Round one of the Oilers and Maple Leafs was a slog. The Leafs losing on top of that was another decoration on a depressing cake of a game to consume. Even Auston Matthews agrees.
Matthews suggests maybe there was too much emphasis on the pre-scout, playing too safe: "We gotta play to win, not to contain two guys."
— Justin Cuthbert (@jccuthbert) January 21, 2021
I assume the two guys would be Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaital. And Matthews is right. When they Oilers defence is a shambles and they have Mikko Koskinen starting against a team with elite shooting talent, it should be playing to win and it should be much easier than a long sixty minute grind.