Vegas played this one as if it was a must win game, which it was of course.
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Can someone help me with the rule of icing. They called icing last night on the Golden Knights but it was 6 on 5. So is icing only taken away when the players are lopsided if it's during a power play?
"WAHHH, the league wide conspiracy against Edmonton continues". You have to be a complete moron (or complete tinted glasses homer) to think the league would conspire against by far it's most lucrative player (he's the best player in the world AND Canadian) going far in the playoffs; the league also makes so much more revenue via TV viewership, etc. when Canadian teams are in the playoffs. It'd be equallyas has a vendetta against the Maple Leafs.
When you're averaging a whopping 1 goal/game when not on the PP in your losses (which usually makes up 45-50 minutes of a 60 minute game) and been outscored 12-3 in such cases in this series and your starting goalie's got an .890 save % and been pulled 3 times in only 11 games… you kind of have some massive deficiencies to overcome. And the eye test agrees that those stats aren't misleading; they've mean comprehensively dominated when not on the PP in those games and had plenty of such stretches against a lesser Kings team in their losses.
Edmonton isn’t done yet, I think this one is for sure going 7.
But I think next year is more likely for the actual run. Skinner comes back with a full year of experience, Campbell bounces back so we can run 2 goalies. A whole year of ekholm and whatever else they do for the d this offseason, and we mostly keep the same forward group.
Woody is a good coach but I’ve seen that he also needs some more development time. He’s been way too lenient with skinner, who hasn’t even posted a .900 save percentage. Campbell should’ve been getting starts this series already, in 3-4 periods he’s only let in 2 goals. The guy needs to start worrying more about winning games and series not maintaining the best of relations.
Any team should build a poor call or two into their game plan. They happen every game to every team. Oilers just couldn't overcome that 5 on 3.
GO KNIGHTS GO!
If I am a 4th liner on EDM I am looking to step on as many sticks as I can to get them on the PP.
Silver lining: At least I can still root for the Oilers for another season (as fun as that series would have been), and get the Stars more sweet justice against the Golden Showers. Cheater expansion teams aint SH**! (respect to krakens though, no hate, scary team to fight)
Edmonton dug their own hole. No penalties back-to-back and it would have been Vegas on the verge of elim. Oh well.
If oilers lose this round I hope it leads to a fix for the D! We need to get rid of Ceci, Broberg can go too, we need big tough men on D not these passive generic nhl D guys!
I don't think we'll see any supplementary discipline for Kolesar; looks like he tried to avoid Ekholm when he realized he was vulnerable, he ended up pancaking him instead of finishing the hit. Scary play though.
Statistics for Edmonton Oilers at Vegas Golden Knights May 12th, 2023
Game 5 Second Round Oilers 3, VGK 4
VGK leads 3-2
McDavid 2 Goals (both on PP)
Hyman 1 Goal (on PP), 1 Secondary Assist (on PP)
Bouchard 1 Primary Assist (on PP), 1 Secondary Assist (on PP)
Nuge 2 Primary Assists (on PP)
Skinner 18 / 22 .818 Save %age (pulled before end of 2nd period)
Campbell 9 / 9 1.000 Save %age (lights out for 22 minutes)
Three Stars (Sportsnet): Smith, Eichel, Marchessault
Oilers VGK
Shots on Goal 35 31
Hits 24 24
Faceoffs Won 26 34
Power Play 3/4 2/7
Giveaways 13 6
Takeaways 10 11
Blocked Shots 13 14
Player TOI PP TOI: PK TOI: SOG +/- PIM Hits Blocks GVA TKA
Bouchard 27:21 6:21 0:37 4 -1 0 1 1 0 1
Ekholm 26:51 1:50 3:05 2 -2 0 0 1 2 1
Kulak 20:15 —- 4:29 0 0 0 0 3 1 1
Ceci 18:38 1:06 4:22 2 -1 0 3 1 2 0
Desharnais 14:40 —- 5:02 1 0 0 1 1 1 0
Broberg 6:01 1:50 3:05 0 0 4 0 0 1 0
McDavid 25:13 6:24 1:21 6 0 0 2 0 1 2
Draisaitl 24:30 6:28 0:57 4 -1 0 1 2 3 0
Nuge 23:22 6:23 4:32 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hyman 18:47 6:25 —- 5 0 0 1 0 0 0
Kane 17:57 1:10 0:54 4 -1 0 3 1 1 1
McLeod 14:38 1:09 3:04 1 0 0 2 1 0 1
Yamamoto 12:27 —- 0:18 0 -1 2 0 1 0 1
Ryan 11:53 —- 3:02 2 0 0 2 1 0 1
Foegele 9:24 1:11 —- 2 0 4 2 0 1 0
Bjugstad 9:12 —- 3:31 0 -1 0 2 0 0 1
Janmark 4:54 —- 1:19 0 -1 2 1 0 0 0
Kostin 3:30 —- —- 0 -1 0 3 0 0 0
Faceoffs Won Lost Percent
Draisaitl 13 11 54.2
McDavid 5 10 33.3
Bjugstad 4 6 40.0
McLeod 4 5 44.4
Janmark 0 1 0.00
Nuge 0 1 0.00
Fifth game of the series and again discipline is the key word. This time it's in a bad way as the Oilers lacked it and came up short. They ran out of time and simply weren't the better team this day. All of their scoring came on the PP (75% tonight), Leon kept off the boards. Only Connor and Hyman scored (Connor twice), Bouch with 2 assists, 2 apples for Nuge as well and Hyman got an assist in addition to his goal so we have 4 players with 2 points. Skinner yanked before the end of the 2nd period. Okay, giving up a 5 on 3 PP goal, sure, it's likely. Giving up the 5 on 4 PP goal well was hoping for more from the PK and Skinner. That gave VGK the lead and they kept it and built on it a minute later with a 5 on 5 goal. Hence the yank.
Campbell was lights out for the remainder of the 2nd period and all of the 3rd period. I can see him as starting game 6 but can also see Skinner going back in too. He plays well after getting the hook. The Oilers could NOT stay out of the box. Broberg TWICE (and he only played just over 6 minutes) including the first of the 5 on 3 PP goals by VGK. Janmark was responsible for the 2nd 5 on 4 PP goal. Broberg apparently is "grabby" with 2 holding penalties and Janmark had a high stick. Foegele had a FOUR Minute High Stick in the 3rd period that the Oilers killed but still, with that double high stick the Oilers are listed with SEVEN penalties to the Golden Knights four. Kolesar boarded Ekholm (hope he's okay because loosing him would be BAD) and was chucked with a game misconduct.
There is no "politically correct" way of being even remotely close to candid about the flushable officiating in this one. I just remember they're human. They boys have to win the next two to advance to the 3rd round. We're now in MUST WIN territory. Take care all.
You say nothing about first penalty for the 5 on 3, bad non call on holding the stick.
.Winning in Vegas is hard…’
You’re telling me!! 😉
Trade them to Anaheim
Still can’t figure out why they don’t just break Eichel or Stones arm.. or why not both, it will only get a 1 game suspension
Thank you Edmonton Oilers for a amazing year of hockey . We are still 2 or 3 guys away from being a Stanley Cup contender . We will try again next year .
0 and 2 yerstday 37 and 34 record in the playoff
Does kolesar get benched anyways if he’s not suspended?
Knights are the better and more complete team they should take it in 6 and advance to the conference finals tomorrow
Ref you suck – 2023 playoffs