A purported advantage of "home ice" is the right of last change; coaches can, to some extent, get the matchups they want with the other team. Yet, before game 3, Mike Yeo made a point to say that he could "throw any line out there at any time." So, did Yeo live up to his word? Or did he use last change to his advantage?
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Not the easiest to read. However, what’s interesting is this: read across the Blues’ stars TOIs; Backes, Oshie, etc. While certainly some Wild players have played more against certain Blues than others (Coyle, Vanek, and Nino lead in time against Backes, for instance) none are overbearing.