I would imagine that no matter how bad their team’s position in a series is বল say, your second-best player has a working ankle when they are trailing 3-0 against a deep and star-studded Avalanche team একজন an athlete really needs to believe they have a comeback. Maybe, that’s why I, already in my mind, admired the Tellers when they fell 2-0 in this proverbial situation, I’m not a professional hockey player. “You don’t play three in a row, you don’t play four in a row – it’s one at a time,” Oilers defender Tyson Barry said before Monday’s Game 4.
Unfortunately for Edmonton, they actually played four in a row and lost all four. On Monday night Connor McDavid completed the avalanche with a one-legged Leon Dresittal, Duncan Keith’s ghost and a 6-5 overtime win against the crew, although thanks to the Eulers’ efforts, the mourning was almost delayed for another day.
Where to start? With snow, as always. Especially with Cal Maker, who scored his first point (out of five) power-play goal that night. Jack Cassian was responsible for the penalty, a foul slash on Jack Johnson who was injured as the only penalty of the game, though not for lack of effort. Cassian will also face Gabriel Landskug, who has already crouched on the ground and hit Josh Manson in numbers to the tune of zero extra PIM.
The importance of the first goal in hockey is part of the rare beautiful knowledge that is given and completely wrong. It is true that you want to score the first goal, even the team that scores the first goal is more likely to win the game, because if you score more goals than the other team you will win the game; It is not true that the first goal is more important than any other goal in winning. That being said, in this particular situation, it’s easy to imagine a situation where Eulers-fighting injuries, a suspended Evander Kane, and an irresistible avalanche line-up missing even an injured Nazem Qadri — will leave the co-series. Whimper
Towards the end of the first period there was not much to dispel this notion, after the Eulers recorded more shots in the Avalanche goal than the Eulers in the power play. But after the break, Eulers followed up with both offense and defense (or lack thereof) that people portrayed in the best, random version of the series. Edmonton led by three goals in a row in the second period, with Dresitel making early assists with Jack Hymans and McDavid এবং and it really can’t be emphasized enough in both praise and fear একটি a good leg. For the first time in the entire series, Avalanche fell behind by two goals.
The Eulers pulled off all the narrative stops: a pompous debut in a playoff game, a comeback performance, and a rather absurd and principled squish “player player injury” narrative. However, like many things around the Oilers, even the somewhat uncomfortable good vibes could not be sustained until the very end. The third-period play-by-play reads like a laundry list. Devin Towes scored in 31 seconds to bring the Avalanche into the fray, and after another Hyman goal (again with the help of McDavid’s extra-assisted drycite), Mike Smith got a Certified Mike Smith Moment 6, turning the puck into a helplessness. Goal to Landscog. The floodgates were open; Avalanche scores two more to make it 5-4, with Cassian assisting খেলা you guessed it — drysite shots and McDavid before tying the game from a rebound.
Add another failed inspirational narrative: tie late to send the game to overtime.
The OT lasted just over a minute as Arturi Lehkonen sent his team to the Stanley Cup Final for the second year. Before a near-high stick goal এটি it was close enough Don Koharsky called the broadcast “holy shit.”িনBut the goal came after a brief review with snowfall in the middle of their celebration on the ice. In the end, the Eulers had to wait for them to suffer, almost appropriately failed catharsis.
The questions that come out each year in the Eulers’ commitment to starring in a Sisyphean tragedy will inevitably come up: What will happen to Connor McDavid? Where will the Oilers go from here? But maybe this year the questioning will be less intense. Oilers coach Jay Woodcroft says they will take over as post-season “A Good Progress” And as well as that they could eventually be knocked out of the first round with the Oilers. McDavid and Dresital had play-off performances for the ages, with 33 and 32 points in 16 games, respectively. And if there’s anything to float upside down, DrySittle doesn’t have to grind her ankles into fine carbon powder or watch Darnell Nurse fight. Torn hip flexorAnd listening through the pain is appreciated for playing through.
For snow – well, they snow. If there’s still a push against their post-season record, they’ve faced injured team and backup goals and Mike Smith. But you can’t control who you play and I had to dig deep to find those knocks. They are a juggernaut, they are 12-2 in the post season, and they have won the Western Conference final without breaking a sweat. Anything less than a cup should give a push.