Inside John Tortorella’s Untold Tale: The Golden Matvei Michkov That Shook the Flyers
“Michkov, with me in Philly, every time we had to put someone in the box for something like that, a delay or whatever it may be, he’d be burning a hole through me,” Tortorella said of Michkov. “He wants to go in the penalty box hoping to get a breakaway when the power play’s over or whatever it may be.
“Coaches think about that, too. You’d be surprised. There’s a little bit of strategy involved in that. It’s interesting.”
The Sharks finished the period down 3-2 and ultimately lost 6-3 with Smith failing to score out of the box, but Tortorella’s assessment is spot on, especially when the player serving the penalty won’t be utilized on the penalty kill at all.
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