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Zach Hyman scored the winning goal shorthanded for the Edmonton Oilers in Friday's 5-3 win over the Calgary Flames to even their playoff series at one ...

The Flames were minus top shutdown defenceman Chris Tanev for a third straight game. Defenceman Darnell Nurse was hampered down low without his in the second period and didn't manage an exchange with a forward. With Ryan Nugent-Hopkins penalized for slashing at 16:48, the Flames couldn't convert a power play into a goal. The Alberta rivals are squaring off in the playoffs for a sixth time, but the first since 1991. Smith head-manned the puck to Draisaitl for another breakaway just over two minutes later. The best-of-seven Western Conference semifinal heads to Edmonton's Rogers Place for Sunday's Game 3 and Tuesday's Game 4.

In Game 2 of the Oilers' second-round Stanley Cup playoff series against Calgary on Friday, Edmonton got the 5-3 win it needed to even the Battle of Alberta ...

"I thought we deserved to win the game tonight based on hard effort alone," said Woodcroft. "I thought we paid the price required to win a game in the second round. "We had two goals pulled back and the bounces didn't necessarily go our way," said Hyman. "But we stuck with it, and we battled. Right after that play, Connor McDavid -- who had a dominant night from start to finish -- orchestrated a stunning set-up for Leon Draisaitl to seemingly cut the Flames lead to one. Despite Hyman's confidence -- he even went to the bench for fist bumps -- the officials took another look and confirmed: no goal. And we have a belief. And they did it by playing the way coach Jay Woodcroft has been preaching for weeks.

The Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers both had reason to wonder if the referees blew the whistle too quickly at different points of Game 2 on Friday.

The puck was not fully covered by Flames goalie Jacob Markstrom as Hyman batted it home. Just like in the first period with Markstrom, Oilers goalie Mike Smith did not appear to have frozen the puck before the whistle went with Edmonton in front 4-3. With the puck seemingly still loose, the Flames and Oilers each had goals disallowed because the whistle appeared to be blown just before the puck crossed the line.

The Oilers faced more than their fair share of adversity but fought back all night long to launch an impressive 5-3 come from behind win. Onto game three…

I thought it would be a great experience for them, especially in this building. We felt we had much better than we showed in game one. As I said, the powerplay scoring a goal was a big reason why we were able to get seven past their goalie, in their building.” I thought we a better job of that. Just happy to contribute.” I’m trying to get out of the way, Markstrom’s kind of coming out at the same time. It’s going to be rocking, it’s going to be loud. On Leon’s leg, his ability to still produce: “He’s an elite player. Whatever defencemen award you want to say he’s won it, and he’s a future hall of famer and that’s a guy that was brought in I think to calm the group in times that aren’t going well. When you lose a game, you’re feeling terrible. When you win a game, you’re feeling great. oilers and flames get into a scrum after the tying goal.

Unfortunately, we had to settle for a single goal from Duncan Keith to halve the lead but there is little doubt that the strong finish to the period put the ...

Keith honestly had a very good night for the Oilers as he ended up with three points on the night to go along with 18:25 in TOI. Amazingly, the Oilers had Draisaitl’s goal waved off in the second period after Smith finished the night with 37 saves and a .925 save%. Nice give and go with Keith to get himself open on the play as well. Ideally, someone could have given Nurse a stick since he was basically helpless down low, but that’s not the way things went. From there, however, Smith locked things in quite well and outdueled his counterpart by making the saves he needed to make to get the job done. By no means was it pretty, but Smith made the stops he needed to and he gave his team a chance to win. Whether it was McDavid doing McDavid things or the newly formed second line chipping with opportunities of their own or Mike Smith coming up with key saves down the stretch, the Oilers looked like they were not going to be denied and that effort was eventually rewarded with a shortie by Hyman to grab a lead that they would not give up. Clearly understanding the assignment, the Oilers were able to maintain their desperation and it paid dividends with chance after chance. When they briefly tied the game in the third period of Game 1, it almost looked like they were ready to hang the mission accomplished banner behind the bench but that is obviously not how this works. And after battling back from two separate two-goal deficits, the next step was to make sure that it didn’t happen again. Did anyone else spend the day telling themself that there was no possible way that Game 2 would be nearly as loose from an Oilers perspective as it was in Game 1?

