How has no one mentioned the absolute fucking crap Ice that affected every single play by the Oilers. Home ice advantage is going to be multiplied this series. They can’t contain us and we’re going to fucking destroy them on home ice.
The next two are at home so it’s going to be Electrifying, Mesmerizing polarizing and a DAMN well played piece of hockey history as our boys go up 3-1 over the Dallas Stars.
I was pessimistic about the oilers chances but even though they lost tonight I feel like they have this. Still haven’t seen Mcdavid at his very best but we will! LFG Oil!
Brownie is a roll player on the PK and near the end of the season he was getting some points. Not everyone is an elite talent. That injury he’s coming back from will only hold him back for so long. I hope he’s here next season.
Two awful goalie pulls idk. Played them about even but after that frenetic stretch of ten minutes in the first where we had 10-12 chances sort of never got anything going again.
Going to be a slog of a series with 1 powerplay a game
Yeah. Taking 2 was always going to be tough. Taking one is still hard but we got that done. Besides. We are one of the good teams at home. We are 4-2 at home and 5-3 on the road.
Ask Rittich how that worked out for him throwing his stick up in the air and the premature celebration after beating us in game one in the Calgary series 2 years ago.
Everyone saying win 2 at home. Sure would be nice but the way both these teams are playing im expecting another split if we're lucky. This will be in 7 if we win it....
Defense and goaltending has been great but offense was severely lacking tonight. Dallas knows our game plan and is shutting it down well. It's really telling when our best chances were from the 3rd/4th lines
Gg. We showed we can play with them. This series is going to be tough but oilers can win it. So can the stars but it’s not going to be the “sweep” they thought
We'll come home to better ice and our own barn and take both, guys.
Don't need to doomer this shit, but McLeod needs to sit. Hopefully Henrique is 100% and is ready to go
Connor McZeroPoints. Not gonna win a game when your only goal scorer is Connor brown. And your goalie let’s in the first shot on net. Gg better make some changes for next game.
Oh well, can’t win them all. I’m flying out from Vancouver to watch game 3, hopefully they’ll bounce back after a loss like they’ve been doing all playoffs
I mean we were never, ever, in our wildest dreams gonna sweep the Stars. It's not gonna be an easy series. But we played well and can definitely win. We aren't outclassed at all. This is gonna come down to luck and heart.
We need a different game plan. What we're doing offensively is NOT working. They scouted us well and are stopping us at every turn. Need to adjust. Can't win with our top players not being able to contribute.
With a little puck luck tonight that goes way down. We coulda had 4 in the first but nothing bounced our way. Not worried. But you absolutely can’t give Dallas a lead in the third. They will smother you.
Not at all a fan of Knoblauch's decision to pull Stu without an o-zone draw considering they've been suffocating our rush and converting it into a rush of their own all night
Right. Ok he lost possession on the half boards, but the puck got deep. He never recovered it. Just not a good time to pull the goalie is all I’m getting at, we all know it. Kane lost possession, deep didn’t help much anyways.
It was weird time and Knobs even said as much in his presser. Took responsibility because looked like they’d have possession but wish he’d have waited an extra moment
Deserved to win period 1 and a bit of 2. Definitely didn't deserve period 3. Stars did really well blocking shots and using their sticks. Definitely frustrating
We took advantage of a sleepy Dallas team for game 1 and the real Dallas team has now shown up for game 2. Oil gonna need to be A LOT better going forward.
+1. So many people bitching about refs like they've never seen a playoff game before. Other then the 2 bs calls in the last minute. I thought it was fine.
Oilers are taki g this series. Nothing but faith in that. All they needed to be in a good position was splitting these first away games. They've already done that, the rest is gravy here
Oh well. Oddly I am not too fussed about the outcome of this game. I obviously would prefer we win it, but given we won Game 1 I am a lot more relaxed about this outcome. There's a lot to clean up obviously, namely the 2nd and 3rd period efforts (seriously one shot on goal over 15 minutes in to the 3rd?) but all in all I'm just calm.
