Ryan Nugent-Hopkins

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Oilers' Ryan Nugent-Hopkins: Scores twice in Game 4 (CBSSports.com)

Flames goalie Jacob Markstrom misplayed the puck on his first touch, turning it over to Nugent-Hopkins for a goal just 21 seconds into the game. In the third, ...

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Nugent-Hopkins scores early, late to give Oilers 5-3 win and 3-1 ... (The Globe and Mail)

Calgary Flames players look on a Edmonton Oilers centre Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, centre, celebrates his winning goal with teammates during the third period in ...

“He is the leader of our team,” Kassian said. This is the sixth time they have met in postseason since 1983; the Oilers won four of the previous five series between them. The last time the teams had faced one another in the playoffs was 1991. “We felt good about ourselves but we know Calgary is a good team. “Everybody has all these theories of what we need to do but we have to play a good game because we lost one at home. Edmonton is 37-2-1 this season when scoring the first goal. They were only 1-3 on the road in postseason through 10 games. “I think Game 4 was probably our worst of the series. He entered the contest with the second-highest save percentage among goalies in NHL history who have played at least 15 postseason games. The Flames’ Jacob Markstrom came out of his net and attempted a clearing pass with Nugent-Hopkins the only player on the ice near it. Smith appeared to never see the puck and was left flailing at the air when it got passed him. Evander Kane, who had a hat trick in Sunday’s 4-1 Edmonton victory, scored twice, the second into an empty net with only 25 seconds remaining.

Oilers strike early and late to beat Flames 5-3 in Game 4 (Globalnews.ca)

Edmonton Oilers maintain their series lead over the Calgary Flames in the second round of the playoffs with a 5-3 win in Game 4 Tuesday night.

“We knew they’d have a pushback and the way we stuck together and didn’t turn on each other at any moment shows good signs for our team.” “Our guys were saying the right things on the bench,” Woodcroft said post-game. “I don’t think there’s been a time in my career when I lost the puck and had no idea where it went.” Rasmus Andersson tied the game with a shocking goal with 9:04 left in the third. In the playoffs, that’s what you have to do.” “But Ryan Nugent-Hopkins was a first-overall draft pick in the NHL for a reason.

Nugent-Hopkins scores dagger, Oilers push Flames to brink with ... (Sportsnet.ca)

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored his second goal of the night with 3:27 left in regulation as the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Calgary Flames 5-3 on Tuesday to ...

Calgary winger Tyler Toffoli then took a tripping penalty and the Oilers made the visitors pay when Hyman outmuscled a hobbled Chris Tanev _ back in the lineup for the first time since Game 6 of the opening round despite a suspected upper-body injury _ in tight to bury his fifth goal of the series and seventh of the playoffs at 9:53. Elias Lindholm, Mikael Backlund and Rasmus Andersson, on a short-handed goal from his own end in the third period to tie proceedings 3-3, replied for Calgary, which will look to stave off elimination in the first post-season Battle of Alberta in 31 years Thursday at home in Game 5. EDMONTON -- Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored his second goal of the night with 3:27 left in regulation as the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Calgary Flames 5-3 on Tuesday to take a 3-1 lead in the teams' second-round playoff series.

Oilers push Flames to brink of elimination behind Nugent-Hopkins ... (CBC.ca)

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored his second goal of the night with 3:27 left in regulation as the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Calgary Flames 5-3 on Tuesday to ...

Calgary winger Tyler Toffoli then took a tripping penalty and the Oilers made the visitors pay when Hyman outmuscled a hobbled Chris Tanev — back in the lineup for the first time since Game 6 of the opening round despite a suspected upper-body injury — in tight to bury his fifth goal of the series and seventh of the playoffs at 9:53. Markstrom, who had allowed 14 goals in the series before getting pulled after two periods with Calgary trailing Sunday's Game 3 by a 4-0 score line, played the puck behind his own net on the first shift, but put it right on Nugent-Hopkins' stick for him to bury his third inside a deafening arena. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored his second goal of the night with 3:27 left in regulation as the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Calgary Flames 5-3 on Tuesday to take a 3-1 lead in the teams' second-round playoff series.

Player grades: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins shakes off ghost of Steve ... (Edmonton Journal)

The Edmonton Oilers gave up their weirdest playoff goal against in decades, likely since Steve Smith put the puck off Grant Fuhr into Edmonton's net in ...

But he got beat by Lindholm on the power play, then got beat by Backlund on a saveable shot, even if it was a Grade A. He thwarted Lindholm on the power play early in the third. He won a big battle on the kill early in the third, picking off and icing the puck. He burst into the slot again in the third for a 5-alarm shot, but was part of the problem on a Grade A Calgary shortie late in the game. He ripped a wicked shot on net to kick off the sequence Edmonton’s winning goal. He made a good pinch to kick off the Virtuous Cycle on Kane’s goal. He missed some time but was well enough to fly down the wing early in the second on a breakaway, where he got a bit fancy with his deke. He was shaken up on the Malfunction in the Junction collision. He and Archibald missed the puck in the o-zone to kick off the Sequence of Pain on Calgary’s second goal. He redeemed himself completely by winning the puck and making a low-high dart to Barrie in the high slot to ignite the winning goal. He picked up his 20th point of the playoffs setting up McDavid in the slot on the Hyman goal. He whizzed into the slot early in the second and got off a wicked shot. He pounded a shot on net on the power play, with Hyman driving home the rebound.

Oilers top Flames on strength of Ryan Nugent-Hopkins' two-goal night (New York Post)

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.

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins gets his chance to shine in the playoffs ... (The Athletic)

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins atoned for his netminder's third-period mistake by scoring the winning goal in Game 4 against the Calgary Flames.

The way we’ve stuck together and came out the right end of it, it shows the character that we have in that room and the resilience we have in the group. He’s up to 13 points in the series and 22 points throughout the postseason. “You get a big goal by Nugget there to seal the deal, but there’s definitely growth in this team,” Smith said. “The goal is to keep going,” he said. Connor McDavid had two assists to give him 11 points in the series and 25 points in the playoffs. “Our guys were saying the right things on the bench,” the coach said. “That’s been a theme with us all year,” Nugent-Hopkins said. Nugent-Hopkins opened the scoring 21 seconds in after Flames goalie Jacob Markström turned the puck over. “To see him come up big in a big moment when the team needed him, it’s inspiring,” Oilers coach Jay Woodcroft said. Flames defenceman Rasmus Andersson dumped the puck down the ice from inside his own blue line in the dying seconds of an Oilers power play. Smith said he never saw the shot. One unfortunate event would beget another and the snowball would start rolling downhill, picking up speed and crunching everything in its path.

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