Down 3-0 late in Friday night's NHL Stanley Cup playoff second-round Game 5 against the Edmonton Oilers, the Anaheim Ducks scored three goals in three minutes. The NHL said Ryan Kesler was pushed into the crease by Darnell Nurse, so he couldn't have avoided contacting Cam Talbot. "He had eyes up, and he had time, and I was yelling for that puck the whole way".
"If he keeps doing this, we're going to have fun time here", Silfverberg said. "I was kind of wide open in front". You win the draw and one of those Ducks centres gets to the bench, and doesn't have to defend.
The Ducks took a 3-2 series lead with a dramatic comeback and double overtime win Friday night. One can easily make the argument Anaheim could have won all four games but Edmonton could have just as easily done same...while playing nowhere near the level of their opponent. "It took us half a game".
The Oilers have had no effective way of slowing Getzlaf down and Ducks coach Randy Carlyle has made a decision to have Getzlaf and fellow centre Ryan Kesler out at the same time as the game wears on.
Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 36 shots, rookie Jake Guentzel took advantage of a fortunate bounce for his playoff-leading eighth goal and the defending Stanley Cup champions held off the Washington Capitals 3-2 on Wednesday night in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.
There will be more revelations on Sunday and again afterwards, either during Game 7 or at training camp next fall. I thought we lost a lot of battles in that period.
"Right to the net", Perry said. But we as GMs have voted this stuff in, and there's a group that reviews these things. He was in the slot and banged home a rebound off a shot from Ryan Nugent-Hopkins.
The Edmonton Oilers face elimination for the first time in the post-season when the host the Anaheim Ducks Sunday. John Gibson has given up 24 goals on 273 shots faced and Jonathan Bernier has allowed zero goals on 16 shots.
Holtby saves his best for crunch time in Game 5
After Backstrom tied the score at 2-2 at 2:49 of the third period, Bonino had his best scoring chance with a shot from the slot. They gave up the first goal four times against Pittsburgh. "We have a couple days off now and then back to work".
"He's a heck of a player", said Oilers forward Patrick Maroon.
Connor McDavid scored a beauty for the Oilers last game, his second game in a row with a goal and his seventh point (4-3-7) in the playoffs.
The bigger storyline is that the Oilers let a 2-0 lead get away at home. "Because it's a shame that we are where we are right now on a call like that". The Oilers contended Perry bumped Talbot as he was beaten five-hole on a wrist shot.
"Sekera's out for the rest of the series, ' said Edmonton Oilers' coach Todd McLellan". "I've said this before but I've never said it to a media person". I know the process these guys go through and I have discussions after the fact with NHL hockey ops. I try to play with integrity and not flop and dive. Their entry in the playoffs was as third or fourth-line players and they got to pick their playoff experience up. "But we have a strong belief that he had wrapped his arm around Talbot's leg but I don't know what it is anymore so you'll have to ask somebody else". "He clearly hit my blocker and my pad, and there was no way I could make that save".
"You like when your leader says that", said McLellan.
"It's one of those where you're holding your breath and hopefully they see it the same way".
They understand they've accomplished little so far.
The morning after, the bitter pill of Game 5 wasn't any easier to swallow for the Edmonton Oilers.
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