This one is gonna be real interesting. What do the Oilers look like trying to play tight defensive hockey? Do they try to?
For me this is a "tone from the top" thing. Sutter has been preaching all year about playing our game, sticking with it, that it's a process, and that you have to learn how to win in the playoffs.
When the Oilers tried clamping down on the Kings they were low-scoring affairs. The Kings' anemic offense is no comparison to the Flames'. So if the Oilers get down I would have far less faith that they can "stick with it" and try to win playing that tight game. And notwithstanding the media's narrative, there's no evidence they're better running and gunning than the Flames are.
Just play Flames hockey, and I think we finally shake the game 2 curse.
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