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Originally Posted by killer_carlson
one thing I did notice was how well the Avs handled Gaudreau tonight. He was getting more contact than normal, and not all of it clean.
This was a game where one of our bigger guys should have held the opponent accountable.
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Yeah, you have to give some credit to Landeskog/O'reilly. They did a brilliant job shutting down our top line. Landeskog figured out early what the refs were and weren't going to call and toed that line the entire game. Even doing things like running our tender after a goal, and the shot after the buzzer. He's developing into a first rate #### disturber.
I think the main reason the top line looked so good in that last minute is the Avs were no longer willing to risk taking a penalty to shut them down. If you look at other games where they've been ineffective it's typically games where there are a lot of stick infractions that go uncalled (LA/Anaheim/Detroit)