Yes you need to out score the other team. By out scoring I meant winning games 6-5, 5-4 etc vs shutting down the other team and winning the 2-1 type games by limiting the other teams scoring chances. A team like Michigan plays kind of sloppy defense but doesn’t mind when they can score 5, 6, 7 goals a lot of games and win in a scoring fest which is not what suits our team best.