Edmonton Oilers advance to West Final with OT win over Flames

Connor McDavid scored 5:03 into additional time to provide the Edmonton Oilers a 5-4 win over the Calgary Flames Thursday night time.

“It’s arduous to place into phrases what that one meant to me,” McDavid stated after the sport. “The blokes did a fantastic job of hanging in there all night time. It undoubtedly wasn’t our greatest effort, however we caught in there and we acquired nice performances from a bunch of various guys. Simply joyful to contribute on an evening have been I possibly didn’t have my greatest.”

The Oilers win the sequence 4-1 and can play within the Western Convention Last for the primary time since 2006.

The Flames took the lead midway via the primary when Andrew Mangiapane transformed a move from Blake Coleman.

Mikael Backlund made it 2-0 with a deflection within the second interval.

The Oilers got here again with two objectives in 2:16. Darnell Nurse ripped dwelling a shot from the excessive slot, then Jesse Puljujarvi tucked in a free puck after a shot from Zach Hyman.

Late within the second, the groups set a brand new NHL playoff report by combining for 4 objectives in 1:11. Hyman rapped in an influence play aim to provide the Oilers the lead. Johnny Gaudreau and Calle Jarnkrok tallied for Calgary. Evan Bouchard pounded in some extent shot off a move from Leon Draisaitl, his third help of the interval. It was 4-4 after two.

The Flames thought they took the lead with 5:57 left within the third. Backlund’s shot went via Smith and was headed over the road. Blake Coleman drove the web and had the puck go in off his skate. After video evaluation, the officers dominated Coleman propelled the puck in together with his skate. The aim was taken off the board.

“Relies upon what you name a definite kicking movement,” Flames head coach Darryl Sutter stated. “If any individual’s on the bottom and also you carry your foot up, kick him within the head, that’s a definite kicking movement.

“When you slide your foot within the floor, it’s not a definite kicking movement.”

Stated Coleman: “I opened my foot, however my understanding is which you can redirect the puck off your foot so long as you’re not lifting it and kicking it into the web. I’ll go watch it once more and possibly it’s obviously apparent. I simply didn’t really feel like I did.”

In additional time, Draisaitl slid the puck to McDavid, who stepped into the slot and fired a shot previous Jacob Markstrom’s glove.

“I believed our entire group did a fantastic job, apart from Sport 1 clearly, to sort of modify and get again to what makes us profitable as a group,” Draisaitl stated. “So, I’m actually, actually happy with the blokes.”

Draisaitl had 4 assists and completed the sequence with 17 factors.

“I feel with our group there’s a measure of calm, a measure composure and a robust perception that we have now the individuals within the room that may get us via any kind of circumstance — so we felt good about our probabilities,” Oilers head coach Jay Woodcroft stated.

The Oilers will tackle both Colorado or St. Louis within the subsequent spherical.

(With recordsdata from The Canadian Press)