Some snippets from the Athletic:
https://theathletic.com/147578/2017/11/ ... -edmonton/Larkin and Glendening matched against Oil's top line:
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“Well we had a plan going in, just trying to figure out who they were going to match McDavid against and then to have certain guys out there,” Blashill said. “And Glennie was going to be part of whatever line they were going to try and match against. So, it kind of worked out in the first, he kind of went to a different match in the second, we kind of had to adjust. And then you also have 11 forwards and then you've got a lot of juggling to do.”
Well, not only did Blashill get scoring balance, but the McDavid-Maroon-Draisaitl line was held to a grand total of three shots. Three.
That's ridiculous. Larkin had TEN shots on goal.
On a change in Mrazek. Good stuff.
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“I think what I learned from last year is that if you don't play for a while, you have to work hard and keep doing what you're doing,” said Mrazek. “ If you work hard in practice, you stay in the game.”
“I thought (Mrazek) was excellent,” said Blashill. “He made some point-blank saves on Connor McDavid. We all know how good he is. Petr has put in tons of work in, both in the summer and in the moments he hasn't been playing for the last bit. He's put tons of work in, he's improved his technique, he was totally ready for this opportunity and that's great for Pete.”