Edmonton Oilers

Connor McDavid's overtime goal Thursday clinched the first playoff Battle of Alberta in 31 years as the Oilers defeated the Calgary Flames 5-4 to move onto the ...

"The fans were amazing in both buildings — especially in Edmonton. "But we're only halfway. We're very happy, very proud of what we've achieved so far this post-season, but there's more to be had for us. "It was a great battle. "It was an important moment for our team," Woodcroft said of McDavid's Game 5 heroics. But our team wants to contribute to that type of history. "Just hung in there all series and found a way. "A lot of moments where people were hard on us. We're very excited. "I'm sure the people at home are very excited," Draisailt said. The Edmonton Oilers have a rich history. McDavid and Draisaitl lead the playoffs with a jaw-dropping 26 points each.

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The play then went under review and apparently, enough evidence was found to overturn the goal. I think this is a farcical call personally, especially whe you consider that puck is going in whether he touches it or not. The Edmonton Oilers are moving on to the Western Conference Final but they aren’t doing so without some controversy.

The Oilers will now await the winner of the Colorado Avalanche-St. Louis Blues series, with the Avalanche up 3-2 heading into Game 6 of that series Friday ...

The teams set a new NHL mark for fastest four goals in a playoff game, sharing two each over a span of just 1:11. “The goal was to make the playoffs,” he said. Fans at the Saddledome will likely take a long time to digest the overturning of what appeared to be a go-ahead goal from Blake Coleman with 5:57 remaining in regulation. I haven’t watched it enough but at live speed I felt like I was in a battle and just my understanding is you can direct the puck but you just can’t kick it.” And we’ve had to learn a lot of lessons along the way.” Draisaitl’s first assist of the night allowed him to reach the 50-playoff-point mark in just his 32nd career postseason game.

In the wild series clincher Thursday, there were two goals by each team in less than a minute and a half and the Oilers managed to outlast the Flames 5-4 ...

This ‘n‘ that: Calgary’s Chris Tanev played the last two games with a torn labrum, separated shoulder and neck sprain…It’s Ben Stelter’s sixth birthday Friday … Craig Simpson didn’t work colour with Chris Cuthbert because he has laryngitis. Tonight wasn’t our finest hour in terms of defending but as the series went on we got better at that.” They disposed of Calgary in five in ’83 and a four-game sweep in ’88 highlighted by Gretzky’s overtime winner on Mike Vernon. Calgary’s win was in seven games in ’86. But as McDavid said at noon, after the morning skate, “We’re desperate to close out the series.” It broke the record of 93 seconds by the Leafs and Flyers in Game 5 of the 1976 quarter-finals. That was really the moral of the whole series.” “The guys did a great job of hanging in there all night…certainly not our best effort. Article content This last one wasn’t pretty, because the Oilers had to survive a fortuitous video replay to wipe out a goal by Blake Coleman off his skate with five and and half minutes left. It came predictably off Leon Draisaitl’s fourth assist of the night and 17th point in the series as the Oilers won it 4-1. Article content Article content

Their would-be go-ahead goal was disallowed due to what the NHL determined was a “distinct kicking motion.”

Except that the NHL ruled that he’d kicked it in. Just 16 ticks after that, Jarnkrok snapped a blocker-side beauty for his first goal in the Flaming C logo. McDavid, Draisaitl & Co. will represent the Pacific Division in the conference final. Article content Article content Coleman arrived at the blue paint, jostling for position with defenceman Cody Ceci, and it was his left skate — turned slightly open — that ultimately knocked the puck across the goal-line as he narrowly avoided crashing into the post. Article content Flames fans will always wonder, however, what might have been if not for this controversial wave-off. Article content “But can’t go back and change (the call) now.” Article content Article content

In the first Battle of Alberta in over 30 years, things sure didn't disappoint. 45 goals came over the course of the series that saw numerous records be broken.

St. Louis is a team that has been there, and done that before winning the cup in recent years. - It was, without a doubt, a bad break for the Flames. It’s a tight call that clearly didn’t go in Calgary’s way, but the truth of the matter is why was Coleman thinking even trying to do anything? The guys did a great job of hanging in there all night,” said McDavid. “Definitely wasn’t our best effort, but we stuck in there and got great performances from a bunch of different guys. Or that Zach Hyman scored as many goals in the series as Matthew Tkachuk, Elias Lindholm and Johnny Gaudreau combined. They’ve become the sixth and seventh players to record 26+ points in the first 12 points of a postseason. Maybe he didn’t have those jaw-dropping moments we saw earlier in the series, but he still fired four shots on goal and the Oilers controlled the pace of play and the goals with him on the ice at 5×5. There was no shortage of offence, no shortage of rough stuff after the whistles, and no shortage of storylines. Heading into game two, the lines were juggled and all of a sudden, this was Edmonton’s series to lose — not Calgary’s to win. The feed from Leon Draisaitl on the half-wall saw Connor walk into the slot and end it. Hyman’s tally kicked off a record-setting 1:11 that saw four goals scored, the fastest time in which that happened in playoff history. Darnell Nurse. Jesse Puljujarvi. Zach Hyman. Three big goals that all of a sudden got the Oilers back in front. Sure, the first 66 minutes of the series were far from ideal where the Oilers allowed a staggering 11 goals against in moments that those dreaded nerves took over.

Zach Hyman had a goal and two assists and Darnell Nurse, Jesse Puljujarvi and Evan Bouchard each also scored for the Oilers. Mike Smith made 32 saves, helping ...

Colorado leads that series 3-2, with Game 6 set for Friday in St. Louis. The Oilers will face either the Colorado Avalanche or St. Louis Blues in their first conference final appearance since 2006. Edmonton captain Connor McDavid scored at 5:03 of overtime, bringing the Oilers to victory over the Calgary Flames 5-4 on Thursday night in Game 5 of the second-round playoff series, and advancing them to the Western Conference finals.

Connor McDavid's overtime goal clinched the first playoff Battle of Alberta in 31 years as the Oilers defeated the Calgary Flames 5-4 to move onto the ...

“Special,” McDavid said. “But we’re only halfway. We’re very happy, very proud of what we’ve achieved so far this post-season, but there’s more to be had for us. But our team wants to contribute to that type of history. “I’m sure the people at home are very excited,” Draisailt said. McDavid and Draisaitl lead the playoffs with a jaw-dropping 26 points each.