The trouble is, that's not an easy answer for the Avs - think of all the things they did good - they covered the open d-man and actually intercepted/interrupted a bunch of Smith's early pass attempts, they had 10 high-danger chances, and they didn't take a million penalties.
The only thing the Avs can do is play the MacKinnon line less or split it right up and hope that this somehow mimics depth.
But watching that game, I wasn't thinking there was some particular change-up that the Avs forgot to utilize. In a way, I thought both teams played kind of a similar game. So maybe the Avs could go to a 131 trap or something but it's sure hard to see how that would get them any goals. They play a speedy game, or at least, that's where their scoring comes from - rushes and rebounds.
So I think if I'm Calgary, I go play the same game, and I expect it to work again, because the problem isn't the system, it's not whether to carry or dump, it's not some technical issue. The problem is the Avs can't match the Flames for depth. There's scoring threats on all our lines.
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