Which trends from Game 1 will matter in the rest of this series? Arturs Silovs' struggles, Connor McDavid containment and more
You can’t win a series in Game 1, but you can make . On Wednesday night, the pulled off one of the most thrilling postseason comebacks in team history. It was a remarkable show at Rogers Arena, one that fans in attendance elevated with a high-decibel noise level and unmistakable passion. As fun and exciting as Vancouver’s 5-4 victory over the was in Game 1, Vancouver still has a long way to go in this series.
In a relatively hard match head-to-head with McDavid, Vancouver only surrendered three shots against in roughly 10 minutes of ice time between the Soucy-Myers pair and McDavid at five-on-five. That level of performance is stupendous, but it’s also unlikely to be sustained. McDavid is going to get his at some point this series, and there’s a real possibility that this particular matchup turns out to be an example of Vancouver playing with fire.
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