The catastrophe that was Game 5 for the Oilers, and the pain that came from it, was not easy to "park," one of their favorite words all season about all manner of games.
"That night, guys probably didn't sleep that well but we woke up the next day, took a flight home and recharged," Larsson said. "Sometimes it can be good to be away from the rink a little after a night like that.
"We were down in the series before the game today, but we just kept playing. There was no panic in the room or anything. It was a good atmosphere in the morning and it was great tonight. And it paid off that we can keep that calmness."
On the days between Game 5 and 6, McLellan spoke about the pain of the defeat and the goalie-interference calls that didn't go their way in Games 4 and 5. But he also made a point to look forward, to talk about his team's resilience all season and the expected bounce-back in Game 6.
In that interview, McLellan also graded the Oilers' bounce-back ability as "good but not great." He was willing to upgrade it after the lopsided win Sunday.
"Today, it was [great], obviously with the results," he said. "I thought we had a good bounce-back in Game 5 in their building, but we didn't finish it. That's why it went from great to good.
"Tonight it was obviously much better, but the big test is coming up. And like we do when it's a poorly played game, we dwell on it for a little while and then we move on. We going to have to park this one quickly and get prepared for a big battle down there."
Larsson was also already thinking that way after Game 6.
"We have been on the other side of this big score," Larsson said. "We know how they're going to respond. We'll have to bring our best game next game too. They're probably [ticked] off over there right now and they'll come out even harder next game, and we'll have to match that."
Their new track record suggests it will be with energy.