Rogers Place had little to cheer until the Oilers scored in the final minute of the first period after giving up three to the Ducks. Game one saw 6 goals scored in the third period alone as the Edmonton Oilers closed strong for the win 5-3 over the Ducks.
The Edmonton Oilers return home after stealing both games in Anaheim and the home crowd will be one of the loudest you'll see in the National Hockey League playoffs.
Defenceman Kris Russell had a pair of assists for the Oilers, who took Game 1 of the series 5-3 and Game 2 by a score of 2-1. The Ducks may have started this series poorly, losing their home ice advantage and now trying to come back in front of a very hostile Edmonton crowd, but they've started this game well.
"I don't think anything was said in particular. That's on me to make some of those big saves that I've been making that I didn't make tonight". "So, the good news is we had a great goaltender's performance, we were able to win the game - now we've got some things to work on".
Oh, we're really getting to the good stuff now.
"We were still in the game after that", said McDavid.
Game 3 is today in Nashville, Tennessee. Edmonton's Connor McDavid scored his first goal of the series.
His two goals and three assists through eight playoff games give him a total of five points so far this postseason. Any momentum the Oilers might have gained in taking a 2-1 series lead appeared lost.
For the Ducks, they found themselves in a role-reversal from their first-round series against the Calgary Flames. John Gibson had another shaky effort, stopping just 21 shots in the loss. "We're still up 2-1", added the player the Ducks are paying $500,000 a year through next year to play for the Oilers. "It's something we've been talking about the two previous games".
"I mean, we scored one goal tonight. And like I tell him all the time, goalies are supposed to stop the puck".
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The Anaheim Ducks have been unable to climb out of a 2-0 playoff deficit in seven tries.
If the Ducks win, Iveson will hang a poster from Visit Anaheim, that city's tourism agency, in city hall, encouraging Edmontonians to vacation in California.
The Oilers returned to their dressing room with the lead despite getting just three shots on goal, compared to 12 for the Ducks. "So we've got to initiate much better".
-They need to get more traffic to the net.
After a four-goal third period in the series opener, the Oilers entered the rematch with plenty of the same energy.
Andrej Sekera also scored for Edmonton, which also won the first two games on the road in the 2006 Western Conference Finals against Anaheim. During the regular season, Anaheim had one of the best penalty kill units in the league, finishing fourth with a 84.7 percentage. After that, they played like a team that expected so much better than this. Ryan matches Leon's 7 goals in the playoffs and the victor of this game may be determined by which of their scorers can remain in the zone. Ryan Getzlaf won a faceoff back to Brandon Montour and the rookie defensemen fired a shot toward Edmonton goalie Cam Talbot.
Another game, another goal from the Predators' blue line. Oh yeah, someone will be winning the Stanley Cup soon so stay tuned for every live stream National Hockey League playoff game right here!
Edmonton went up 3-1 on Larsson's first goal of the playoffs at 8:03 of the third period. Ritchie was a last-minute scratch due to flu-like symptoms.
NOTES: Ducks D Kevin Bieksa is doubtful for Game 2 with a lower-body injury, Carlyle said.
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