Oilers vs Avalanche

Get a recap of the Edmonton Oilers vs. Colorado Avalanche hockey game.

“He looked really poised,” Bednar said. Francouz was serenaded with chants of “Frankie! Frankie!” from the crowd. “I was looking at one person. “I was just happy. Kadri ended up tying the franchise record for assists in a period. MacKinnon also got smacked in the face on a play. It was a mark set by Quebec’s Risto Siltanen in 1987 and matched in 1996 by Avalanche Hall of Fame forward turned GM Joe Sakic. “Definitely a confidence booster,” Kadri said. “We'll see,” Bednar said. It didn’t draw a penalty but drew plenty of boos from the crowd. The relentless pressure included a trip by Duncan Keith after the whistle. Artturi Lehkonen and Josh Manson scored 15 seconds apart to get things going in the second, with Mikko Rantanen adding another on Kadri’s third assist.

Watch live on television and online as the Edmonton Oilers visit the Colorado Avalanche in Game 2 of their 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs Western Conference ...

All Sports All Sports NHL sports Sports NHL About CBC Sports Olympic Sports More NHL NHL

Edmonton Oilers winger Kailer Yamamoto was forced to leave Game 2 against the Colorado Avalanche with an upper-body injury.

After a wild series opener, the Colorado Avalanche and Edmonton Oilers return for what should be a wild Game 2. Here are the keys to winning on Thursday.

Based on what we saw in Game 1, and what both teams are capable of offensively, the team with the best goaltending is going to win this series. The Oilers have the top line in the playoffs. At the other end, it's expected that Mike Smith will return after a shaky start to Game 1. The Avalanche have one of the best bluelines. The Oilers have lost the first game of every series, but have won the second game each time. But to do that, the Oilers need to hunker down in their own zone.

Pavel Francouz backstopped Colorado to a 4-0 victory over Edmonton in Game 2 of the WCF on Thursday night.

After the Avalanche took a 3-0 lead in the second period, Francouz continued to come up with strong stops - seven saves - to keep the Oilers off the scoresheet. Francouz was dialed in from the get-go and came up with a strong first period where he made 13 saves to keep the clean sheet for his team heading into the second period. Pavel Francouz made 24 saves in the shutout and in his first start of the series and first start since Game 4 of Colorado's First Round series against Nashville. Francouz took over the net as Darcy Kuemper left Game 1 in the second period with an upper-body injury. Kadri threaded a pass out to the top of the right faceoff circle for Manson, where he wound up and unloaded a low slap shot under Smith's glove at 4:13. Rantanen extended the Avalanche's lead 3-0 at 6:02 on an odd-man rush. Both teams skated out to a 0-0 score following the first intermission.

We go over how to watch the Edmonton Oilers and Colorado Avalanche on Thursday in Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals of the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

If you aren’t around a TV to check out this NHL matchup, you can stream the game via TNT Live or the TNT App. But keep in mind that you need a cable-login subscription. Connor McDavid had a goal and two assists for the Oilers. J.T. Compher had two goals and Cale Makar had a goal and two assists for the Avalanche, who led 7-3 late in the second period.

But come the second, Colorado blew things open. In the span of 2:04, an Avalanche of goals came down with Arturri Lehkonen, Josh Manson and Mikko Rantanen all ...

According to Sportlogiq, Colorado was able to enter Edmonton’s zone successfully on 77.1% of their attempts, while the Oilers were able to just 52.9% of the time. Late in the second he had a partial breakaway and tried to make a move to go to the backhand, but got poke checked. Colorado’s speed and ability to cycle the puck was just too much for the Oilers to handle. The frustration became real, and in the third, Zack Kassian took an inexplicable penalty. On top of it all, the Avs generated 15 scoring chances off the rush and as many off the cycle, while the Oilers generated just three for each category. Darnell Nurse is clearly playing hurt and was on the ice for each of the Avs’ three goals in the second period, and he looked terrible against Colorado’s top lines. It’s in the past. Nonetheless, the Oilers have had some big red flags pop up in this series. While the game started out strong for Edmonton generating offensive zone time, they were able to get a number of good looks. He had gotten popped with a high, but clean hit by Gabriel Landeskog partway through the first period. For some reason, Jay Woodcroft threw the Oilers’ fourth line over the boards on the following shift. But come the second, Colorado blew things open.

We're still trying to figure out how the Colorado Avalanche pumped 12 goals past the Oilers netminders in two games, while limiting Edmonton's superstars to ...

Colorado was better, no doubt, but take away that burst and it’s down to the wire in a game that could have been had. We've got to do a better job at when they do get one, we've got to stop the bleeding. Tonight didn’t go our way, but we’ll go back to the drawing board and we’ll prepare to regroup and head home to friendly confines.” The shift after, they find a way to score right after.” “They definitely feed off momentum,” said McDavid. “They find ways to compound one and turn it into three there. “It’s a series, right?