The league is doing everything under their power to get the Oilers the Cup. The league knows they are better off calling a ton of penalties, even against the Oilers since they can at least ice it. The league knows they have a better chance at winning killing penalties than playing a bunch of time 5v5. I would have to look but I believe they likely haven’t won a game where they have been fewer than 5-6 penalty calls in the game.
It’s a complete scam. League recognizes they can’t win playing straight up 5v5 so they give them PP opportunities early and hope they can hang on
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