helping with the offence, but in the long run you need your top guys going and they played really well.”ĭraisaitl admits it’s been a difficult grind for the guys who are supposed to be leading this team, but adds they haven’t stopped trying to find a solution.
“You need your top players performing if you’re going to win on a regular basis,” said head coach Kris Knoblauch. But in a turnaround that will take months to complete, it’s a start. Stuart Skinner, who came in with one of the worst save percentages among active starters (.865), posted a shutout.īasically, all of the things that had been letting them down rose up and saved the day. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, after going six games without scoring, had a goal and two assists.Ĭonnor McDavid, outside the NHL’s top 60 point-getters when the puck dropped, had four assists for his first game of the season with three or more points.Ī power play that was 1-for-15 in its previous four games scored three times.