Zach Hyman scored the winning goal shorthanded for the Edmonton Oilers in Friday's 5-3 win over the Calgary Flames to even their playoff series at one ...

Notes: Gaudreau extended his playoff point streak to seven consecutive games (two goals, 10 assists) and tied Lanny McDonald (1984) for the fifth-longest in Flames history . . . McDavid stretched his playoff multi-point streak to five straight games. The Flames were minus top shutdown defenceman Chris Tanev for a third straight game. The Flames took a 2-1 lead into the second. With Ryan Nugent-Hopkins penalized for slashing at 16:48, the Flames couldn't convert a power play into a goal. Defenceman Darnell Nurse was hampered down low without his in the second period and didn't manage an exchange with a forward. The Alberta rivals are squaring off in the playoffs for a sixth time, but the first since 1991. The hosts led 2-0 at 6:02 when Smith bobbled an Erik Gudbranson shot. Bouchard pulled the Oilers even at 15:03 during Stone's double minor for high-sticking. Smith head-manned the puck to Draisaitl for another breakaway just over two minutes later. Edmonton, and Smith, recovered faster than in Game 1, however. The best-of-seven Western Conference semifinal heads to Edmonton's Rogers Place for Sunday's Game 3 and Tuesday's Game 4. Gaudreau threaded a pass to the front of the crease for Elias Lindholm to flip to Toffoli, who scored a power-play goal at 2:04 for a 3-1 Calgary lead.

Battle of Alberta is tied at one win apiece, with the series switching to Edmonton for the next two games.

A quick blur of the wrists and Flames netminder Jacob Markstrom had committed one way, leaving McDavid to slide the puck into an empty net for his 20th point of the playoffs. But Hyman quickly removed any doubts, taking a pass from Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and driving almost the length of the ice to beat Markstrom high over his glove hand. For Gaudreau, the assist extended his playoff point streak to seven games, the longest postseason point streak by a Flames since Al MacInnis in 1989. At 38 years of age, Keith became the oldest Oilers defenceman to score a postseason goal, besting the previous record set by Jaroslav Pouzar in 1987. The Edmonton captain showed impressive body strength to keep Rasmus Andersson at bay coming around from behind the net, ultimately flipping the puck one-handed to Duncan Keith, who powered home for first of the playoffs. Second-line centre Mikael Backlund went as far as to say that his team “would like to be the boring team that wins.”

Edmonton captain Connor McDavid's goal and assist Friday made him the fastest active player to reach 20 points (six goals, 14 assists) in a single post-season, ...

Notes: Gaudreau extended his playoff point streak to seven consecutive games (two goals, 10 assists) and tied Lanny McDonald (1984) for the fifth-longest in Flames history . . . McDavid stretched his playoff multi-point streak to five straight games. The Flames were minus top shutdown defenceman Chris Tanev for a third straight game. The Flames took a 2-1 lead into the second. With Ryan Nugent-Hopkins penalized for slashing at 16:48, the Flames couldn't convert a power play into a goal. Bouchard pulled the Oilers even at 15:03 during Stone's double minor for high-sticking. The hosts led 2-0 at 6:02 when Smith bobbled an Erik Gudbranson shot. Defenceman Darnell Nurse was hampered down low without his in the second period and didn't manage an exchange with a forward. The Alberta rivals are squaring off in the playoffs for a sixth time, but the first since 1991. Smith head-manned the puck to Draisaitl for another breakaway just over two minutes later. Edmonton, and Smith, recovered faster than in Game 1, however. The best-of-seven Western Conference semifinal heads to Edmonton's Rogers Place for Sunday's Game 3 and Tuesday's Game 4. CALGARY — Zach Hyman scored the winning goal shorthanded for the Edmonton Oilers in Friday's 5-3 win over the Calgary Flames to even their playoff series at one victory apiece.

