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tardigrade81
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Absolutely beautiful!!!! Outside of the first. Absolutely dominated that game
.I called it. I think I said 4&2 actually
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g2k
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#firebob #screwitjustselltheteam #ownerisacreep
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g2k
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| tardigrade81 wrote on Tue, 06 May 2025 22:16 |
Absolutely beautiful!!!! Outside of the first. Absolutely dominated that game
.I called it. I think I said 4&2 actually
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Thought we told you last spring bad mojo to post in review before victories.
Woot Oilers.
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 Kr55
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Whatever we adjusted after a rough 1st period. It worked.
What a last 2 periods.
Keep it up boys! Pickard beat by a double deflection that was going wide, and a 5-hole snipe by maybe the best shooter on Vegas. No complaints, kept us close, gave the team time to adjust and we got the win.
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"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013
"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015
5 x $5,000,000
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Oscargasm
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Only the light of the Luxor will pick up the pants I just launched south!
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smyth260
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Don’t know if Knoblauch designed the game that way as a bit of a chess match but pretty tidy road game. Can’t understate how much more I like starting the series with a lead…
Clean house or bust
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watchman
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Location: River City
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...can't underestimate the value of 92's punishing forecheck ALL game. ...unsung hero IMHO. 
...this time, it's for real (isn't it?).
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Mike
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Man - loving me some Brown! He’s been all over the place.
And how about that assist by Kane? Did he work on his passing while he was out the last year?
And Pickard - zero blame on the first goal. Nobody is stopping that. And the second one, Mark Stone from point blank? Stoppable sure, but that’s a goal on most goalies in the league from that guy in that spot. 5-0 baby!
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Skookum Jim
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Registered: March 2006
Location: Burnaby, BC
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Some good games out there.. Klingburglar with the saucy passes.. mobile.. routinely moved the puck quickly up to forwards..
Perry.. another beauty goal..
Brown finally ca$hes in on his chances..
Guys were all putting in a solid effort to keep the puck in front of them..
Pickard solid again.. he's now 5-0 
McDAVID! Oh YEAH Baby!! (Thank you Lord!)
Tic-Tac-Tao!
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Skookum Jim
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| watchman wrote on Tue, 06 May 2025 21:28 |
...can't underestimate the value of 92's punishing forecheck ALL game. ...unsung hero IMHO.
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Yeah forgot him.. if a Vegas guy was within 2 steps he was getting board contact courtesy of Podz..
McDAVID! Oh YEAH Baby!! (Thank you Lord!)
Tic-Tac-Tao!
Keep on Rockin' in the Free World
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Kr55
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Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
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| Skookum Jim wrote on Tue, 06 May 2025 22:33 |
| watchman wrote on Tue, 06 May 2025 21:28 |
...can't underestimate the value of 92's punishing forecheck ALL game. ...unsung hero IMHO.
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Yeah forgot him.. if a Vegas guy was within 2 steps he was getting board contact courtesy of Podz..
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Our grinders were laying some big hits on their D. Hyman is a hitting machine now when he's off the top line. Dallas Eakins would be very mad at the play of our depth guys.
"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013
"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015
5 x $5,000,000
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Leia
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Registered: May 2003
Location: England
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Had to endure the ESPN feed watching and what a bunch of home team fanboys...
A scrappy first period, two ugly goals against, but towards the end we started to grab the game, that goal by Perry was huge in the context of the game. On the eye for a while Draisaitl looked off his game, I still don't think he's close to full fitness, but he's contributing. Unlike other years when he's been banged up though we've got scoring from others which is helping.
I thought Klingberg was huge at the back, composed and assured and starting to skate as well. Even when he slipped he managed to get the puck away from danger. Not sure why we start with Nurse and Bouch together, we never end the game with them as a pair.
A road win though, that's huge I've been thinking the series in 7, but now we have to regroup and go again on Thursday.
Take me home, country road
to the place where I belong
to Alberta, to see the Oilers
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Skookum Jim
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| Oscargasm wrote on Tue, 06 May 2025 21:19 |
Only the light of the Luxor will pick up the pants I just launched south!
