When oilers are frustrated they become undisciplined. This game was in control. I thought skinner was average at .892 GS%. But you may be right, it may be more a defense issue.
Fifth Game. This was a snoberknocker in a way (please GOD don't ask me to define that). It was a fight but the Oilers got more done in fewer shots. A lot of hits this game. The Oilers only took one penalty (but drew 3 and converted on 2 of the PP's) and yes I'm not counting the double 10 minute majors by Foegelle and Danault, in my mind the Oilers won that one as a star for the Kings went out and a 3rd liner for us went out, huge difference. Depth shone through this game with goals by Kulak and two by Bjugstad for half of the total. The other 3 were Kane, Hyman, and Draisaitl (and two of those were on the PP including a rare goal by the 2nd PP squad). At the end of the first period it was 3-2 with LA getting 2 later in the period goals. Oilers had a great first period. They were the only team to score in the second period and traded one in the third period. This was a blow-out in some ways but for 20 minutes it wasn't too far from being all tied up and if LA had a better second period it could have been another OT waiting to happen but the Oilers just shut it down. Skinner had a few iffy moments in the first period but did well after that. Nurse went beast mode a few times that I was able to catch and got 2 assists for his efforts (plus 5 HITS and 5 BLOCKS, that is a DARNED GOOD NIGHT OF WORK). His normal partner had a great night too with 4 hits and 5 blocks for Ceci. Kulak may be steady eddy on D but he is fast and he can and does contribute on O. Bjugstad took advantage. I thought the second goal was actually Hyman's but Bjugstad got the backhander in before Hyman crashed the net (off of it's moorings). It was fully in otherwise that would have been one less. Great game, not like some that seem to have all of pace of two dead guys trying to run a marathon. There just isn't a lot of motion there. Desharnais played over 15 minutes again so last game was an off night. Broberg played over 8 minutes so he wasn't a "token" 7 D. Tonight the D really showed to me. It wasn't perfect but it was pretty good. Take care all.
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Dooooope. Dig it.
1st leads of the series for the Oilers.
1 more win to go
When oilers are frustrated they become undisciplined. This game was in control. I thought skinner was average at .892 GS%. But you may be right, it may be more a defense issue.
Look at that yamamoto causes another goal, and man bouchard can't play defense.
Great news to wake up to!
Statistics for LA Kings at Edmonton Oilers April 25st, 2023
Game 5 Oilers 6, LA 3
Oilers lead 3-2
Bjugstad 2 Goals
Kane 1 Goal (PP)
Draisaitl 1 Goal
Kulak 1 Goal
Hyman 1 Goal (PP)
Ekholm 2 Secondary Assists (1 on PP)
Nurse 1 Primary Assist (PP), 1 Secondary Assist
Bouchard 1 Primary Assist (PP)
Ceci 1 Primary Assist
McDavid 1 Primary Assist, 1 Secondary Assist (PP)
McLeod 1 Primary Assist
Nuge 1 Primary Assist
Foegele 1 Secondary Assist
Skinner 25 / 28 .893 Save %age (not fantastic but not horrible either)
Three Stars (Sportsnet): Nurse, Bjugstad, Hyman
LA Kings Edmonton Oilers
Shots on Goal 28 27
Hits 43 48
Faceoffs Won 24 30
Power Play 0/1 2/3
Giveaways 9 9
Takeaways 4 8
Blocked Shots 8 16
Player TOI PP TOI: PK TOI: SOG +/- PIM Hits Blocks GVA TKA
Nurse 21:02 1:51 —- 0 1 2 5 5 2 1
Bouchard 19:00 3:55 —- 0 -1 0 4 0 1 1
Ceci 18:32 —- 1:01 0 1 0 4 5 1 0
Kulak 17:12 0:25 0:56 2 1 0 0 2 0 0
Ekholm 16:54 1:23 1:03 0 2 0 2 0 0 1
Desharnais 15:35 0:01 1:02 0 0 0 2 2 0 0
Broberg 8:14 —- —- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Draisaitl 21:38 3:59 0:27 5 -1 0 1 0 2 0
McDavid 19:47 3:59 0:34 4 -2 0 1 0 0 1
Nuge 18:53 4:01 0:22 3 2 0 1 0 0 0
Kane 17:48 1:48 0:30 3 -1 0 6 0 0 1
McLeod 17:13 1:44 0:46 2 1 0 4 0 1 1
Hyman 17:03 3:59 —- 2 2 0 6 2 0 0
Bjugstad 16:41 0:02 0:21 3 2 0 6 0 0 1
Foegele 15:51 1:48 —- 1 1 10 0 0 1 1
Ryan 15:47 —- 0:17 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Yamamoto 11:12 —- 0:41 1 -1 0 1 0 0 0
Kostin 10:17 —- —- 1 -1 0 5 0 0 0
Faceoffs Won Lost Percent
Draisaitl 9 4 69.2
McLeod 6 5 54.5
McDavid 5 5 50.0
Bjugstad 4 6 40.0
Nuge 4 2 66.7
Ryan 2 2 50.0
Fifth Game. This was a snoberknocker in a way (please GOD don't ask me to define that). It was a fight but the Oilers got more done in fewer shots. A lot of hits this game. The Oilers only took one penalty (but drew 3 and converted on 2 of the PP's) and yes I'm not counting the double 10 minute majors by Foegelle and Danault, in my mind the Oilers won that one as a star for the Kings went out and a 3rd liner for us went out, huge difference. Depth shone through this game with goals by Kulak and two by Bjugstad for half of the total. The other 3 were Kane, Hyman, and Draisaitl (and two of those were on the PP including a rare goal by the 2nd PP squad). At the end of the first period it was 3-2 with LA getting 2 later in the period goals. Oilers had a great first period. They were the only team to score in the second period and traded one in the third period. This was a blow-out in some ways but for 20 minutes it wasn't too far from being all tied up and if LA had a better second period it could have been another OT waiting to happen but the Oilers just shut it down. Skinner had a few iffy moments in the first period but did well after that. Nurse went beast mode a few times that I was able to catch and got 2 assists for his efforts (plus 5 HITS and 5 BLOCKS, that is a DARNED GOOD NIGHT OF WORK). His normal partner had a great night too with 4 hits and 5 blocks for Ceci. Kulak may be steady eddy on D but he is fast and he can and does contribute on O. Bjugstad took advantage. I thought the second goal was actually Hyman's but Bjugstad got the backhander in before Hyman crashed the net (off of it's moorings). It was fully in otherwise that would have been one less. Great game, not like some that seem to have all of pace of two dead guys trying to run a marathon. There just isn't a lot of motion there. Desharnais played over 15 minutes again so last game was an off night. Broberg played over 8 minutes so he wasn't a "token" 7 D. Tonight the D really showed to me. It wasn't perfect but it was pretty good. Take care all.
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