Pas autant de buts, mais un spectacle aussi excitant. ... Les Oilers ont remporté le deuxième match de «la bataille de l'Alberta» contre les Flames par la marque ...

Michael Stone a d’abord ouvert la marque, puis Brett Ritchie a doublé la mise à la septième minute de jeu. Après un festival offensif de 15 buts (!) en lever de rideau, les deux gardiens ont été bien meilleurs que mercredi. Le début de la rencontre a cependant ressemblé à la précédente, alors que Mike Smith a été déjoué rapidement deux fois.

Connor McDavid marque contre Jacob Markstrom lors d'un match disputé à Calgary le 20. Connor McDavid a récolté au moins deux points dans un huitième match ...

On a jugé que le capitaine des Oilers avait causé de l’obstruction sur le gardien. La façon dont il joue présentement est spéciale et inspirante. Mario Lemieux avait inscrit 19 points en neuf rencontres en 1992. Notre gardien nous a gardés dans le match ce soir, le résultat aurait pu être pire. Parfois, c’est en faisait un jeu important au bon moment. Il est le meilleur joueur au monde, il est prêt à payer le prix pour remporter la victoire il a la volonté de gagner, il a un effet sur tous les membres de notre organisation avec ce désir de gagner.

Zach Hyman et Leon Draisaitl ont marqué coup sur coup en échappée pour couronner une séquence de quatre buts sans riposte et les Oilers d'Edmonton ont pris ...

Il est le premier joueur depuis Mario Lemieux en 1992 à atteindre ce plateau en neuf parties et moins. Le troisième affrontement aura lieu dimanche soir. (Calgary) Zach Hyman et Leon Draisaitl ont marqué coup sur coup en échappée pour couronner une séquence de quatre buts sans riposte et les Oilers d’Edmonton ont pris la mesure des Flames de Calgary 5-3, vendredi, pour niveler la série 1-1.

Zach Hyman et Leon Draisaitl ont marqué deux buts importants en échappée en milieu de troisième période pour permettre aux Oilers de gagner 5-3 et de créer ...

« Il amène son jeu à un autre niveau, a dit Hyman au sujet de McDavid. C'est difficile à faire dans son cas, mais il repousse ses propres limites présentement. C'est ce que les joueurs spéciaux font. Il fait de tout et il est la principale raison pour quoi nous sommes ici. Le joueur vedette domine la ligue avec 20 points en neuf matchs depuis le début des séries. On n'a pas beaucoup joué à cinq contre cinq ce soir et ce genre de situation est clairement à leur avantage. Les Oilers comblent un retard et égalent la bataille de l'AlbertaLNH vendredi, 20 mai 2022. « Je crois que nous avons raté beaucoup d'opportunités ce soir, a observé l'entraîneur-chef des Flames Darryl Sutter. Jacob Markstrom a été très bon pour nous, mais le talent individuel des Oilers a fait la différence sur leurs buts.

Au-delà les jeux sensationnels de Connor McDavid, les Flames ont grandement aidé la cause des Oilers.

Mais il me semble que les Flames et leurs partisans peuvent obtenir plus de leur premier trio. « J’ai vu un grand leader prêt à tout fait pour aider la cause de son équipe. En plus de sa production offensive, Connor s’est beaucoup impliqué physiquement. Indisciplinés, les Flames ont accordé six attaques massives aux Oilers qui ont fini par en profiter. Malgré le recul d’un but qu’ils accusaient après le premier tiers, les Oilers avaient repris le contrôle de la rencontre. Outre les deux buts enfilés sur sept tirs et seulement trois occasions de marquer, les Flames imposaient le rythme sur la patinoire. Vraiment. Mikael Backlund a reçu la rondelle en cadeau à la ligne bleue des Oilers. Il s’est retrouvé seul devant Smith avec tout le temps au monde pour établir sa stratégie pour le déjouer. Les Flames ont continué à trop les regarder aller. Ou miner la confiance des Oilers. Un bon tir frappé du défenseur Michael Stone. Trois minutes plus tard, Brett Ritchie, complètement oublié devant le filet des Oilers, doublait l’avance sur le septième tir des Flames. Le genre d’arrêt dont il avait grandement besoin pour mousser sa confiance et celle de ses coéquipiers. La magie de McDavid, la victoire des OilersLNH samedi, 21 mai 2022. McDavid et sa bande ont beaucoup mieux joué que lors du premier match.

