Given the comments by Kuzy and Ovie about "fun" and "simple" replacing "Corsi or whatever that stat is" (to paraphrase), you have to wonder if the turnaround we saw was fury unleashed by the players or the coaches. I doubt the players tied themselves up in knots *as a team* worrying about fancy stats. It's much more likely somewhere in the coaching message there's a sudden preponderance of stat-focus that didn't exist under Trotz.
Here's hoping that disregard continues for many more games, but it also begs the question "if this is from the coaches, are they the right coaches?"
And yes, it's only 1/2 of one game. Could completely revert in G5.