Another Two Point Effort from Taylor Hall Leads to Victory
4 years agoArizona Coyotes forward Taylor Hall led the way for Arizona's offense in Game 3, picking up a goal and an assist. It was Hall's second two-point night of the series and was a solid bounce back after Game 2, where he finished with no points and eight penalty minutes. Hall certainly has benefited from playing with Phil Kessel and Christian Dvorak, who each have three points in the series respectively. If and when Nick Schmaltz returns to the lineup, Arizona will have an interesting decision to make regarding their lines as Kessel had been playing with Schmaltz at even strength. If there is a knock on Hall's production in the series, it is that at even strength Arizona has only a 37.08 Corsi for percentage and 42.59 expected goals for percentage. Those numbers suggest Arizona is not controlling play consistently while Hall is on the ice, and could lead to streaky production from Hall as we saw in the difference between Game 2 and Game 3 from him.
Source: NHL.com
Source: NHL.com