Connor McDavid made some absolute magic in the offensive zone bouncing off Nikita Zadorov before driving to the net to make it a 3-2 game. Then, with five ...

In a game punctuated by a lot of special teams play, with advantages skewed towards the visitors, the Oilers battled to a 5-3 victory over the Flames in Game 2. The players and coach staff are feeling the presence he was brought into provide and dollar signs aside has been a welcome addition to this team. He ended the night with a goal and two assists setting up the aforementioned McDavid goal, while also finding Evan Bouchard on the powerplay. Two of them got called back of course, but we found a way to score seven. He absorbed big contact from Nikita Zadorov, bounced right off of him, got the puck back from Keith and made an unreal move to tuck it past Markstrom. “We found a way in a tough environment to score seven goals. He’s now up to 20 points in nine games, while teammate Leon Draisaitl is a nearby 15. We found a way to score, win the special teams battle. “I thought we deserved to win the game tonight based on hard effort alone. Duncan Keith broke it open late in the first period for Edmonton, and despite Tyler Toffoli making it a 3-1 game 2:04 into the second, Edmonton just stuck with it. It was a slow, methodical process and despite that aforementioned deficit, the Oilers settled right into their game. Then, with five minutes left in the second, an Evan Bouchard powerplay point shot made its way into the net.

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The Flames were missing top shutdown defenseman Chris Tanev for a third straight game. Hyman celebrated an Oilers goal with just over four minutes left in the opening period, but officials waived it off. With Ryan Nugent-Hopkins penalized for slashing at 16:48, the Flames couldn’t convert a power play into a goal. Defenseman Darnell Nurse was hampered down low without his in the second period and didn’t manage an exchange with a forward. Hyman broke his stick and wasn’t able to retrieve another from the bench before Stone’s slapshot from the point beat Smith bottom corner glove side. Smith passed the puck to Draisaitl for another breakaway just over two minutes later. ... McDavid stretched his playoff multi-point streak to five straight games. One of the NHL’s top teams 5-on-5, the Flames were short-handed for almost 11 minutes. “It’s the playoffs. “He’s willing to pay a price to win. “You’ve just got to keep working,” Hyman said. He’s driven to win,” Oilers coach Jay Woodcroft said.

Get a recap of the Edmonton Oilers vs. Calgary Flames hockey game.

The Flames were missing top shutdown defenseman Chris Tanev for a third straight game. Hyman celebrated an Oilers goal with just over four minutes left in the opening period, but officials waived it off. With Ryan Nugent-Hopkins penalized for slashing at 16:48, the Flames couldn’t convert a power play into a goal. Defenseman Darnell Nurse was hampered down low without his in the second period and didn’t manage an exchange with a forward. Hyman broke his stick and wasn’t able to retrieve another from the bench before Stone’s slapshot from the point beat Smith bottom corner glove side. Smith passed the puck to Draisaitl for another breakaway just over two minutes later. ... McDavid stretched his playoff multi-point streak to five straight games. One of the NHL’s top teams 5-on-5, the Flames were short-handed for almost 11 minutes. “It’s the playoffs. “He’s willing to pay a price to win. “You’ve just got to keep working,” Hyman said. He’s driven to win,” Oilers coach Jay Woodcroft said.

Both Dylan Holloway and Philip Broberg joined the Oilers last week as recalls from the Bakersfield Condors. They were part of the eight players the team brought ...

