I have no clue if blues gonna stick with Allen or not? I’d like them to but their MO on b2b all year been to split them up. I just don’t trust Bennington right now, he has given up some soft goals. Allen wasn’t spectacular but he made himself big in net and made all the saves he should have with a handful of very good saves thrown in, in big time spots. He only got beat when Vancouver made excellent shots! In fairness to Bennington blues played much better defensively in front of Allen which I expected.
I liked the officiating crew much better last night as they didn’t call a bunch of ticky tack garbage like the game 2 crew did!! That is huge cause Vancouver pp remains insanely lethal while blues pp is a hot mess, i expect it be better tonight as I expect Vlady to be back in lineup which should help the pp. I thought on the few pp blues had they were scared to shoot since Vancouver is blocking so many shots and are incredibly dangerous getting out in transition short handed. The more 5 on 5 they play the better for blues as they have really dominated 5 on 5 action the last 2 games imo. Blues were incredibly physical last night which I think will serve them well playing again tonight! I think they have really started playing their game these last 2 and that gonna pay off huge as this series goes deeper. As we saw against sharks last years blues are capable of flat out wearing teams down over the course of a series! As long as blues keep Vancouver out of transition and stay out the penalty box I think they tie this series up tonight!!