Peter Laviolette

They catch a bounce off the boards.

Things just didn't go their way last night.

But I still like their game a little bit better, I think, after watching that last night.

Yeah.

I mean, it makes a difference for me totally on who moves on in series and who doesn't move on in series.

And it's not just that.

You brought up power play and penalty kill.

I mean, if you can have your penalty kill operating over at 90% and you can throw your power play out at 33% in a series, maybe not for the whole playoffs, but in a series, if you can get the numbers up there,

I don't know the statistics, but I'd be willing to say that those statistics say that you're moving on.

Goaltending factors into that.

The team that can get a goaltender that can throw out a .958 save percentage in a series or somebody who throws out an .880 save percentage.

I mean, there's a huge difference.

Those are swings.

If they're close, they're close.

Defensively, too, I think that factors into it.

Teams that can play good defense, they can limit shots, they can limit grade A chances.

If it's even, if it's off by a couple, it's not a big deal.

It's not a swing thing.

But for me, if it's drastic, if there's, you know, 13, 12 or 13 even strength grade A chances to four grade A chances, then the defense of the, you know, the one that led up to four grade A chances, good chance you're moving on.

Multiply that over a series.