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. 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. 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.

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 :)

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