#15...Columbus..."I got a Line on You"

I was at the game last night, and after reading Mike Russo's Gamer this morning I was left confused; granted it wasn't just up and down action all night, but I didn't feel it was as disjointed as described. In fact, at one point my brother, who was with me at the game, turned to me after a whistle and mentioned that we just went 6 minutes without an stoppages in play.
Was it flawless? Hell no.
There was some sloppiness, especially on Columbus' first goal by Kristian Huselius (half the players on the ice were behind the play,) and James Sheppard's epic-Martin Skoula-like boner of a giveaway to Rick Nash (the worst guy on the ice to give the puck away in front of the net.) To Sheppard's credit, he came out on the next shift and had a productive one, but damn Shep- that was a brutal, brutal turnover. Its not just this soft attempt at a pass in particular, but I've noticed that in general Sheppard just needs to put some more zing with his passing. Now, to his credit, the kid is blessed with some soft hands and excellent passing ability, but not every pass needs to be a feathered pass to a teammate.
Benoit Pouliot scored to make it 1-0, but then Erik Reitz scored his first NHL goal to give The Wild a 2-1 lead in the 3rd.


And after the aforementioned Sheppard-turnover-cum-Nash-Goal, we went to the shootout.
After Andrew Brunette promptly shot the puck directly into the crest of Steve Mason, Niklas Backstrom stuffed Kristian Huselius, It was Marek Zidlicky's turn. "After the first shootout (attempt), I saw he went down early, so I wanted to try shooting higher...That's what I saw, so ..."
Goal. Jackets' rookie Derek Brassard was stuffed by Niklas Backstrom, and it was Antti Miettinen's chance to end it..."I tried to put as little thought in my mind as I could; just go out there with a clear head...I decided before what I was doing. I don't know if it had anything to do with it, but I thought, 'Fake shoot it high, and then five-hole.' A couple times during the game when I tried to shoot high, he stood up, so I thought I'd go five-hole. It worked."

Yes it did; Minnesota got a line on Steve Mason.