I think the way the game went just naturally kept the animosity lower, and often it is the animosity that keeps the average volume higher.
The refs and players did seem to control things better, but man, did the refs ever put away their whistles late in the game when it came to the Canucks interfering. I think they realized that as long as the Canucks had hopes of coming back, that they would behave. If the refs would have started calling them, they likely would have just said "eff it" and take headshots again.
BTW, does anyone know what Bollig did or said to get the 10 min misconduct?
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