That game was super tight until the late goal at the end of the 2nd period. These goals tend to hurt a team but Sens were fragile last night.
Very uncharacteristic but Giroux didn't seem to give a crap last night. He was totally responsible on the 1st goal as he didn't even covered well for a pinching Chabot (I'm sure some blamed it on Chabot) and then let Orlov go easily on a breakaway. On that 3rd goal that gave Carolina full momentum, Giroux is gliding, losing his cover easily again. He was literally on the ice for the first 4 goals against and 2 he was directly responsible. Seriously, awful leadership from him last night. I understand it sucks to play without a purpose but they need to build that team, it's as important as it would be to fight for the playoffs.
Overall advanced stats :
Shots : 32-38
Scoring Chances : 29-28
High Danger Chances : 11-9
In the 3rd period only (where the Canes scored 4 goals) :
Shots : 11-16
Scoring Chances : 12-8
High Danger Chances : 5-2
Forsberg wasn't great, coverage was poor in general and Canes made some great plays/shots and were very opportunistic, particularly with these 5 last goals. Score flattered the Canes a bit (Kastelic post and other posts, miraculous stick save on Brannstrom and other close ones)
They didn't deserve to win but this game also didn't look like a 7-2 loss. It was reminiscent to the Rangers game where they made some great plays and converted on most of their chances. Expected goals ended up 3.22 Sens vs 3.08 Canes. The result is a combination of poor goaltending, coverage and execution