Kudos for skinner!…he never lets a bad game get him down!…I just hope he plays the next few games like he did tonight!

Draisaitl is now the fastest player in history to reach 20 goals on the road in the playoffs. Took him 26 games, he gets no proper praise. Love him to ☠!

I knew kaner would steal the show when it counted!…he’s the best!

Special teams have been fantastic. It needs to keep going.

The Oilers maintained composure for most of the game, very good to see. Stupid penalties helped to bury them in previous playoffs. I dont know how long this run will be, but I'm hopeful this series will be short.

Great game tonight! Stu was solid.. Kane was back to being Kane that we need.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ for Vinnie. Blocked shots, hits, disrupting Kings passes & getting the puck to our guys. Amazing. Evander in the Kings crosshairs. Elbow, slueth foot, head shot, shoves and they expected him to lay down and disappear? So naive. Great assist to Drai off the side of the net too.

I am also permanently scarred by that 3rd period 5 goal comeback by the Kings. I remember Fuhrs white mask, I remember singing on the bench. I remember kings DANCING DOWN THE ICE, and riding hockey sticks.

Gotta love McD's brilliant intuition, seizing the opportunity to do the unexpected, taking it a few feet straight to Talbot when he didn't see passing options, and then persisting. Talbot also failed to cover the puck in close on Hyman's goal -- a tendency they're exploiting?

I was fully expecting LA fans to be chanting "SKIN--NER, SKIN--NER. I guess they saw how well that worked for Talbot lmao

Great points on the play of Desarnais, and on Stew not letting Kempe kill us again!!!!

Solid play all around. Skinner reacted really well to a ton of pressure. Kane got healthy is what happened imo with Kane. Last 10 games of the season he was looking good and getting better. He could have had 3 goals right now if not for some excellent saves on him. Took a page from Gretzky on the off the net pass, nice! They will need this type of game consistently through every round to have a decent shot at the cup, so this is excellent.

What happened to the "bruuccccccccccccce McCurdy"? The Bruce part was too short. Good job, guys as always. You are my hockey-zen-space.

Let's go Desharnais! Great game again.

Great game from the Oilers. Mature hockey team that is ready for whatever is thrown at them

I appreciate the Masashi anecdote. Living in the moment is the essence of ‘clutch’. I think this is part of the problem with the maple leafs. They are so fearful of failure that they focus too much on the future and the past.

That Kings team plays dirty, I am fine when guys compete hard, hit hard, fight, etc...but the slew footing, low bridging, late hits, stick work...they are trying to injure!

The Curse of Nurse has been averted for today. Good Job Oilers!

