Tampa executives Steven Stamkos Nikita Kucherov and Braden Point sat out the third period of the NHL regular season game (3:5).
Team head coach John Cooper made the decision to bench several top players and not give them playing time in the final period. After the game, Cooper said the aforementioned hockey players “didn’t give us a chance to win with their game” (as quoted by Sportsnet).
Note that after two periods, Tampa lost with the score of 1:4.
Russian Kucherov scored an assist in the game, his utility indicator was “-1”. Stamkos, also with an assist, was marked with a utility of “-3”, the author of the goal of Point had a utility of “-2”, while he made 7 shots on goal.
Source : MatchTV
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