This is the play-not-to-lose strategy, yes. It seems like Maurice would be a lot more comfortable with 3 Lowry lines and one Scheifele line (and a top PP) to do the scoring. At the very least he wants a traditional Top 6/Bottom 6 based on lineup choices. Seems insane given the talent that's available to him... It's also strange considering that Lowry's line doesn't get the toughest matchup anymore. Maurice seems quite content to let Scheifele's line get slaughtered out there every night.You mean like turn and fire everything at the net?
Lowry’s line isn’t out there to light the lamp, they’re there to keep the other teams top 2 lines off the score sheet. A great way of doing that is keeping possession in the offensive zone.