At 5-on-5, Eichel had most commonly matched up against Draisaitl, particularly in Games 4 and 5 where head coach Kris Knoblauch separated McDavid and Draisaitl. Eichel played over half of his TOI against Draisaitl, and in those minutes, Eichel was out-scored 5 to 2 and out-chanced (in terms of high-danger chances) 15 to 8.
Draisaitl's most impressive performance in this regard was Game 4 at Edmonton, where the Oilers had last change. Knoblauch hard-matched Draisaitl's line with
Vasily Podkolzin and
Kasperi Kapanen against Eichel, and it was a huge success. Eichel's line failed to score, combining for a mere one shot on net.
- NHL_Sid