I have a hard time thinking that Holloway hasn’t been recalled to the Oilers for good. If the Oilers are going to continuously roll out Archibald and Kassian for few minutes every game, why not see what a guy like Dylan Holloway can do in equal amounts of time? These are supposed to be two guys the Oilers were to rely on in their bottom six. So, I think when you look at stats you can get fooled in a way, but with Dylan we’re really happy, he’s really taken another step in the last handful of games like I said, so we’re excited. If you look at Raphie [Raphael] Lavoie, he didn’t score until December 17th and for me it wasn’t just that he wasn’t scoring, it was a whole part of his game — winning 50/50 puck battles, backchecking, his pace, forechecking, being physical, using his size, driving to the net — and all of the sudden since the 17th he’s caught fire and he’s doing all of those little things and that’s probably why he’s scoring goals, is how I look at it. His season had some ups and downs, but nothing that wasn’t to be expected for a first-year pro.

CALGARY - Duncan Keith had been here before. Well, maybe not right here - breaking down a wild 9-6 loss to ope...

CALGARY — Duncan Keith had been here before. Well, maybe not right here — breaking down a wild 9-6 loss to open the Oilers' second-round playoff series ...

But his cool, under-the-radar approach to the defensive zone was equally important after the Flames had their way with the Oilers for long stretches of a Game 1 that saw Calgary build leads of 3-0, 5-1 and 6-2. "A big voice in that locker room at settling us down. Take a deep breath and we're good to go here.' "He's been great for us." "Just unfazed," Oilers winger Zach Hyman said. Keith was a huge part of Edmonton's solution against Calgary's relentless, high-pressure forecheck on Friday night.

After a rough start, the Edmonton Oilers scored four unanswered goals to earn a 5-3 victory on Friday night, in Game 2 of the Second Round against the ...

Alongside a 43 xGF% and 41 HDCF%, he isn’t contributing much in regards to on-ice impact, and he hasn’t done much to protect Edmonton’s stars either, which was one of the primary justifications for his $3.2M contract. I’m uncertain if he makes any sort of significant impact right now, but at the very least, several things suggest that deploying Holloway over one of Archibald/Kassian is a fine decision. I have significantly more faith in a speedier Holloway making clean zone entries and generating chances off of them, as opposed to Archibald/Kassian. Or would you rather desire your third/fourth lines to have a superior probability of scoring more goals than they allow, and spending more time in the offensive zone? The team without 97, 29 and 93 is doing fine in regards to GF% / xGF%, largely due to some excellent defensive play by Ryan McLeod, but the fourth line could further improve. Rather, a considerable portion of his bodychecks take place in the DZ, as he’s constantly stuck in his own zone. He ranks in the 13th percentile in Forecheck Pressures (via Corey Sznajder) and 30th percentile in Offensive Zone Takeaways in the past two seasons. McDavid has been able to thrive with a variety of different linemates, and Edmonton has out-scored and out-chanced the opposition by a significant margin with him on ice. Overall, out of all 780 players with at least 500 5v5 TOI in the past three seasons, Josh Archibald ranks 737th in 5v5 goal differential. His Primary Assists/60 is at 3.92. Only twelve other players have crossed the 2.0 mark, and not a single other player has crossed the 2.6 mark (Pastrnak came close in 17-18, at 2.59). In Game 2, RNH played alongside Zach Hyman and Jesse Puljujarvi, while Archibald played on the fourth line. Overall, McDavid has been on-ice for 27 of Edmonton’s total 38 goals in the playoffs.

Edmonton Oilers goaltender Mike Smith has been on a rollercoaster of sorts to start his team's second round series with the Calgary Flames.

Yes, they still gave up chances but limiting those opportunities was a must and it allowed Smith to find his way over the course of the evening. All this Edmonton Oilers team needs from their goaltender is to stop pucks he should routinely have (especially early in games), ensure his usual on-ice demeanor remains intact and find a way to make a handful of great/timely saves along the way. That changed over the final period and half of Game Two and it played a key role in the Oilers comeback win. Now, the question becomes can Smith maintain some semblance of that over these next five games? To suggest Mike Smith has had a tough go of things to start the Edmonton Oilers second round series with the Calgary Flames would be putting it nicely. Luckily for the Oilers, Jakob Markstrom has had his share of hiccups along the way and it’s given this group the belief that they are never out of a game.

