pros
Canucks were coming off a great win
Canucks were playing against a team who played back to back
cons
The back to back team they beat was the same team they were playing the previous night.
Edmonton was angry after losing. McDavid was angry after losing. Oilers adjusted their game such as keeping the Canucks to the outside at all times. They clearly didn't trust their goalie who let in shots from outside. This required them to play more defensively and collapse in front of him when the puck was in their own end.
McDavid is a beast with incredible IQ.
Canucks fans have extremely short memories and demand that being tired is never excuse, even though its a fact. So was Edmonton but in such circumstances the result is at least 50/50 for all teams, depending on how they played the night before - i.e. if the losing team saved their energy in the third, and the winning team can't let up in order to secure the win for the night.
You can see how the Canucks came out storming early in the first. That's the typical play of a team that's bagged after playing the night before - try to get the lead in the first while you can then try to hold it for the rest of the game.
We lost. It's only the second game.
However, I don't want to see this plan of Green's to keep using Demko this way. You can't win games by playing in your own zone all night, letting 40+ point shots go through and picking up the pennies in front. You have to try and score goals.
