from David Isaac of the News Journal,

Losing physical battles along the sideboards has led to less time in the offensive zone, less of a forecheck to create shots and chances.

The question, which no one seems able to answer, is, “Why?”

“I don’t think we saw an effort for whatever reason that is,” said Brayden Schenn, who scored twice Tuesday night. “When you’re playing Columbus, you know they’re going to come hard and you’ve got to match their work ethic. I’m not saying we didn’t work hard [Tuesday night], but obviously not hard enough to generate chances or to dominate parts of the game.”

There isn’t enough compete, not enough battle for coach Craig Berube to be pleased with his players.

“It has to do with five guys giving the right effort on the ice at once,” Berube said. “Playing the game the right way, for 60 minutes, and we played the game the right way in the third period and got a point.”

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