Benn and Co. like to crash crease
It’ll be Jamie Benn versus the Oilers defence when the Dallas Stars host Edmonton Monday.
Not only is Benn finding his scoring stride, notching four goals in his last five games, he and the Stars are digging in around the opposition crease.
Benn had Calgary goalie David Rittich going out of his mind after bumping him just before the game-winning goal in overtime.
Two nights later it was the Vancouver Canucks steaming after Dallas crowded the crease again, bumped the goalie, scored a goal on the play and won another review.
Edmonton’s defencemen will have to stake a claim to the area in front of their own net and make sure they battle hard to keep it because Dallas is coming.