Edmonton Oilers look to win on the ice by getting off the ice versus San Jose
EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers know the secret to beating the San Jose Sharks on the ice is to start by finding a way to get off the ice.
The Oilers went back to the drawing board Thursday to figure out how to break out against a suffocating Sharks forecheck that sucked the life out of them in Game 1 of their Western Conference quarter-final series.
“We watched a couple of video clips where they made three (shift) changes before we even made one,” Oiler forward Zack Kassian told reporters after practice at Rogers Place.
“You can’t do that against that team.”