OK ... only watched the condensed game, but a couple of things were obvious. First, while Williams didn't score himself, he obviously raised his game and did make a noticeable contribution out there. Good. That's what leaders do. Second, Slavin/Pesce just works and I hope this staff relaxes and leans into that paring. Third, yeah ... Darling was good enough. That's what we need from the big fella. You'd like to think he could iron out the kinks on some of his positioning issues, but honestly he's a big, long legged dude and some of that comes with the territory. When he commits to the big post to post push for example, it's not like he's got any brakes. That's a big mass in motion with not much friction. But get the basics right and trust your mates to score a few and I think we can all get through this thing with at least average goaltending.
Also ... nice to see Wallmark make some plays and that Aho assist was filthy. Good win.
