First of all, I did mow my lawn, so last night isn’t on me. But I want to ask a question to the Eyes on the Prize brain trust: For the final two thirds of the game did Montreal fall asleep or did Vegas wake up?
It would be the understatement of the year to say that Montreal came out strong in the first period. They had seven high-danger shot attempts to Vegas’ one and controlled 83.7% of the expected goals (xGF%)
In his post-game press conference, interim head coach Dominic Ducharme said that Montreal had more difficulty controlling the puck after running into penalty trouble.