We won the first of 10 by hook or by crook and against the Oilers that will do. Rinaldo had 2 minutes and Froese got 4. I think we are finding the team thought they'd be a 4 line team and have really turned into a very good 3 solid line team, still giviing a 2 star team like the Oilers trouble.
Backlund did a good job logging 21 mostly on McDavid and winning the match up on the night.
Edmonton makes it too easy for him. McDavid skated 29 plus minutes. They have last line change but so what if he's always on it's easy to get your choice of line out in a 10-30 seconds and the schmucks still play him. By late in the second and the third McDavids speed is used very sparingly because they over play him. Just makes Backlunds job all the easier.
Enjoyed seeing Lucic extract a bit of revenge too.
Last edited by GS Skier; 02-07-2021 at 11:22 AM.
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