WCQF: PAC(2) Edmonton Oilers vs PAC(3) Los Angeles Kings | No Goods win 4-3

[looooob]

Originally Posted by hurtin_albertan

Nor was the massive charge that Yamamoto laid out in the corner (can't recall who he hit) right after the tying goal. If I recall correctly the one replay I saw he came flying in from the outer edge of the faceoff circle.

GIF anyone? I can't find anything...

was that the one where Singh was shrieking in delight? (ok that 's not a very specific statement regarding the 3rd period )

[NegativeSpace]

The biggest change is Smith is regressing back towards his typical standard SV% of .915. He always goes on hot streaks and he had a significant heater in April. He's been inconsistent in this series and is starting to regress back to his mean. In my opinion, Edmonton needs elite level goaltending because their 5 on 5 play is too weak.

Last night (game 5) was SV% of .884 was not good enough. Game 1 (L) was .886. Game 2 (W) was 1.000. Game 3 (W) was .957. Game 4 (L) was .933. His SV% this year was .915 but I think he needs to be at least .930 or better for Edmonton to win the next two in a row.

[looooob]

Originally Posted by NegativeSpace

The biggest change is Smith is regressing back towards his typical standard SV% of .915. He always goes on hot streaks and he had a significant heater in April. He's been inconsistent in this series and is starting to regress back to his mean. In my opinion, Edmonton needs elite level goaltending because their 5 on 5 play is too weak.

Last night (game 5) was SV% of .884 was not good enough. Game 1 (L) was .886. Game 2 (W) was 1.000. Game 3 (W) was .957. Game 4 (L) was .933. His SV% this year was .915 but I think he needs to be at least .930 or better for Edmonton to win the next two in a row.

was a reasonably typical Smith game last night- the Oilers were leaking high danger chances against and he made some strong saves, but then let in two , maybe 3? stinkers too. he's facing a lot of shots though, so this is going to happen

[BLOCKEDCAT]

Originally Posted by chedder

https://twitter.com/NHLPlayerSafety/...arsGTsvRw&s=19

Nurse is not a very good defenseman, but he's arguably their best defenseman. If he gets suspended (and he should), that's a big blow.

That's Nazim Kadri levels of playoff stupidity. 9.25m per year for the next 8 with full NMC for the first 5 years and M-NTC/NMC (10 team trade) for the final 3.

Jesus wept lmao

[CroFlames]

I'm looking forward to fans and media talking about the closes 4-2 series loss in NHL history.

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by CroFlames

I'm looking forward to fans and media talking about the closes 4-2 series loss in NHL history.

"We outscored them by a wide margin! It should be based on total goals, because we were obviously the better team!"

Book it.

[looooob]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

"We outscored them by a wide margin! It should be based on total goals, because we were obviously the better team!"

Book it.

Flames outscored the Sharks by 9 in 1995 and lost the series- not sure what the record is, but that was horrible


seem to recall Flames were the first team (or have I made this up) to outscore their opponent and lose the final (2004)


so yes please, bring this on

[dino7c]

How it started

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Nope. Oilers match up well against the division in general. Kings aren’t as good as their record suggests. Oilers will be one of the first teams to get into the 2nd round. Book it.

How its going

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

I don't want a BOA because that would mean the Oilers would have won a playoff round and quite frankly that organization, it's players, media, and fans don't deserve even that amount of success.

Glad you came to your senses

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by NegativeSpace

The biggest change is Smith is regressing back towards his typical standard SV% of .915. He always goes on hot streaks and he had a significant heater in April. He's been inconsistent in this series and is starting to regress back to his mean. In my opinion, Edmonton needs elite level goaltending because their 5 on 5 play is too weak.

Last night (game 5) was SV% of .884 was not good enough. Game 1 (L) was .886. Game 2 (W) was 1.000. Game 3 (W) was .957. Game 4 (L) was .933. His SV% this year was .915 but I think he needs to be at least .930 or better for Edmonton to win the next two in a row.

Quick has a .887
Smith has a .930

for the series

Oilers are getting worked out there...they are getting the goaltending and still losing so if Smith is falling off we are about to see a blowout

[NegativeSpace]

Originally Posted by dino7c

Quick has a .887
Smith has a .930

for the series

Oilers are getting worked out there...its not goaltending

I agree. I'm not suggesting that Quick has been better than Smith or outdueling Smith. I am also not suggesting that Smith has been bad objectively this series.

I just think that in my opinion, because Edmonton has been poor defensively and gives up a lot 5 on 5, they need him to perform at least .930 to win. He really can't let in more than 2 or 3 a game. Smith's heater in April seems to be slowing down and he's turning back into his regular self. If he dips below .930 and LA continues to carry the play, then the Oilers have to try to outscore their problems - which is tough when you don't have the puck very much.

Could totally change but that's what I'm seeing.

[Enoch Root]

If you said, before the series started, that Smith's save percentage would be more than 40 points higher than Quick's, then the only sane prediction would have been Oilers in 4 or 5 games.

The fact that that is the case, and yet they are LOSING the series, is truly astounding.

One big game from Quick, or #### game from Smith, and the Oilers are golfing.

[Saqe]

LAs offense is anemic, that's also bloating Smith's numbers. They get a ton of shots on net but mostly they're not that dangerous. But even the dangerous ones they convert at a modest rate.

[Five-hole]

Originally Posted by looooob

Flames outscored the Sharks by 9 in 1995 and lost the series- not sure what the record is, but that was horrible


seem to recall Flames were the first team (or have I made this up) to outscore their opponent and lose the final (2004)


so yes please, bring this on

I recall a 13-3 game or something to that effect v San Jose. Not unlike games 2 and 3 in the LA/EDM series. Ya gotta be consistently good, not just from time to time.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by Five-hole

I recall a 13-3 game or something to that effect v San Jose. Not unlike games 2 and 3 in the LA/EDM series. Ya gotta be consistently good, not just from time to time.

That was a regular season game...I was there as a kid

13-1

[Drake]

Nurse has been suspended one game.

[JackIsBack]

Originally Posted by BLOCKEDCAT

Nurse is not a very good defenseman, but he's arguably their best defenseman. If he gets suspended (and he should), that's a big blow.

That's Nazim Kadri levels of playoff stupidity. 9.25m per year for the next 8 with full NMC for the first 5 years and M-NTC/NMC (10 team trade) for the final 3.

Why would Nurse do that, in that situation of the game, it didn't require it and Smith was handling the puck just fine without it and he was in no way coming close to Smith before the whistle. I'll tell you what it is, it's a weak man getting the upper hand on a player that he feels got the better of him in a different situation early. He needed the leverage of the headbutt to get the upper hand and that's why this headbutt will lead to a suspension and not a fine - it was blatantly trying to injury a player for no hockey reason what so ever.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by looooob

was a reasonably typical Smith game last night- the Oilers were leaking high danger chances against and he made some strong saves, but then let in two , maybe 3? stinkers too. he's facing a lot of shots though, so this is going to happen

This. People talk like he's a sieve and he does have games like that. But more often than not he makes a lot of good saves because he's big and fairly agile (and he needs to be because his positioning is bad). But he will let in stinky soul crushing goals at the worst times.

[dino7c]

wait for him to lay down and go upstairs...they did it once, now I want MOAR

[djsFlames]

Nm

[BLOCKEDCAT]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1524465614718332928

Actually shocked it was only one.