A goaltender making more than 40 saves in winning a Stanley Cup Playoffs game is quite a feat, but Edmonton Oilers star Leon Draisaitl has a different take on the performance of Vancouver Canucks goalie Arturs Silovs on Sunday night.
Live by the nuclear option, die by the nuclear option. Coaches may come and go, but Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl playing together in the playoffs stands the test of time.
Connor McDavid said, “I feel great,” when asked by media on Monday how he’s feeling after taking a cross-check to the back and the face at the end of Game 3 versus the Vancouver Canucks.
In an Edmonton Oilers news and rumors update, Connor McDavid took a nasty cross-check to the face on Sunday night and Carson Soucy is likely to receive a suspension because of it.
Inside Rogers Place, you could feel the tension in the air Sunday night. Two teams are entrenched in a rivalry transitioning from the regular season to the playoffs: one with nothing to lose and one with everything to lose. The problem for the Edmonton Oilers is that they’ve played scared to lose.
In the aftermath of the Edmonton Oilers’ 4-3 loss to the Vancouver Canucks in Game 3 of their second-round series, one aspect of Leon Draisaitl‘s review of the game caught my attention.
While a lot of the discussion after Game 3 of the Pacific Division Final between the Vancouver Canucks and Edmonton Oilers is about what happened following the final buzzer, there is a lot of concern about what is going on between the pipes in Edmonton.
The Edmonton Oilers could not solve the Canucks defence at 5v5 and, as a result, find themselves trailing the series two games to one. It was not strictly because of Arturs Silovs either, as the Oilers hit enough posts to spell that narrative right away.
Kris Knoblauch has a very big decision to make: Who will be his starting goalie for Game 4 on Tuesday night? Stuart Skinner didn’t start the third period in Game 3 after allowing four goals on 15 shots in the first 40 minutes.
Carson Soucy is looking at a suspension from the NHL Department of Player Safety (NHL DoPS) for his cross-check to Connor McDavid at the end of Game 3 between the Vancouver Canucks and Edmonton Oilers.
The NHL’s Department of Player Safety is set to dish out punishment following a post-game scrum between the Vancouver Canucks and Edmonton Oilers. The league announced Monday morning that Canucks defenceman Nikita Zadorov would be fined, and Carson Soucy would have a hearing after the pair went after Oilers captain Connor McDavid following Game 3.
The Edmonton Oilers took an unfortunate Game 3 loss to the Vancouver Canucks at home on Sunday (May 12) night and now find themselves down 2-1 in the series.
The Edmonton Oilers are now trailing in their best-of-seven Stanley Cup Playoffs series after losing Game 3 to the Vancouver Canucks 4-3 at Rogers Place on Sunday (May 12).
On a thrilling Sunday night in Edmonton, AB, the Vancouver Canucks faced off against the Edmonton Oilers for Game 3 of the Second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
After coming back from three separate one-goal deficits in Game 2 to win it in OT, the Oilers returned home to Rogers Place with a chance to take their first series lead and to put all of the pressure back on the Canucks.
Irfaan Gaffar: It sounds like the NHL Player Safety will review Vancouver Canucks Carson Soucy’s cross check on Edmonton Oilers Connor McDavid. Boston Bruins: Bruins coach Jim Montgomery said that forward Brad Marchand is doing well and is day-to-day.
EDMONTON — That sound you hear? That’s the Edmonton Oilers’ season swirling in the bowl with Stuart Skinner jiggling the toilet handle. The Oilers are swimming in you-know-what in the deep end of that pool now after Sunday’s 4-3 loss to the Vancouver Canucks, and the problem is, there doesn’t seem to be a life raft in sight.
The Vancouver Canucks and Edmonton Oilers series is living up to the hype. Imperfect teams with high-end brilliance and just enough flaws to ensure no lead is safe.
The rivalry between the Edmonton Oilers and the Vancouver Canucks reached a boiling point as Connor McDavid received a cross-check from Carson Soucy in the closing moments of their Game 3 loss on Sunday.
Goaltending has become the story of the Western Conference second-round playoff series between the Vancouver Canucks and Edmonton Oilers.
Adam Henrique has been ruled out for Game 3 against the Vancouver Canucks. The Edmonton Oilers forward played 11:38 in Game 2, but isn’t over a lingering lower-body issue and needs more time to rest.
As the Edmonton Oilers roster prepares for their first home game of round two of the 2024 NHL Stanley Cup playoffs, they have a decision on their top line.
Defenseman Evan Bouchard got the overtime winner, but Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl were the main reasons why the Edmonton Oilers are tied 1-1 with the Vancouver Canucks in a Western Conference second-round playoff series.
Leon Draisaitl will be a game-time decision Friday when the Oilers take on the Canucks in Game 2 of their second-round series.
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