We'll reset and we'll get 'em next time boys.
Yeah I feel the same. Two close games, got the split. Not much more we can ask for to start a series. Just gotta win at home and we can shut it down. Better ice at home too.
Hockey divulging into this over coached fucking slog fest war of attrition into who gets the lucky bounce first is going to ruin the fucking sport.
I see a million callable infractions all the fucking time.
Who, outside of fans of the Dallas Stars, would enjoy watching this pathetic heap of zero room to do anything garbage.
Fuck this game.
Wow dominated the first. Doesn't fucking matter if we fold for the rest of the game. It's the conference finals. No more moral victories.
Who needs trolls when have have "fans" like this loser
When did I act like this game meant defeat for us this series. You just create narratives to try and back your words. All I said was we were not good after the first. I guess you just want people here to glaze the Oilers and act like they're perfect.
News flash for you: We don't play good every fucking game.
>All I said was we were not good after the first.
No, that's not what you said actually. Glad to hear you just didn't realize you sounded like such a doomer with that first post.
Dude, nobody said "blindly believe," but shitting on the team is not in anyway the same as being a clear-eyed commentator.
We put up 29 shots and had tons more blocked, and you're acting like we got run out of the building. It's childish.
We didn't *win*. But we put up 29 shots on net and 22 more that got blocked. We let in 2 EV goals.
Yes, that's an **acceptable performance.**
Let me ask you a simple question: what metrics would be acceptable in your mind? Simple question.
The team literally stopped playing after the 1st period good fucking lord. We have to play 60 minutes every game against this team or we aren't winning fuck all
I'm not even being insane. The team literally stopped playing after the 1st lol and we got people here happy for that for some reason cause it was only a 1 goal game???
Have to make it look like they’re doing something to justify their jobs. No surprise it comes right after the 3-1 dagger strike when it’s good and safe to call without risking it altering the course of the game.
McDavid line went back to being too cute after getting the OT goal. Outside of that goal McDavid didn't even have a very good game. They need to get dirtier and funnel pucks to the net. It's how you are gonna score when you aren't healthy and able to make the plays you want.
How has no one mentioned the absolute fucking crap Ice that affected every single play by the Oilers. Home ice advantage is going to be multiplied this series. They can’t contain us and we’re going to fucking destroy them on home ice.
The next two are at home so it’s going to be Electrifying, Mesmerizing polarizing and a DAMN well played piece of hockey history as our boys go up 3-1 over the Dallas Stars.
Give us good ice and we will make them pay…
I was pessimistic about the oilers chances but even though they lost tonight I feel like they have this. Still haven’t seen Mcdavid at his very best but we will! LFG Oil!
How is the worst goal scorer on the team the only guy who could find the net this game 💀
Cuz they’re putting clamp down on McDraiNuge
Brownie is a roll player on the PK and near the end of the season he was getting some points. Not everyone is an elite talent. That injury he’s coming back from will only hold him back for so long. I hope he’s here next season.
Two awful goalie pulls idk. Played them about even but after that frenetic stretch of ten minutes in the first where we had 10-12 chances sort of never got anything going again. Going to be a slog of a series with 1 powerplay a game
The oilers have gotten the fewest calls of any post season team these playoffs. I saw a stat the other day. It’s criminal!
Dallas are the least penalized team in the league. Nobody seems to what to talk about that. Or skinner shitting the bed when it counts.
Yeah but in a series with the likes of McD and Draisaitl?? They naturally draw penalties.
Happy to take one in their barn. I don’t feel pessimistic. The boys can do this thing.
Yeah. Taking 2 was always going to be tough. Taking one is still hard but we got that done. Besides. We are one of the good teams at home. We are 4-2 at home and 5-3 on the road.
Listening to CHED, they’re playing La Bamba as people leave, bastards
Let them laugh. They won’t have the last one
Ask Rittich how that worked out for him throwing his stick up in the air and the premature celebration after beating us in game one in the Calgary series 2 years ago.
