If you didn’t get a chance to watch Saturday night’s game, and were wondering “8-2? Did the Jackets really crap the bed that badly?” No, it was closer than the score looked. But that doesn’t mean it was a game that they had any right to win. Per Corsica Hockey, Tampa won the expected goal battle 2.83-2.16. Too many penalties, turnovers, and a lackluster effort in the third kept the win out of reach.
Before I get into a scoring summary, let’s discuss the elephant in the room: Bob was bad. Some of the goals were not on him, but several were soft goals that he should have stopped.