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knew it was a one-way highway of self-indulgence for Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl on Friday and the same couldn’t occur Sunday. Why would they respect the opposition when they were having their way?McDavid and Draisaitl combined for eight points and nine shots Friday in a 4-3 overtime victory in Game 2. As much as it was about keeping them more under control in Game 3, it was more about the Canucks playing another strong road game and being opportunistic.
“I feel pretty confident, but it comes with just trying to play the right way, and really focusing on the little details in our structure,” said Boeser. “I’m doing anything I can to help the team win. That McDavid line is tremendous and we like that challenge but we have to keep playing hard on them.”constantly frustrated the Oilers with a sharp, strong and often sparkling 42-save effort, which included sprawling for a last-second stop.
“We just grinded it out,” Tocchet said post game. “They threw a lot at us and made a push and we did a nice job there at the end. Our penalty kill was good because that power play is dynamite. And we made the most of our chances. In the second period, Draisaitl hit the post and then sped through the neutral zone, only to be denied by a blocker save as the ice started to tilt.
He denied a pinching Bouchard. There was a save and sprawl. And then a double-clutch glove reach back in the second period to deny a deflected puck off the stick of“I was confident that wasn’t in and I got it before the goalline,” said Silovs. “I’m just basically playing my game and trusting my system. It’s nice to play in a hostile place and winning so many road games. It’s fun to win these kind of games.
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