'“It’s probably the most important piece,” Lindy Ruff said of Gaustad's role in the power play's success. “If you look at Thomas [Vanek] on one unit being the guy in front of the net and Paul [Gaustad] in the other unit, you are the guy that has to obstruct the goalie. There are not many goalies in this league that you can with a shot from past the top of the circle unless he has to fight to see it.”'