To be clear, I’m not blaming last night’s loss on Jake Allen. The entire team looked lost in the third period, couldn’t clear the zone, and barely traveled into the Blackhawks’ zone. It was a complete breakdown of epic proportions. They only had five shots on net during the third period, and many shot attempts went wide on a goal that they should’ve gone into.
But when you look at the overall play in the game, you also can’t make the argument that Jake Allen was fine. As Ben Hochman put it:
He just looked weird.