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Originally Posted by FanIn80
I wonder if Tkachuk is hurt? He played 26 shifts last night, which is very close to what the other top Panthers played, except his minutes were only 5th most among forwards. ~13 total, ~11 at 5v5. Lots of under 20secs shifts. His last three shifts were 19, 10 and 9 seconds (in that order). There was 27 seconds left in the game when he came off after being out there for 9 seconds.
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I don’t know about total ice time, but obviously there is some matching involved with last couple of shifts. Not normal circumstances opponent wise, so I wouldn’t read in to it as a normal situation
His last 2 shifts, they were clearly trying to match Barkov against the Edmonton wonder twins
The Oilers started their final 5 unit at 17:32, and pulled Skinner at 17:44. Not a single other Oiler saw the ice after that
Although Perry got a lot of camera time, which was hilarious. *You’re not seeing the ice again tonight, pal
It’s not practical for Maurice to play the same way, just letting 5 guys play the full 2-1/2 minutes
So the second last shift, Bennett and Mikkola also had a 10 second shift. Quick rest for Barkov.