After the euphoria in Edmonton in the wake of their Game 1 victory, the City of Champions is picking itself up after a Game 2 defeat. They lost a double-overtime heartbreaker to the Florida Panthers, who tied up the series 1-1.

The Oilers’ entire scheme runs off just stopping enough goals. That’s it. Edmonton averaged 2.78 goals allowed over the playoffs, and scored 4.06 per game. At some point it’s just down to simple math, and this teams knows it. To Edmonton the best defense is a good offense, and that’s more or less how they got to this point.