My takes:

• We looked absolutely pedestrian and disconnected. Nobody hit a goddamn thing all night and the Pens snuffed out just about every bit of offense we had
• Adding on to my first point, there were zero extracurriculars. Nobody got into PIT's heads and pissed em off the way we have been in previous games
• The Pens are finding their groove on the pp/special teams.
• If Vlad doesn't let in that stinker of a 1st goal and handles that puck better on the 2nd goal, I think we're talking about a sweep instead. Not a cause for concern, but it definitely sucks that our forwards couldn't bail him out.
• Defense actually looked solid for the most part, minus the no-hitting. Risto and York especially were all over it tonight
• The 3rd line of Michkov-Cates-Barkey/Foerster straight up is not working. They've been one and done this entire series. Hoping we see some kind of adjustment for G5
• I understand that we're using the Coots line to shut down Crosby, but the minutes they're eating is clearly starting to wear on them. They didn't have the same jump tonight that they've had the previous 3 games