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People in Vegas thought it was the Bellagio fountain 💦 .. but it was the OG pant launch! 🚀
McDAVID! Oh YEAH Baby!! (Thank you Lord!)
Tic-Tac-Tao!
Keep on Rockin' in the Free World
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g2k
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Registered: January 2003
Location: The Hood
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| smyth260 wrote on Tue, 06 May 2025 22:24 |
Don’t know if Knoblauch designed the game that way as a bit of a chess match but pretty tidy road game. Can’t understate how much more I like starting the series with a lead…
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Guaranteed split!
Great start. This team seems calm at the moment.
#firebob #screwitjustselltheteam #ownerisacreep
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Skookum Jim
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| Leia wrote on Tue, 06 May 2025 21:36 |
.. Not sure why we start with Nurse and Bouch together, we never end the game with them as a pair..
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Its just a psych out ! 😉
McDAVID! Oh YEAH Baby!! (Thank you Lord!)
Tic-Tac-Tao!
Keep on Rockin' in the Free World
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watchman
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Registered: October 2019
Location: River City
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If this is all VEGAS has... they aren't going anywhere. Except the golf course. 
...this time, it's for real (isn't it?).
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nullterm
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That was totally not the game I was expecting for a Game 1 in Vegas! But I'll definitely take it.
Illegitimi non carborundum.
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Kr55
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Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
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2nd and 3rd period just deleted any bad in the first. Full roster domination
Guess we'll see how Vegas adjusts next game.
"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013
"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015
5 x $5,000,000
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Kr55
Messages: 11547
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Location: Edmonton
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Fun stat of the night
Price inching back to 11M is the unfortunate part of this.
[Updated on: Tue, 06 May 2025 22:47]
"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013
"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015
5 x $5,000,000
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inverno76
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Registered: September 2005
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Very composed and veteran playoff win. More please.
Who’s this Connor Brown guy, anyways?
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watchman
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Location: River City
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| inverno76 wrote on Tue, 06 May 2025 22:45 |
Very composed and veteran playoff win. More please.
Who’s this Connor Brown guy, anyways?
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...doesn't matter. He won't be around after failing the drug test. 
...this time, it's for real (isn't it?).
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I have to give a shout out to all our guys. Getting down 2 - 0 early and instead of turtling and falling apart they step it up pushed hard and looked dominate against the Knights through most of the game.
And yeah Connor Brown deserves a little bit extra love. He can really skate he can score but more then anything he really works out there. He is one of those kind of players that never takes a shift off.
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Jay
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| Rowan Oil Fielding wrote on Wed, 07 May 2025 02:12 |
I have to give a shout out to all our guys. Getting down 2 - 0 early and instead of turtling and falling apart they step it up pushed hard and looked dominate against the Knights through most of the game.
And yeah Connor Brown deserves a little bit extra love. He can really skate he can score but more then anything he really works out there. He is one of those kind of players that never takes a shift off.
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Lol that was me with about 2 minutes left in the third
"Initiative comes to thems that wait"
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Hibernia
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Location: Sin John's
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Pickard has crawled into the Top Ten in Playoff GAA. 
If this line-up can find a way to stay relatively healthy, I might become optimistic again. Win or lose on Thursday, the atmosphere for Game 3 on Saturday night should be amazing!
What happened to all of my messages? lol (I guess it's been awhile) BlueSky: StefBarnes
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tardigrade81
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Registered: November 2022
Location: Regina, Saskatchewan
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We keep playing how we played last night and we are a force that is tough to beat. Damn that was awesome.
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Mike
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Location: Moncton, New Brunswick
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| tardigrade81 wrote on Wed, 07 May 2025 10:11 |
We keep playing how we played last night and we are a force that is tough to beat. Damn that was awesome.
