Comment 1
The tale of the tape here was special teams no doubt. The single most important thing in this match up was the special teams. The whalers went an abysmal 1/8 and one of their only goals when they were trying to come back late in the third. About 6 players had more than 5 minutes of playtime on the pk for the lions with rookie defenseman Dubolk leading the way. The lions can't be taking 8+ penalties a game because they aren't going to kill that many penalties every single game.

Comment 2
The second thing I want to take a look at are shots. 36-20. In favor of the winning team? NOPE. The lions were out-shot in every period and honestly this could be that they were on the PK for half the game or that they just cannot defend to save their lives. Honestly this is a worrying trend for the season and is a recurring problem. As long as they score on their minimal chances from their low low low number of shots then the lions should be fine. But, can you honestly expect that from a rookie team?

Comment 3
Goaltending. This goalie has and will be the workhorse for this team. Patrice Nadeau has arguable the worst defense in front of him and he has been the workhouse of the team, and this win is his and probably his alone. 95 save percentage and stopping 34 shots is honestly insane. This guy stood on his head tonight and he will probably have to steal games for this team to win going forward. If you look at Nadeaus season stats in a vacuum they aren't very impressive, but if you put them up for comparison based on whats in front of him. This guys fuck. And he's probably the most underrated goalie and i think any team would be glad to draft him in the upcoming SHL draft