[Sylvanfan]

Chris Kelly with his best game of the playoffs helps lead the Oilers to a 6-1 win to open the Howe Conference finals. Rick DiPietro only was able to keep 9 of the 14 shots his way out of the net which allowed the Oilers to build up a 5-0 lead by the end of the second period. Seeing all those goals go in took some wind out of a Hawks team who managed only 1 shot that period while giving up 4 goals. Shanahan, Straka, Vermette, and Sharp also had multi point games for the Oilers who won game 1 for the third straight series. Hopefully this series can continue the way the last two did for us.