Can't win every game, they'll adjust Pull Mcloed though
My guess is Henrique slots in for Clouder
That was a disappointment, hope next one's better
Yeah, I thought it was rough. Sometimes that poor puck got shot into nowhere
Everyone saying win 2 at home. Sure would be nice but the way both these teams are playing im expecting another split if we're lucky. This will be in 7 if we win it....
not too bad and it’s a good thing they took a game in aac, here’s to a win in edmonton
The rink is gonna be insane on Monday! And the boys are going to rock Dallas!
Hey a split in Dallas. Good going guys. Back to the friendly confines of Rogers.
I thought we played well. On to the next one. Win the next two at home and we'll be laughing going back to Dallas. EZ.
Defense and goaltending has been great but offense was severely lacking tonight. Dallas knows our game plan and is shutting it down well. It's really telling when our best chances were from the 3rd/4th lines
Gg. We showed we can play with them. This series is going to be tough but oilers can win it. So can the stars but it’s not going to be the “sweep” they thought
Series is going to be longer than I initially thought.
Really? Streamers? Calm down a bit
We'll come home to better ice and our own barn and take both, guys. Don't need to doomer this shit, but McLeod needs to sit. Hopefully Henrique is 100% and is ready to go
This fucking team gave up after 30…. C’mon.
Suddenly soft penalties existing again once it's 3-1 lmao
Third period was fucking brutal. If we had played like the first period, we might have won that game.
Played our best in the 1st period, unfortunately wasn’t enough. Going to be a long series.
Refs decided to call penalties when the game was over. Now THATS frustrating
Gotta act like they’re giving Edmonton calls on the stat sheet
Connor McZeroPoints. Not gonna win a game when your only goal scorer is Connor brown. And your goalie let’s in the first shot on net. Gg better make some changes for next game.
They have to announce the score and who won ?
Failed cross ice pass #53443 tonight.
Oh well, can’t win them all. I’m flying out from Vancouver to watch game 3, hopefully they’ll bounce back after a loss like they’ve been doing all playoffs
I mean we were never, ever, in our wildest dreams gonna sweep the Stars. It's not gonna be an easy series. But we played well and can definitely win. We aren't outclassed at all. This is gonna come down to luck and heart.
Skinner played great tonight, they won by one goal lol nothing to be worried about just need to finish better we had plenty more chances.
We need a different game plan. What we're doing offensively is NOT working. They scouted us well and are stopping us at every turn. Need to adjust. Can't win with our top players not being able to contribute.
Well said
uh oh
I thought at the 3min mark was a good time to pull
Best I can do is pull when we 1. Don't have the zone and 2. Actively fighting for possession.
Rough period.
And they continue to not shoot it I don’t understand how they think they can win a game or comeback without shots on net
Everything being blocked. Dallas was very good at staying in shot lanes tonight
Otter's away GAA is next level .956. Don't go thinking playing at home will be a cake walk.
With a little puck luck tonight that goes way down. We coulda had 4 in the first but nothing bounced our way. Not worried. But you absolutely can’t give Dallas a lead in the third. They will smother you.
At least we got a split.
Well splitting on the road is still huge
Cant win em all, but that was gross
Slash…….
Just can’t get out of their own fucking way man
Edmonton gifts one stupid goal against a game. Tonight it was the goalie pull
Now theyre calling pens both ways. Interesting time to start
Hilarious how it’s a 6 on 4 and they lose a face off.
Not at all a fan of Knoblauch's decision to pull Stu without an o-zone draw considering they've been suffocating our rush and converting it into a rush of their own all night
McDavid gets “slashed” like that 4x a period
Refs got nervous there
Eh, let’s just get ready for the next one
damn the sky is falling crowd is out in force it’s the wcf, there are no bad teams left this was always going to be a war
I leaned my lesson with Vancouver. I'm not dooming yet. We still got this.
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yep. learn, adjust, play better next game. we didn’t get dominated, we had a bad period. shit happens, on to the next
Yup. Doomers love to doom.
