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June 5, 2022 • 3 hours ago • 7 minutes of reading • 8 comments Edmonton Oilers goalkeeper Mike Smith (41) makes a long stop against the Colorado Avalanche during the third game of the Western Conference Finals at Rogers Place, Edmonton Saturday, June 4, 2022. Photo by David Bloom Photo by David Bloom / Postmedia
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Allau 4, Oilers 2
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The Edmonton Oilers gave up what they had on Saturday night, but once again it wasn’t enough to win the Colorado Avalanche.
It was a game with wild ebb and flow, even before the end of the first minute and even less the full 60. The first whistle of the game meant a goal from the Oilers. The second is an important penalty. From there, a round-robin match with the Avalanche finally winning the hand and skating with a 4-2 victory.
The Avalanche had a big lead on the clock for the third game in a row, this time 43-29 for a 130-90 run in 3 games. According to our count on the Cult of Hockey, the Avs had a 17-11 advantage in Grade A shots and a 10-5 in the best of them, the 5 times of alarm.
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# 2 Duncan Keith, 5. A little lost at sea in the second goal of the Avs, but hardly the main culprit of the play, although it was his careless icing on a clean possession that led in the confrontation of zone d in the first place. Otherwise, pretty quiet. Played at 19:33 including 4:27 in PK. 0 shooting attempts.
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# 5 Cody Ceci, 5. Steady Eddy was defeated with just 1 shot against grade A. He looked great from an RNH channel, but his hard wrist shot just missed the short post. 18:28 including 4:19 in the PK.
# 6 Kris Russell, 6. He came in as the seventh defender and did what he usually does in solid 10 minutes, more than 4 of them in the PK. 4 shots, 2 blocked shots.
# 10 Derek Ryan, 5. The best thing he did was exhaust himself to stay on the sidelines of McLeod’s run which became 2-2. He won an assist for an early pass to the play. He also made a chip at 3:39 in the penalty spot. 0 shooting attempts, 2 gifts and an insignificant 3/12 = 25% to the point.
# 13 Jesse Puljujarvi, 5. He played a solid game in an intermediate 6 role, making 2 Grade A shots without leaving anything on the other side. His global try created a dangerous rebound opportunity for Foegele, who almost charged.
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# 18 Zach Hyman, 7. He made a fantastic play along the wall to win first the record, then a pass to McDavid, who finished the play with just 38 seconds left. Otherwise, a standard night of hard work with 5 shooting attempts, 3 of them. in goal, 4 hits and one to take away. Played at 19:40 in total, including 6 and a half minutes on special teams.
# 22 Tyson Barrie, 6. Her partner with Kulak made the record move north for the most part. His best moment was a third-period explosion through the double screen of Puljujarvi and Hyman of which Pavel Francouz somehow got a piece. Logan O’Connor smoked with a good blow. 7 shooting attempts, 2 hits, 1 takeaway, 1 block.
# 24 Brad Malone, 5. The surprise addition to the lineup was incorporated by his physical play and his penalty kill. With 4 strokes and 3:17 in the kill, almost half of his total ice time is 6:40. He received a 12-minute penalty in junk time for a legitimate penalty and what seemed like a bit of misconduct.
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# 25 Darnell Nurse, 4. By far, her best performance in a very tough series. He led the d-corps with 21:28 TOI including a whopping 5:42 in the PK, while his 8 hits were 3 more than any other player from either club. But her game will be best remembered for the 1-1 draw at the end of the first, as Nurse tried to cut a slot just to make it crash over a restless and fair Smith. inside the short stick. He also made a penalty for a careless pass that went over the glass.
# 27 Brett Kulak, 7. Statistically the best of the 7 Oil defenses, with wagons 0-1-1, +1, 6 shooting attempts, 4 hits, 1 takeout, 1 block and strong possession metrics. His 15:34 ice time included 4:24 in the PK. Making a strong bid for a contract extension right here in his hometown of Edmonton.
