 benv
Messages: 669
Registered: May 2006
Location: Edmonton
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| NZ Oiler Fan wrote on Wed, 14 May 2025 13:23 |
Sounds like we're going with the same line-up as game 3. Not really a surprise. Hopefully we can get that Drai line matched up with Eichel's again. Absolutely smothered them last game.
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Think you mean game 4.
Anyway, I'm fully expecting a victory tonight. In the McDavid era, the Oilers have never allowed a team to prolong a series where they had a chance to knock them out. When the Oilers get win 3, win 4 seems to inevitably follow right behind (the exceptions of course being the game 7 losses against Anaheim (2017) and Florida (2024)). The old cliche that the fourth win is the hardest has never seemed to apply to Edmonton.
For the record the last time the Oilers lost a non-game 7 when they had a chance to eliminate the opponent was against Anaheim way back in 2006. There they took a 3-0 lead and allowed Anaheim to win game 4 before taking the series in 5. I believe that's the only time in Oiler history where they failed to sweep an opponent when given the opportunity.
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