[OOT] April 12 - 5 series start tonight!

[Bourque's Twin]

Shots are 16-3 for the Sharks this period. I really hope they score before OT so the Oilers don't have a chance to regroup.

[dustygoon]

Oil doing best to hold puck while 97 rests for next shift. Sad.

[return to the red]

the big difference in this game now is the dump in's. Sharks doing a phenomenal job retrieving pucks in both ends of the ice

[btimbit]

You can almost sense the weak penalty call against the Sharks incoming. Hope I'm wrong

[Jbo]

Edmontons entire strategy is give it to McDavid for a rush.

[direwolf]

Pretty sure this is the first adversity the Oilers have faced in probably a month. It must be frustrating for them to not get a PP in the dying minutes of a game.

[Frequitude]

Hahaha. Oilers so scared to have their pass picked off for the thousandth time that they just held the puck for the last 15 seconds.

[djsFlames]

Originally Posted by Jbo

Edmontons entire strategy is give it to McDavid for a rush.

The stupid thing is it has been effective a lot of the year. Can't believe teams don't anticipate it more. He's pretty good, I guess.

But the playoffs are another level, kids.

[Gaudfather]

Let 'em play in OT refs!

[oldschoolcalgary]

good fight back by SJ... !

really Talbot is the reason they are in OT

[dustygoon]

Coilers are so chicken. Hiding behind net to wait for mcDavid to rest up and get back on ice.

[btimbit]

Originally Posted by djsFlames

The stupid thing is it has been effective a lot of the year. Can't believe teams don't anticipate it more. He's pretty good, I guess.

But the playoffs are another level, folks.

For sure. The Oilers are built for regular season success, they don't have the depth to do damage in the playoffs

[kirant]

Originally Posted by Jbo

Edmontons entire strategy is give it to McDavid for a rush.

This caught my eye as well. Almost every play with McDavid's line boils down to clearing some space in the neutral zone to let him speed up and hit the blue line fast enough to generate a chance.

[jg13]

Anytime the Oilers come into the offensive zone with McDavid 3 on 3 Randorf sounds like he's going to explode.

[Flame$4Ever]

Would love to see burns hammer that Mcnugget into the boards...show him what playoff hockey is about.

[btimbit]

Man, if Thornton was in this game the Oilers would be down 4-2 at least

[Nammer403]

Wow what a move by Steen

[djsFlames]

Originally Posted by btimbit

Man, if Thornton was in this game the Oilers would be down 4-2 at least

With all those Sharks PPs? Yeah, probably.

They're sure missing tarantula beard.

[zarrell]

Why do American fans always stand through overtime?

[AC]

Blues get the PP in OT.