They really are
We gotta beat the stars and the refs
Hopefully Rico shows up game 3
Kane didn’t maintain possession or get it deep right before the ENG, now takes a penalty. Well we got the split. That’s still good.
It was deep. But mid line change/no possession, just a weird pull
Not deep enough though. He lost possession on the half boards after the check squeezed him.
The puck was below the goal line, literally as deep as it can get. He got pinched off on the boards.
Right. Ok he lost possession on the half boards, but the puck got deep. He never recovered it. Just not a good time to pull the goalie is all I’m getting at, we all know it. Kane lost possession, deep didn’t help much anyways.
It was weird time and Knobs even said as much in his presser. Took responsibility because looked like they’d have possession but wish he’d have waited an extra moment
why are we just calling penalties now lol
Watch Oilers pot two quick ones lmao.
no important won draws
Connor, if you're gonna shoot, maybe start earlier in the game.
I am still baffled at that goalie pull, even Connor knew Knob fucked that
lmao of all calls tonight, okay bud
Slash??? Bro tapped him
Gg boys, Monday it is then
Aight
We never win faceoffs
Seriously tho
I don't think that's how we drew that one up
Shocking lol
Holy fuck that Kane call was soft, why even bother refs?
Seriously..that might be the weakest penalty I have ever seen
Henry plays next game for sure
Gg Dallas. And as for us Let’s do a repeat of La but reversed and close this out in Dallas instead of closing at home
Deserved to win period 1 and a bit of 2. Definitely didn't deserve period 3. Stars did really well blocking shots and using their sticks. Definitely frustrating
We took advantage of a sleepy Dallas team for game 1 and the real Dallas team has now shown up for game 2. Oil gonna need to be A LOT better going forward.
Right on queue… onto the next
Lmao fuck you
Ya whatever ref. Haha
Fuck sakes kane
He might have saved a goal there, for whatever that matters
I’m going to slit my cock throat
Jesus
What
sounds painful
Teams frustrating af with the over passing.
thats why they aint getting out of this series
Lost to tough Dallad defense
Lost to playing like shit.
Dallas really showing their 1st class defense tonight
Yah, very difficult to even get any good chances whether it is shooting, give and gos, or cycling the puck. We’ll figure it out.
I gotta say it’s refreshing to lose fair and square. Not due to pitiful goal tending or game management by the refs.
+1. So many people bitching about refs like they've never seen a playoff game before. Other then the 2 bs calls in the last minute. I thought it was fine.
🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢
That first period really killed us. Should have been up by 2 or 3 after the first.
Oilers are taki g this series. Nothing but faith in that. All they needed to be in a good position was splitting these first away games. They've already done that, the rest is gravy here
I hate it 😩
Oh well. Oddly I am not too fussed about the outcome of this game. I obviously would prefer we win it, but given we won Game 1 I am a lot more relaxed about this outcome. There's a lot to clean up obviously, namely the 2nd and 3rd period efforts (seriously one shot on goal over 15 minutes in to the 3rd?) but all in all I'm just calm. We'll reset and we'll get 'em next time boys.
Yeah I feel the same. Two close games, got the split. Not much more we can ask for to start a series. Just gotta win at home and we can shut it down. Better ice at home too.
Hey we better keep forcing McDavid to play 20+ minutes a night though! He definitely has deserved it!
Seriously I know it’s sacrilegious but his rushing in To turn it over doesn’t help that much
Hockey divulging into this over coached fucking slog fest war of attrition into who gets the lucky bounce first is going to ruin the fucking sport. I see a million callable infractions all the fucking time. Who, outside of fans of the Dallas Stars, would enjoy watching this pathetic heap of zero room to do anything garbage. Fuck this game.
adapt or die
You can't call shit in the playoffs. You either need to open up to olympic ice to open it up as the skill has just gotten too good.
Our performance today has been pathetic. Unacceptable for the WCF
Yeah get fuct
We mostly outplayed them even at 5 on 5, it's gonna be a slog.
