[McG]

When Mavi told the oilers during the intermission to “dig in right f’n now” and asked teammates to take command and make a personal contribution, why would Draisaitl interpret that to mean go stiff legged, pretend to hit the boards, and fall onto your gloves but pretend it’s your face?

Draisaitl could have tried to drive through or around the player that was in his 12th nhl game; instead, he gains the zone, curls back, and falls down.