Edmonton Oilers ‘need to work harder to draw more penalties’ in Western Conference final: Ekholm
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The Oilers had the league's fourth-best power play in the regular season. The team has dipped to a still-impressive 34.9 per cent success rate.
Connor McDavid didn’t have an answer.
His head coach, meanwhile, took a long, deliberate pause to ponder the same question — why haven’t the Oilers been able to draw penalties against the Dallas Stars in the NHL’s Western Conference final?
“I’ve heard a lot about the past, being a spectator, not a part of the NHL, not as a coach … sometimes the standard gets changed a little bit,” Edmonton bench boss Kris Knoblauch said of playoff officiating. “(Referees) would definitely want to make sure it’s a penalty, when in the regular season, maybe some things get let go.
“That’s obviously unfortunate for us.”
The Oilers and Stars sit tied 1-1 in the best-of-seven series with a berth in the Stanley Cup final on the line following a 3-1 Dallas victory on Saturday.
Edmonton took Thursday’s opener 3-2 in double overtime despite going on the man advantage once — a call for too many men on the ice — compared to 10 minutes of power-play time for the home side.
The Oilers and Stars got one power play each through the first 58 minutes of Game 2 before a couple of late calls either way with the result all but decided.
It’s stark contrast compared to Edmonton’s two previous series.
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