Seemed to be limiting Hedman's TOI in general. Wings broadcast mentioned Rutta had the most ice time through 2.Maybe Coop was trying to reward him (he had a stinging shot block, got in faces etc) or it was an attempt to get him going. The obvious choice would have been Hedman or Sergachev though so I’m just guessing.
The only way to be optimistic about what we are seeing is to hope some of it is the coaching staff prepping for the playoffs. I mean, wishful thinking, yeah. But games like these shouldn't look as tough as this one did.