Why did Jesse Puljujärvi’s playing time collapse? Attacker with important success comments on odd playoff opening – “Not much left to give”

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Eight seconds to eight minutes. Last time in Edmonton Jesse Puljujärven minutes in the NHL had remained at that level in January 2019. However, that was now the reality when Edmonton opened the playoffs at home against Los Angeles early Tuesday morning.

Edmonton lost the score 3-4 in the match.

And Puljujärvi was not the only Oilers player to sit on the bench much. Warren Foegelen and Derek Ryanin minutes were less than nine and a four-chain power striker Zack Kassianin less than ten. Practically head coach Jay Woodcroft rolled through the match with seven strikers.

This kind of gambling drove Edmonton into an imbalance earlier in the season and is unlikely to lead to success in the playoffs either.

– The minutes were so short that there was not much left for the game in the final games. Hopefully I will be able to play better tomorrow and get more minutes, Puljujärvi told Sport after a day of practice on Tuesday.

However, in the name of honesty, Puljujärvi did not play so badly that the responsibility should therefore have been limited to eight minutes. Edmonton’s number one took five hits on his jacket with five out of five without making a single one, but Puljujärvi was not to blame.

One problem for Puljujärvi is the lack of responsibility in special situations. When there is no overclocking or undercurrent, in minutes of icy play, the minutes are often short, which in turn breaks the rhythm of the player and makes it difficult to bring the best to the table.

– No such ice age the best starting point for the game is by no means. Sure, I could have done something better, but yes, the rhythm of that game was pretty hard. There was a short exchange, coolers and more. I couldn’t bring my own game through it either, Puljujärvi continued.

In Thursday’s second game, where the Oilers rolled over the Kings bluntly 6-0, the play leveled off and even Puljujärvi’s minutes rose to almost thirteen.

Of course, the Finnish pier, which has played for a good season, also has the responsibility of increasing the ice age both in equal weeks and by force majeure. By 2022, Puljujärvi had made only four hits in 37 matches before Thursday. While the overall game is good anyway, it’s ultimately a goal-scoring game.

In the case of Lake Puljujärvi, the pressure is also increasing because he is playing the most dangerous attacker in the world, Connor McDavidin side by side from one match to another. In the second match of the series, this division finally started to take place as well. Puljujärvi, who played well, scored his second playoff goal in the NHL with a spectacular shot to the top corner. The score now stands at 5-0.

– Of course, those goals could start to come here, Puljujärvi opened.

– But yes, the most important thing now is to be caught in the game, get minutes and get to the finish line through it. The finish spots come through a hard workload and yes even those discs will go to the finish line, he added.

As a team, the Oilers were in front of a tight spot early Thursday morning. One lost home game doesn’t yet spill the world, but losing another would have made the pit really deep already – especially when matches three and four are played on Kings ’home ice in Los Angeles.

In Tuesday’s losing match, the main focus was on carelessness and lack of restraint for Edmonton. The Oilers were one of the best teams in the NHL through a tighter five-game game in February-April, but on Tuesday its moderation betrayed it and it rained directly on the Los Angeles lodge that relied on counter-attack play.

On Thursday, Edmonton, on the other hand, played one of the best games of the season. It played on four pitches with high intensity and relentless hardness throughout the evening. The puck and the men moved and each Rigging was completed. Kings ran out of oxygen under relentless pressure.

Puljujärvi also praised the atmosphere from the disc-edged Edmonton audience.

– Absolutely insane atmosphere here. After the game, the ears were locked, it certainly says the essentials, Puljujärvi finally laughed.