David Amber

Oh, no, they're out shooting us 8-3.

We're in trouble.

That's not it.

It's like, what are we actually giving up?

What is difficult, though, is the O-zone time.

When the O-zone time is 2-1, you're constantly defending.

And quite frankly, I think Montreal's done a great job at defending.

They're doing everything.

Their Dobish has been great, and they've also insulated them as best possible despite the shot volume against them.

It hasn't been breakaways and two-on-ones.

It's been a lot of territorial play and ozone possession, but a lot of shots that Dobish has seen and been able to save.

They really just need to get more high-danger quality looks the other way, a little bit of sustained pressure, not all these one-and-dones.

And again, whether that's rebounds, you know, they've got to put more shots on that.

And we do have to give, listen, we've got to give Carolina some credit here, right?

They have Slavin, they have Condre Miller, they have these guys who really know how to defend.

They're great sticks in the lanes and all the other things you would ask them to do.

But Montreal's got to make life as difficult on those guys as possible.

So that's the challenge at hand.

It's not about out-shooting them.

It's let's out-chance them.