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Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored his second goal of the game with 3:27 left in regulation, and the Oilers beat the Calgary Flames 5-3 to take a 3-1 lead in the ...

“Every game you play in the playoffs, you gain experience,” Smith said. Calgary showed some life on slick power play in the second with Kane off for slashing. This time, they took a stranglehold on the series without their best effort. “The main thing was that we had to keep pushing,” Nugent-Hopkins said after Rasmus Andersson scored short-handed from 150 feet away as Calgary rallied all the way back from a 3-0 deficit to tie the game. “I can laugh now, right?” a relieved Smith said. We’ve just got to go home and focus on winning one game and take it from there.

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Ryan Nugent-Hopkins has suffered through plenty of heartache in Edmonton. The top pick at the 2011 draft missed the playoffs in ...

Calgary showed some life on slick power play in the second with Kane off for slashing. “Every game you play in the playoffs, you gain experience,” Smith said. This time, they took a stranglehold on the series without their best effort. “The main thing was that we had to keep pushing,” Nugent-Hopkins said after Rasmus Andersson scored short-handed from 150 feet away as Calgary rallied all the way back from a 3–0 deficit to tie the game. “I can laugh now, right?” a relieved Smith said. He scored his third. “You don’t want that to happen ... ever. We’ve just got to go home and focus on winning one game and take it from there. “There’s room for greatness from everybody on our team. “Stuff like that happens, it’s hockey. After trailing 3–0 after the first period and 3–2 through two periods, Calgary tied the game in the third on an Edmonton power play when Andersson fired a 150-foot clearing attempt from his own end that somehow fooled Smith at 10:56. Nugent-Hopkins scored his second goal of the game with 3:27 left in regulation, and the Oilers beat the Calgary Flames 5–3 to take a 3–1 lead in the second-round playoff series.

The Edmonton Oilers were 10-to-1 to win the Western Conference at FanDuel Sportsbook on May 20th. Five days later, the Oilers are down to +250 to reach the ...

The Edmonton Oilers were 10-to-1 to win the Western Conference at FanDuel Sportsbook on May 20th. Golden State is a 7.5-point favourite for Game 5 and is -5000 to win the series at FanDuel Sportsbook this morning. Despite consecutive losses, the Hurricanes are -142 to win Game 5 on home ice and -152 to win the series at FanDuel. FanDuel has the Oilers at +126 to win Game 5. The Edmonton Oilers were 10-to-1 to win the Western Conference at FanDuel Sportsbook on May 20th. The Oilers were +160 to win their second-round series versus Calgary at FanDuel Sportsbook entering Game 1.

Edmonton — How long has the Edmonton Oilers been committed to winning a game like this? A number of “lessons learned” were born along the way.

This is the first of three chances Edmonton may have to finish this series. Every game you win, you get confident and you get the ball We want to keep rolling and do good things to make our team successful. In games like this, there are enough solutions on the bench to find the answer. “I think we’re all stepping up tonight,” said Newgent Hopkins. “Every game is a team game, we know it. “Ryan Newgent Hopkins was the first draft to be elected for some reason,” said head coach Jay Woodcroft. “He’s a big player. “There is a decline and flow into the game, the series,” started goalkeeper Mike Smith. “It’s never perfect. As the Alberta battle shifted south in Game 5 on Thursday, Edmonton won 5-3, hanged the Northerners in the 3-1 series, and the longest Oilers scored two goals. It was Ryan Newgent Hopkins who gave the homeside a free score that Calgary Flames simply couldn’t find in the series where the Oilers were accused of being a single team. Shouldn’t Calgary be a deeper team here and have better goaltending and a stiffer blue line? The nugget achieved the big goal of signing a contract. A number of “lessons learned” were born along the way. Did no one have it to find the goal that gave them another lead when the 3-0 lead was lost?

The Edmonton Oilers were able to walk out of Rogers Place with a 5-3 win last night against the Calgary Flames. The Oilers are now up 3-1 in the series.

The Oilers need to snuff the Flames out. I really liked how the Edmonton Oilers came out a played in that game 4. Late in the third period, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins restores the Edmonton Oilers lead. I would have liked Nurse to put some pressure on him, but if he does that the play on the side of the net has a chance on a pass. In the second period the Calgary Flames were able to get themselves back in the game. Last night the Edmonton Oilers got off to a quick start when Ryan Nugent-Hopkins put the puck in a wide open net after Jacob Markstrom fumbled a dump-in.

The Edmonton Oilers visit the Calgary Flames in the second round of the NHL Playoffs with a 3-1 lead in the series.

The Flames rank sixth in NHL play with 291 total goals (averaging 3.6 per game). Edmonton has gone 49-27-6 overall with a 19-5-0 record in Pacific Division play. BOTTOM LINE: The Edmonton Oilers visit the Calgary Flames in the second round of the NHL Playoffs with a 3-1 lead in the series. The Oilers won 5-3 in the last matchup. Evander Kane led the Oilers with two goals. Edmonton Oilers (49-27-6, second in the Pacific Division) vs.