New York. The Edmonton Oilers stars dominate the ‘Battle of Alberta’.
In tonight’s game-winning home game at Rogers Place, Evander Kane scored a hat-trick, and prodigy Conor McDavid scored up to three new goals.
– They have great numbers, yes. But what impresses me most is the will, drive and playing throughout the course, says coach Jay Woodcroft after the 4-1 win.
The Oilers really gained momentum in the cherished Battle of Alberta.
They won Game Two in Calgary last Friday and followed up last night with an even stronger show at home in frenetic Edmonton.
The score was certainly 0-0 after 20 minutes, but they won shots in the first half by a rough 21-7 – and at medium pace they eliminated them.
With an accident.
Evander King Score three goals – as hats fly over the ice – and Conor MacDavid It represents three new passes.
In total, he reached 23 points (6 + 17) in ten matches and these are numbers we haven’t seen since the days of Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux.
Yes, the fact is, the 25-year-old player from Ontario is the first in NHL history to have earned more than one point in nine games during the ten opening playoffs.
The numbers are really impressive, says coach Jay Woodcroft when he meets with the media afterwards.
– But what impresses me most is the will, the drive, and the game across the track. It inspires and spreads to the rest of the team.
The Flames didn’t seem to have any counterattacks at the moment, but they knew who it was that they should try to stop him in the future.
“We let the player take control,” Rasmus Anderson sighs.
– The individual can’t stop it, so we have to do it as a team.
In fact.
Oliver Killington scored a consolation goal for Flames at the end of the third half with a assist from Kaley Yarnrock.
In the box, Jacob rips Markstrom like an animal in the first period and manages to block all 21 shots McDavid & Co threw at him, but in the second the embankment broke and in the third he was replaced by Dan Vladar.