With the puck moving around the offensive zone quickly and Hellebuyck scrambling a bit, Jared Spurgeon fired a slapper from the top of the right
faceoff circle that banked off Marcus Foligno and in for his first Stanley Cup Playoff goal.
Gaustad was solid in
the faceoff circle, but Vermette was even better, winning key draws in the offensive zone to keep Phoenix in the advantage.
Midway through the third period, Buffalo winger Jason Pominville clobbered a slapshot from above the left
faceoff circle that struck Toronto goalie Frederik Andersen in the chest and ricocheted away.
Miller kicked three players out of
the faceoff circle, starting with Steven Stamkos of the Lightning, Travis Zajac of the Devils and then Miller, who refused to comment on the penalty.
Marleau tied it 19 seconds into the second, firing a one - timer from the top of
the faceoff circle over Bernier's glove on a setup from Leo Komarov.
Hanzal sees the «23» and «BROWN» on the back of the captain's jersey from at least the top of
the faceoff circle all the way down to the point of impact.
Problem is that PSU owned the possession time because MD could not control
faceoff circle.
Wheeler sent a cross-ice pass to Laine in the middle of
the faceoff circle 35 seconds later and he ripped a high shot past Domingue at 3:30 to tie it 1 - all.
The Flyers habit of turnovers in their end won't magically go away, so I think taking the body between
the faceoff circles rather than playing the puck will be huge.
Not exact matches
MacKinnon won a
faceoff with Benn and got the puck out to Yakupov, who was alone between the
circles.
Kerfoot won a
faceoff against Rickard Rakell in the right
circle and flicked the puck to his left, where it struck Corey Perry's stake and redirected in.