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We looked pretty dopey in the first, but total domination in the 2nd and 3rd. We didn't give them anything. They got 7 shots on goal in 2 periods (just 1 in the second). 3 of those were on their underserved PP. That idiotic call on Brown. Pickard came up huge on a at least one of those. But that's it. 4 EV shots on goal in 2 full periods. We got 18 over the same stretch 
I wasn't a fan of the Perry, Brown, and Klingberg signings, but thrilled to be wrong on all 3. I don't want to overstate their contributions, but I thought all 3 looked great, even beyond the goals scored. Brown's 2 way play was elite. Perry is just a smart and skilled hockey player. And Klingberg - the man can move the puck. Both with his skating and his passing - we all know he's not Larry Robinson in his own end, but his poise and skill allows us to get out of zone with speed and most importantly possession. Hope they keep it up.
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The Nite Lites after Edmonton scored the third goal
Them after The Oilers scored their fourth
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Adam
Messages: 7385
Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
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| g2k wrote on Tue, 06 May 2025 22:17 |
| tardigrade81 wrote on Tue, 06 May 2025 22:16 |
Absolutely beautiful!!!! Outside of the first. Absolutely dominated that game
.I called it. I think I said 4&2 actually
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Thought we told you last spring bad mojo to post in review before victories.
Woot Oilers.
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Agreed! g2k's number should come first...THEN you're allowed to post here.
And never before the final buzzer!
"Thinking that a bad team's best players are the reason the team is bad is the "Tambellini re-signing Lennart Petrell" of sports opinions." @Woodguy55
#FireBobbyNicks
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Adam
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Location: Edmonton, AB
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| g2k wrote on Tue, 06 May 2025 22:39 |
| smyth260 wrote on Tue, 06 May 2025 22:24 |
Don’t know if Knoblauch designed the game that way as a bit of a chess match but pretty tidy road game. Can’t understate how much more I like starting the series with a lead…
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Guaranteed split!
Great start. This team seems calm at the moment.
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Split? Let's just take both games.
"Thinking that a bad team's best players are the reason the team is bad is the "Tambellini re-signing Lennart Petrell" of sports opinions." @Woodguy55
#FireBobbyNicks
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Adam
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Location: Edmonton, AB
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| Mike wrote on Wed, 07 May 2025 07:32 |
| tardigrade81 wrote on Wed, 07 May 2025 10:11 |
We keep playing how we played last night and we are a force that is tough to beat. Damn that was awesome.
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We looked pretty dopey in the first, but total domination in the 2nd and 3rd. We didn't give them anything. They got 7 shots on goal in 2 periods (just 1 in the second). 3 of those were on their underserved PP. That idiotic call on Brown. Pickard came up huge on a at least one of those. But that's it. 4 EV shots on goal in 2 full periods. We got 18 over the same stretch
I wasn't a fan of the Perry, Brown, and Klingberg signings, but thrilled to be wrong on all 3. I don't want to overstate their contributions, but I thought all 3 looked great, even beyond the goals scored. Brown's 2 way play was elite. Perry is just a smart and skilled hockey player. And Klingberg - the man can move the puck. Both with his skating and his passing - we all know he's not Larry Robinson in his own end, but his poise and skill allows us to get out of zone with speed and most importantly possession. Hope they keep it up.
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Really well executed game after a bit of a sluggish start. And even the second half of the first period I felt like the Oilers were putting on a master class in shot suppression. Vegas had most of their shots in the first half of that period. Hopefully we can keep that up in Game 2.
I would still love for a few games of .900 goaltending, but Pickard was good enough in this one, and if we can keep the shot count against low while dominating puck possession, we're in a good spot.
"Thinking that a bad team's best players are the reason the team is bad is the "Tambellini re-signing Lennart Petrell" of sports opinions." @Woodguy55
#FireBobbyNicks
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Rocksteady
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To me, the first wasn't all that bad, the Oil matched Vegas tempo to tempo, just the plays weren't getting there.
I ended the first thinking, keep the tempo, but just a tad bit of a tweak and the goals were going to come.
Fortunately the Oilers found the right thing to tweak because how Conner of Brown to make that wonderful deke for that 4th goal.
Perry, that tic tac toe play to score the first was a thing of brilliance! What a great play.
Podco, keep up the hitting, I wasn't terribly thrilled with Nuge's game after 40 minutes, but the last 20 he was a defensive beast.
