During Saturday’s terrible afternoon, Brock Nelson appeared on the wing of Bo Horvat and Mat Barzal, in what Butch Goring figured was a short-term move to provide a spark and not a lasting thing, with Brendan Burke affirming, noting that your best lineup probably has Horvat and Nelson each at center.
Which has definitely been and probably remains true. But these are strange times. Patrick Roy is getting to know just what a fragile headcase his team seems to be. So at Sunday’s practice before they headed to Dallas for tonight’s game, that line remained — and everything was all mixed up.