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Originally Posted by CSharp
I don't understand why Sutter started the OT with Backlund and Tanev. It's like they had almost no puck possession in that OT aside from the PK. It just seemed like Sutter was playing playoff positioning for the other teams rather than wanting the necessary points to clinch the playoffs right now. Just a frustrating past several games to watch besides the BoA.
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Backlund was matched against Kopitar, he's frequently matched against top line centers on opposing teams. Tanev was matched against Durzi.
They ended up being on the ice for the whole first 3.5 minutes of OT because Todd McLellan is smart enough to know that getting Kopitar off the ice meant Lindholm would be on the ice. That's not good for LA.
The penalty and time-out used by LA meant we never had our attackers out until the last 90 seconds of OT.