Long post follows with base game statistics including some for the LA Kings. Read, don't read, up to you. These are BASE stats not detailed ones like the Cult of Hockey compiles. My comments at the end. Statistics for Edmonton Oilers at LA Kings April 26th, 2024 Playoffs Round 1, Game 3 Oilers 6, LA 1 (Oilers Lead Series 2-1) Oilers: Hyman 2 Goals (1 on PP) Draisaitl 2 Goals (1 on PP), 1 Secondary Assist (on PP Goal) McDavid 1 Goal (PP), 2 Primary Assists (on PP Goals) Kane 1 Goal, 1 Primary Assist Nuge 3 Secondary Assists (2 on PP Goals) Ekholm 1 Primary Assist Nurse 1 Secondary Assist Ceci 1 Primary Assist Skinner 27 Saves on 28 Shots = .964 Save %age (well done) Kings: Doughty 1 Goal Byfield 1 Primary Assist Anderson 1 Secondary Assist Talbot 34 Saves on 40 Shots = .850 save %age Oilers Kings Shots on Goal 40 28 Hits 22 35 Faceoffs Won 31 30 PP 3/7 0/5 PP Mins 45 47 Giveaways 5 (4 per NST) 7 (5 per NST) Takeaways 4 (3 per NST) 7 (2 per NST) Blocked Shots 18 (12 per NST) 11 (8 per NST) 3 Stars: 3-Nuge (3A, 2 on PP), Hyman (2G, 1 on PP), Draisaitl (2G (1 on PP), 1 A (on PP)) Oilers Player Stats: Player TOI SOG +/- PIM Hits Blocks Giveaways Takeaways Nurse 23:16 3 1 0 0 6 1 0 Ceci 21:00 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 Desharnais 19:05 1 0 2 1 3 0 1 Ekholm 18:20 5 1 2 1 2 0 0 Bouchard 17:19 5 1 14 0 0 0 1 Kulak 17:04 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 Nuge 19:16 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 McDavid 18:32 5 1 0 2 0 0 0 Draisaitl 17:51 4 2 2 0 2 0 0 Hyman 17:18 4 1 0 5 0 0 0 Henrique 16:50 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 McLeod 14:33 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 Kane 13:52 4 1 15 3 0 0 0 Perry 13:26 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Foegele 13:10 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 Janmark 10:34 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Carrick 10:02 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Holloway 8:42 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 Oilers Faceoffs Won Lost Percent Draisaitl 11 4 73.3 McDavid 7 5 58.3 McLeod 6 5 54.5 Carrick 4 8 33.3 Henrique 3 3 50.0 Nuge 0 3 0.00 Janmark 0 1 0.00 Holloway 0 1 0.00 Kings Faceoffs Won Lost Percent Kopitar 13 7 65.0 Danault 10 5 66.7 Lizotte 3 5 37.5 Dubois 2 7 22.2 Grundstrom 1 1 50.0 Byfield 1 2 33.3 Lewis 0 1 0.00 Arvidsson 0 1 0.00 I rarely do this but here is the penalty summary by team by period: Period 1: Oilers: Ekholm 2 mins Hooking, Bouchard, 2 mins Hooking Period 1: Kings: Kempe 2 mins Holding, Doughty, 2 mins Holding (PP Goal scored on this penalty) Period 2: Oilers: Draisaitl 2 mins Hooking Period 3: Oilers: Desharnais 2 mins Roughing, Holloway 2 mins Roughing, Kane 5 mins Fighting, McLeod 2 mins Unsportsmanlike Conduct, Kulak 2 mins Roughing, Bouchard 2 mins Roughing, Bouchard 10 mins Misconduct, Kane 10 mins Misconduct, Foegele 2 mins Interference, Foegele 2 mins Tripping Period 3: Kings: Kopitar 2 mins Roughing, Kopitar 2 mins Unsportsmanlike Conduct, Kempe 2 mins Roughing, Englund 5 mins Fighting, (the prior goals resulted in an Oilers PP Goal), Dubois double minor Roughing (2x 2 mins), Byfield 2 mins Roughing, Dubois 10 minute Misconduct, (the penalties starting with the double minor resulted in an Oilers PP goal), Anderson 2 mins Slashing, Doughty 10 min Misconduct, Fiala 2 mins Tripping Oilers WANTED this and got it (though sometimes you can regret what you get). It was a lively affair (if you consider 92 minutes of combined penalty time lively) with multiple misconducts given and Kane getting the ever allusive Gordie Howe Hatrick in a Playoff game (Goal, Assist, Fight (with ejection)). Some said the game got "chippy" in the third period. That's like calling a Tsunami "moisture" unless the chipping involved axes. This was an 80's game really. The fights, the blowout (no mercy style). Many of the 3rd and 4th liners were playing ABOVE their pay grade. I took special notice of Janmark, he was WORKING IT all night. Holloway didn't get a goal this game but he too was flying out there. LA Hit More (9 more actually so not inconsequential). Oilers shot more (like 12 more so not inconsequential). Oilers PP was running nearly 50% and the PK at 100% (and with all of the penalties in the 3rd those boys walk on water (when it's frozen or rain has soaked the sidewalk). Math wise this was a really fun game. I loved when LA scored and the Oilers (Kane) came back about a minute later to score. Oilers had this one pretty much from the jump. Now to do it 2 more times and move on. Take care all.

Was Bouchard ejected from the game? Or was it something else?

Those of us who speak other languages know that English is not a great language to say the least. It lacks character, excitement, and is kind of benign!! But the way Bruce McCurdy speaks, every once in a while, makes [his] English fun to listen to.

6-1, let's hope it's a sign of reaching playoff form. It needs to be maintained for the final 28 games of the year, at maximum. Preferably it would be more around 20-24 games...with 16 wins. (Has a team ever gone 16 or 28 games to win a cup, in the current format of 4 best of seven rounds? What's the historical max, min, and average?) Oilers won it in 18 games in '88.

What is that over your right shoulder Bruce? Smoker? Hot water tank? Still?

Awesome game, good to see Kane bring it. He needs to be in the top 6. Kings are targeting oilers and certainly targeted Kane. This is when Kostin would have been a solid addition to this oilers team and he was big against the kings last year.

Time to Warren Foegele going. He's off his game a bit.

A great game by Kane, A smart, tough playoff performance. I was annoyed with him on the first LA goal when he let Doughty beat him to the net, for the first Kings goal. He more than made up for that mistake, both on the scoresheet and drawing penalties, and getting the Kings players off their game.

Other than the goal against the Oilers played a very good game.

Didn't I tell everybody all year Kane will be alright? He's a big game player. Nobody ever listens to me. 😡😡😡

Sorry it's the la Queen's

Calm down one game is not the cup. The spoilers will not win yet again I hope I’m wrong

It's pretty bad when McDavid continually has more hits than Vinny (probably Nurse too)

Sadly, with the Oilers, I fear no lead is safe. Not even 5-0. I'm scarred for life, too.

Cmon boys call it as it is. He let in 3 bad goals this sugar coating shit not helping anything. If he dont propel edm deep into playoffs he out. Lets go boys

Kane meant to bank that off the goalie. It was not a genius play to Drai 😂

Spector is full of shit, And his comments about Kane were way out of line.