..and while we are all happy about the win. The war isn't over just this battle. tomorrows game continues the war. It's going to be hard fought. Enjoy each vicotry like it's the last. Put on a work-like attitude to each game and remain focused.
According to G2K 11 more victories to go.
The very definition of insanity is doing the exact same thing expecting different results.
Generally Disappointed.
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Skookum Jim
Messages: 4911
Registered: March 2006
Location: Burnaby, BC
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| Rowan Oil Fielding wrote on Wed, 07 May 2025 01:12 |
I have to give a shout out to all our guys. Getting down 2 - 0 early and instead of turtling and falling apart they step it up pushed hard and looked dominate against the Knights through most of the game.
And yeah Connor Brown deserves a little bit extra love. He can really skate he can score but more then anything he really works out there. He is one of those kind of players that never takes a shift off.
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If you listen to Corey Perry's interview after the game he talks about that very thing.. everyone just keeps on mission.. keep rollin' and eventually it'll come up sixes..
McDAVID! Oh YEAH Baby!! (Thank you Lord!)
Tic-Tac-Tao!
Keep on Rockin' in the Free World
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Kr55
Messages: 11547
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
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Getting better as games/series go on is a very welcome theme with this team. We did it last year as well in pretty much all our series. The most extreme example I think was vs Dallas last year who were an extreme good team, but we just started to shut them down to take 3 games in a row to finish it. Can argue the Kings this year too, but the Kings were not nearly as good and shot themselves in the foot in a number of ways too.
This is all the total opposite of the last time we played Vegas, as they exposed our poor game plan more and more as things went on. Really hope we keep this up.
[Updated on: Wed, 07 May 2025 11:24]
"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013
"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015
5 x $5,000,000
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Kr55
Messages: 11547
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
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| Adam wrote on Wed, 07 May 2025 09:35 |
| Mike wrote on Wed, 07 May 2025 07:32 |
| tardigrade81 wrote on Wed, 07 May 2025 10:11 |
We keep playing how we played last night and we are a force that is tough to beat. Damn that was awesome.
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We looked pretty dopey in the first, but total domination in the 2nd and 3rd. We didn't give them anything. They got 7 shots on goal in 2 periods (just 1 in the second). 3 of those were on their underserved PP. That idiotic call on Brown. Pickard came up huge on a at least one of those. But that's it. 4 EV shots on goal in 2 full periods. We got 18 over the same stretch
I wasn't a fan of the Perry, Brown, and Klingberg signings, but thrilled to be wrong on all 3. I don't want to overstate their contributions, but I thought all 3 looked great, even beyond the goals scored. Brown's 2 way play was elite. Perry is just a smart and skilled hockey player. And Klingberg - the man can move the puck. Both with his skating and his passing - we all know he's not Larry Robinson in his own end, but his poise and skill allows us to get out of zone with speed and most importantly possession. Hope they keep it up.
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Really well executed game after a bit of a sluggish start. And even the second half of the first period I felt like the Oilers were putting on a master class in shot suppression. Vegas had most of their shots in the first half of that period. Hopefully we can keep that up in Game 2.
I would still love for a few games of .900 goaltending, but Pickard was good enough in this one, and if we can keep the shot count against low while dominating puck possession, we're in a good spot.
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That was a tough one to try to get 0.900 on. Stone scores with a wide already deflected shot off his foot, and then we let Stone pick his spot uncontested right in the slot 15 ft out from Pickard. That was all the stuff let in, and we didn't let Pickard see enough low quality shots to pad the stats. Refs tried to help with a clownish penalty, and Pickard had to make a couple big saves. Bummer, but can see what happens in the next one.
Silver lining, we are up against a .876 goalie right now :)
"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013
"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015
5 x $5,000,000
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Mike
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Registered: August 2005
Location: Moncton, New Brunswick
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| Kr55 wrote on Wed, 07 May 2025 14:27 |
Silver lining, we are up against a .876 goalie right now :)
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Forgot to mention - Pickard is currently the wins leader these playoffs with 5.
