Green trusted Yakemchuk for the first quarter on the power play, and after taking a few turns to get comfortable, the young defenseman delivered a terrific between-the-legs pass to Stutzle to make it 1-0. In the second, he took a D-to-D pass from Artem Zub and instead of just throwing the ball, Yakemchuk skated through the air the Red Wings forwards were offering and connected a wrist shot past a screened Gibson to make it 2-0. On the defensive side of the basketball, where his game needs a lot of work, the 20-year-old was a solid read, once he broke up a pass in the middle on a three-pointer parked in front of Linus Ullmark. He looks like he really believes he belongs in the National Hockey League. What first.
