That game was a great (?) example of how the refs can completely change a game.
The trip on Hughes should have been called, and the Canucks would have had a PP for the 1st 2 minutes of the 3rd, down a goal - if they score, new game. But no call, then a call on the McDavid play (literally the exact same play), and the Oilers are on the PP instead of the Canucks. They score and it's 4-2 and the Oilers roll from there. And the Canucks - and Lankinen in particular - wilt.
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