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 K.McC#24
Messages: 2834
Registered: March 2004
Location: ALBERTA
2 Cups
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I was at this game, Kings were lining up at center, supporting their depleted D, Oilers except a couple shifts weren't able to establish much long term in the offensive zone. I thought the Oilers might be able to establish lots of o zone possession against a Kings D missing 4 guys I think, but didn't seem like they were able to do that as much as they would have liked.
Reffing was brutal, all kinds of clutching and grabbing by LA, Oilers only got away with 1 trip that I saw late in the game. Oilers PP wasnt great.
3rd line got burnt for a couple ES goals against, not so much due to what they were or weren't doing, one of them was a stop that should have been made. I thought Woodcroft might demote Archie, he was running around a bit but wasn't meshing well with Nuge and Brassard, it was tough getting traction. They ended up promoting Ryan and Foegele with Nuge and the play was better.
I will say this was one of the most physical games I've seen from JP. Even saw a bit of nastiness after a play. Could be huge if this guy becomes a physical entity, the possibilities are endless if that gets added to his game, and that would be great for the playoffs.
This could easily have gone the wrong way, Kings whiffed on an open net, play late in the 3rd that Barrie saved a goal against, and I think the Kings got a post in OT. Kings racked up lots of shots, but not huge open chances due to blown coverage, and probably one big error by the Oilers in the whole game I think was a Bouchard giveaway that ended up in the net.
Anyway, Oilers got 2 points, Kings given their circumstances are probably pretty tickled with their game tonight.
Also, never going to sit in 3rd row in the corner again, terrible seat, gotta be at least 4 or 5 rows higher in the corner, spent 2 periods craning at the big screen.
[Updated on: Thu, 31 March 2022 00:45]
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