Ron MacLean

The feeling had been, as you know, that Edmonton was buckling down and doing what they've done in the last two playoff years, and that's play great defense.

It felt like Connor Murphy's arrival had been like Ekholm's a couple of years ago, and that they were really solid on the back end and they should be able to defend, and especially on special teams.

You know, that was everybody had it tilted Edmonton's favor.

So for them to go for four and the other guys two for three, you know, these were all surprises.

And and you could be right.

Maybe that just comes from them thinking, you know, they are good enough to do that.

But for sure, they'll have to reapply themselves defensively for game three.

Well, it's been a big man's game early on in these playoffs.

Five games in, or five days, I should say, into the playoffs.

You look at the list, and we showed it on hockey night, the list of the game-winning goals.

Nicholas Roy over in Colorado, 6'4".

Pavel Zaka got one for Boston, 6'4".

Alex Tuck for Buffalo, 6'4".

Porter Martone has taken the lead by storm as two game-winning goals.

He's 6'3".

Uriah Slavkovsky, 6'3".

Jason Robertson, 6'3".

Dickinson had a key couple of goals.

He's 6'2".

Nick Dowd had a winner.