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# 29 Leon Draisaitl, 5. He continues to struggle with physical problems that were not helped by the previous incident involving Nathan MacKinnon. Jay Woodcroft called it slewfoot; although I don’t see any implication of the feet, what’s going on with MacKinnon’s leg and hands is less clear. Judge for yourselves. The referee did and did not see any infraction. The result was that Draisaitl limped down the tunnel for a while and then it was decidedly less than totally effective. He managed to tie the two Colorado penalties, not a bad feat tonight, but he also got one of his own. 2 shots on goal, including a good one after a great hurry, but was not able to create much from the pass. 12/24 = 50% to the point. Played 24:29.
# 37 Warren Foegele, 5. Provided 9 minutes of solid grinding, with 1 shot (dangerous) and 3 hits.
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# 41 Mike Smith, 6. A very difficult game to qualify. He saw a lot of rubber and treated most of it with a variety of Gumby-style saves, sometimes even standing on his head (see: main image above). A bit of bad luck in Colorado’s first 2 goals, the first of which deflected Nurse’s post. It leaked right into his short post despite Smith’s best efforts to seal the hole after first committing to the ice pass. The second bounced off McDavid’s skateboard and hit the top scorer, Valeri Nichushkin, who was able to float a reluctant change and beat the top scorer on the net. The winner, on the other hand, was a shot that had to be stopped and instead found the five hole right along the ice. He made a fabulous block stop to steal Nichushkin in a 2-on-1 minute later, but then the damage was done. On his credit, it was, by far, the main reason the PK made a 5 out of 5, deflecting the 16 shots they faced during the 11 and a half minutes of those the Oilers were down. His best salvation of these 16 could have been the recovery recovery, in the style of a two-pad stack, after his own mishandling of the disk. 42 shots, 39 stops, .929 savings percentage.
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# 44 Zack Kassian, 5. He was pushed into the McDavid line, with whom he played 6 of his 9 minutes a night. He almost ran aground a house at first. But he was one of the culprits in the 2-1 defense when he lost a battle right inside the Edmonton area after a losing showdown. 2 shots, 5 shots.
# 71 Ryan McLeod, 8 years. A fantastic two-way effort that saw him gain 17 minutes of ice time, including 5:21 in the PK to lead all the forwards. He had a great opportunity in front of a splendid race at the beginning of the second where he was robbed by Francouz; as he later intervened in Foegele’s jam game. He briefly gave the Oilers hope when he scored 2-2 in another court game in the third, although in reality his shot from outside should probably have stopped. Rewarded with a 6v5 ice time along the stretch. 3 shots on goal with the Oilers controlling the flow of play during their minutes.
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# 75 Evan Bouchard, 4. He was on a goal post outside of being the hero, only to be caught on the other side seconds after what became the winning goal. Bouchard caught a bad angle on the record and once JT Compher overtook him, veteran Av had a clear path into the net. He was also defeated in the 2-1 goal when he could not contain Nichushkin in the slot, and leaked his own goalkeeper in the process. Rantanen allowed a partial escape after a mishandling right inside the area or. Also some good moments, including 4 shots on goal.
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# 91 Evander Kane, 3. He put his team in a big hole when he was whistled for a 5-minute penalty for the previous offense against Nazem Kadri in the first minute of the match. It’s hard to disagree with this call given the evidence in the video; I thought he was lucky to stay in the game (not Kadri) and I suspect he may not be available for the next one. 2 shots, 4 hits, but the 0-0-0 vans, 5 PIM, -3 tell the story of a difficult night.
# 93 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, 5. The Oilers controlled 17-6 shooting attempts during their more than 12 minutes to 5 against 5. Only 1 shot and lost a couple of fights at key moments, mostly in front of an unmarked Mikko Rantanen in the final minute of the game that resulted in Colorado’s last zone spending. He took a fine penalty for holding MacKinnon’s stick.
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# 97 Connor McDavid, 6. He started the game with a great goal in just 38 seconds, but that was all for the production. He was on the ice for all the goals of the 4 Avs, and although his most important involvement was a point of bad luck when a disc deviated from his skate and crossed the slot towards the goal scorer, this after lose the face of the area for the first time d. Almost put the Oilers ahead in the …