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.
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Nothing against Skinner but I would start to use Campbell
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.