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The Canadiens get the puck into the neutral zone and it’s a race for the loose puck. Nick Suzuki knocks the puck further down the ice and into the Lightning zone. So right here you’ve got Suzuki on the left-side and the puck is bouncing toward the middle where Tyler Toffoli is pursuing it, and look up up here, Cole Caufield is delaying a little bit coming right down the middle, and you see why this is important because look where the puck ends up–right in Caufield’s path. Now he doesn’t get a shot off right away, but he’s able to collect the puck, they actually get two shots, and then maintain offensive zone pressure. If he’s not delayed and coming down the middle, the puck most likely bounces to open ice where the Lightning can pick it up and go the other way.