Pickard's .891 is not super. His 2.76GA is pretty good. Certainly miles better than Skinner and his .810 / 6.11GA
Just looking at the goalie stats it was interesting to see likely Vezina winner Connor Hellebuyck just ahead of Skinner with an .830% and 3.85GA. Made me curious, so I went to check his career playoff stats - the narrative lately is that he sucks in the playoffs, but that does not seem to have always been the case
17-18: .922, 2.36
18-19: .913, 2.67
19-20: .904, 3.04
20-21: .931, 2.23
22-23: .886. 3.44
23-24: .870, 5.23
24-25: .830, 3.85
I think he's as good a candidate as any to go supernova like Bobrovsky did against us those first 3 games last year.
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Kr55
Messages: 11547
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
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| Mike wrote on Wed, 07 May 2025 11:44 |
| Kr55 wrote on Wed, 07 May 2025 14:27 |
Silver lining, we are up against a .876 goalie right now :)
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Forgot to mention - Pickard is currently the wins leader these playoffs with 5.
Pickard's .891 is not super. His 2.76GA is pretty good. Certainly miles better than Skinner and his .810 / 6.11GA
Just looking at the goalie stats it was interesting to see likely Vezina winner Connor Hellebuyck just ahead of Skinner with an .830% and 3.85GA. Made me curious, so I went to check his career playoff stats - the narrative lately is that he sucks in the playoffs, but that does not seem to have always been the case
17-18: .922, 2.36
18-19: .913, 2.67
19-20: .904, 3.04
20-21: .931, 2.23
22-23: .886. 3.44
23-24: .870, 5.23
24-25: .830, 3.85
I think he's as good a candidate as any to go supernova like Bobrovsky did against us those first 3 games last year.
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20-21: .931, 2.23
was courtesy of us :) I would delete it from the data as an outlier. Swept by Montreal after sweeping us.
If you take out the weird Canadian division year, the trend line is down down down down down every playoffs. Keep in mind Helle and the Jets are putting up spectacular regular season performances in lots of these years they bomb in the first round.
It's probably a case of expectations rising and rising for the Jets, and then they had some stinker playoff performances with him being a big part of it. Got to the conference finals his first playoffs and he played well. But then next year, first round exit, then again the next year and his play fell off. The next season he spanked us, but then swept by Montreal.
Then the really weak performances came, another 1st round exit, and then they they do it again last year. And then they were on the edge of doing it yet again against St. Louis with him playing extra brutal in a bunch of the games. Needed a break to finally break the cycle and maybe finally got the first step of doing it now with that insane comeback. Will be curious to see how Helle plays in the 2nd round.
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"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013
"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015
5 x $5,000,000
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tardigrade81
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Registered: November 2022
Location: Regina, Saskatchewan
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| Mike wrote on Wed, 07 May 2025 14:32 |
| tardigrade81 wrote on Wed, 07 May 2025 10:11 |
We keep playing how we played last night and we are a force that is tough to beat. Damn that was awesome.
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We looked pretty dopey in the first, but total domination in the 2nd and 3rd. We didn't give them anything. They got 7 shots on goal in 2 periods (just 1 in the second). 3 of those were on their underserved PP. That idiotic call on Brown. Pickard came up huge on a at least one of those. But that's it. 4 EV shots on goal in 2 full periods. We got 18 over the same stretch
I wasn't a fan of the Perry, Brown, and Klingberg signings, but thrilled to be wrong on all 3. I don't want to overstate their contributions, but I thought all 3 looked great, even beyond the goals scored. Brown's 2 way play was elite. Perry is just a smart and skilled hockey player. And Klingberg - the man can move the puck. Both with his skating and his passing - we all know he's not Larry Robinson in his own end, but his poise and skill allows us to get out of zone with speed and most importantly possession. Hope they keep it up.
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Well said. This team usually struggles to put together three full periods but overall was excellent
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Mike
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Registered: August 2005
Location: Moncton, New Brunswick
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How about the 3rd assist for Klingberg on the GWG? Zipped it up to RNH, right on the tape. That was awesome.
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