The Backlund play was after a change of the entire line. Any other time it's a good plan. I think the next play was a FO loss, so that didn't pan out, but the point was the Kings were tired. No way they get a change until the goalie froze it. Keep at them and they take a penalty or we get a goal.
I'm a little bit frustrated with the setup in the O-zone as well, especially on the PP. We have a set play that gets used a lot and it involves Tkachuk behind the net. We will avoid cross crease passes to goto it. When Lindy is on, it works, but a lot of times it's a pass into coverage with little chance of success. One of the things that teams like COL do is the D start to creep in on each pass. They collapse the coverage until they have better seams. But anyway, I am just saying we do things that are easier to defend, once the team knows the tendency. They know we tend not to shoot from the D, so they clog the middle and box us out. We go around the horn too much at times and spend half the time recovering and setting up the next pass. PP2 doesn't seem to get much time in the O-zone, so they need to look at personnel or strategy, cuz it ain't working. Thought we were more dangerous with Kylington on the boards. Maybe we need Monahan in the slot, since he can at least battle for real estate.