EDMONTON -- Duncan Keith showed why the Edmonton Oilers traded for him in the offseason and helped them even their Western Conference Second Round series.

"Last year, being in and out of the lineup was tough," Bouchard said, "but getting an opportunity to play with someone like Duncan really helps you grow as a person and definitely as a player and I'm taking all I can from him. I thought he made a lot of poised plays with the puck, but sometimes it's about how people handle certain situations, handle adversity and sticky circumstances, and think he's been a good leader for our team." Last night he was amazing, he was really vintage 'Dunkie'. He's just so calm back there and makes the right plays the majority of the time, and he settles our game down a lot of the time." Keith pulled the Oilers within 2-1 at 13:38 of the first period after McDavid fed him for a one-timer from the left face-off circle. "[General manager Ken Holland] brought Duncan Keith here for a number of reasons," Edmonton captain Connor McDavid said after the game Friday. "And his game was great tonight. And to see someone play that well and that hard, that boosts everyone else up a little bit."

Edmonton Oilers prospect Dylan Holloway hasn't played in an NHL game, but he could be used with his speed against the Calgary Flames.

He played in 20 playoff games and scored four goals, added eight assists and was instrumental in getting the Canadiens to the Stanley Cup Final. With the way Caufield helped the Canadiens in the postseason, it’s worth the look to see if his former Badger teammate, Holloway, can produce similar results. If that happens, not only would it inject a potential scoring threat from the fourth line, but he could also make a case to move up the lineup if he looks like he can handle the load. He started off on a checking line and dished out body checks throughout the tournament that made the highlight reels. He could play on the left side on the fourth line and replace Josh Archibald, who played eight minutes in Game 1, but saw a decrease in minutes played to 4:39 in Game 2. At that point, Woodcroft can shelter his minutes, like he did Archibald and Zack Kassian (4:16 time on ice) in Game 2. With his powerful skating stride and speed, it would be low risk to see how he performs in the playoffs, and the upside could be tremendous.

Edmonton overcame a rough start, a disallowed goal, and a quick whistle on another to even the series with a huge, massive win in Calgary.

But not Draisaitl. He was first to react and collect the puck in the NZ and was off to the races on a breakaway. A good stick by the former saw the latter pick up the loose puck just inside the DZ blue and take off on a breakaway — his second of the night. Calgary continued to push after their PP and managed to draw another near the halfway point of the third period via a Warren Foegele slash on Andersson. And then Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Zack Hyman factored in. Again, Edmonton couldn’t make good on their PP to start the period. With seconds remaining in the first minor to Stone, Keith flung it over to Evan Bouchard with acres of room to walk in from the right point, and he did just that: walking into an absolute bullet that whizzed by Markstrom’s right ear and tickled the top left corner. But not before drawing yet another last-minute penalty via a scrum that saw Tyson Barrie, Andrew Mangiapane, and Blake Coleman all get the gate. After a pretty pedestrian first minute or so by the top unit, the second unit hopped over and went to work. As is almost always the case, the Oilers couldn’t get anything going on their PP to start the second period. To make matters worse, 2 seconds after the Zadorov penalty expired, the Oilers were called for too many men, sending them on the PK. Tyler Toffoli made them pay after Darnell Nurse lost his stick and wasn’t given a replacement by either forward he was out with. A few minutes later, Connor McDavid — again, the best player on the planet by a country mile — dragged the Oilers into the game. The Oilers found some reprieve via a Blake Coleman roughing penalty, but couldn’t get anything going as the PP1 continued to languish. Mikko Koskinen came in and did just enough to allow Edmonton to tie it 6-6 (!!!) early in the third period, but gave up the game-winner shortly thereafter.

Twice in the third period of Game 2, the Edmonton Oilers scored on breakaways.

The 6-foot, 195-lb. It’s entirely unclear how much of an impact the short commute between Calgary and Edmonton will have on results in the series. Article content There’s plenty of blame to go around for Friday night’s 5-3 loss. Article content Article content