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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
The Panthers threw 60 hits in that game, 60 versus the Oilers 39. If the Panthers keep that up, the longer this goes its going to wear down the Oilers.
The Panther's dominated in the face off circle. The Oilers had 23 give aways and 5 takeaways to the Panthers' 17 give away to 12 take aways.
The Panthers need to keep leaning on the Oilers and pressuring them into mistakes.
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This is how they win a series. They wear you down over the course of a single game, but especially over 7 games, so that at the end you have nothing left and they walk all over you. It was especially apparent in the Leafs series. This one is already reminding me of that one, but the Panthers look better overall to start and aren't getting a lot of help from the refs so far.
We will have to see how the first few minutes turn out for them on home ice. Panthers haven't been lights out at home in the playoffs, but I get a sense of them picking up their game now. It's still gonna be a tight series, but I have faith in the Panthers.
Stay tuned faithful Flames fans!