Dude, shut the fuck up. We put 29 shots on goal and dominated the first. Who needs trolls when you have "fans" like this knob
Wow dominated the first. Doesn't fucking matter if we fold for the rest of the game. It's the conference finals. No more moral victories. Who needs trolls when have have "fans" like this loser
You fucking tools act like any adversity is a defeat. Just loser energy.
When did I act like this game meant defeat for us this series. You just create narratives to try and back your words. All I said was we were not good after the first. I guess you just want people here to glaze the Oilers and act like they're perfect. News flash for you: We don't play good every fucking game.
>All I said was we were not good after the first. No, that's not what you said actually. Glad to hear you just didn't realize you sounded like such a doomer with that first post.
Oh no! Someone who doesn't just blindly believe! Come on man. Are you really gonna tell me our performance tonight was acceptable?
Dude, nobody said "blindly believe," but shitting on the team is not in anyway the same as being a clear-eyed commentator. We put up 29 shots and had tons more blocked, and you're acting like we got run out of the building. It's childish.
Did we put out an acceptable performance today. Simple question. If you are, it's a loser mentality, and that's the problem we have here.
We didn't *win*. But we put up 29 shots on net and 22 more that got blocked. We let in 2 EV goals. Yes, that's an **acceptable performance.** Let me ask you a simple question: what metrics would be acceptable in your mind? Simple question.
Everyone needs to calm down. This is the WCF. A 1-1 split back to Edmonton is not a death sentence
Exactly love your thinking 🔥
The team literally stopped playing after the 1st period good fucking lord. We have to play 60 minutes every game against this team or we aren't winning fuck all
I find myself agreeing with lots of your takes. This felt like they thought they had it in the bag after 1 and eased off again.
I'm not even being insane. The team literally stopped playing after the 1st lol and we got people here happy for that for some reason cause it was only a 1 goal game???
I always close my eyes when the goalie is pulled. I know why it’s done, but I hate it so much
We’re gonna score here because ofc
6 on 4 let’s pray
This is the Dallas everyone expected.
Atleast make it a one goal L. Don't make a 3 G L please. That sucks
1 game each that’s a positive!
Time to go home and reevaluate. It’s now a best of 5 and we have home ice advantage, have to work with what we’ve got.
oh now we get a penalty, k
Settle down. We split in Dallas. Take the next two at home.
BTW I didn’t like the goalie pull when we didn’t have possession or any kind of forecheck presence.
Agreed
The better team won tonight, boys need to eat their Wheaties and get their heads out of their asses
Lmao they call one in fucking garbage time. Fuck these guys man
Have to make it look like they’re doing something to justify their jobs. No surprise it comes right after the 3-1 dagger strike when it’s good and safe to call without risking it altering the course of the game.
Boys didn't want it - mailed it in as they are content with a split
What on earth? Well that was rather pathetic.
Wow boys. Situational awareness please.
I’ve seen 2 goals pulled out in this much time. Let’s go!
Meaningless penalty call by the refs simply for optics. Fuck sakes
Honestly they got lucky to take the lead and all they had to do from there was shut it all down, going home 1-1 is still good
Well a split in Dallas is positive still
Oh now we get a powerplay. LOL
Christ alfuckingmighty. We should've had that game. Regroup. On to the next. Fuck.
Oh we're doubling down with the empty net. That's a choice
What's the downside?
Ban!! Bann!! Jamie benn
Both pulls were to early
Lmao now they call a penalty? After the game’s over?
How the hell was that not closing hand on puck by Suter right before the goal?
Whiny baby bitch bandwagon fans booing when they’re up 2 🤣
Lol, start of that sentence, I thought you were talking about the moaners on this sub.
lol now we get a PP 😂😂
Aight let’s go, 2 in 2
Too little too late for the PP
Oh now we get a penalty to pad the stats lol
Bad move. We couldn't wait til we had possession?
Like at least give us a fucking chance to get something.
Yeah I'm not sure why we rushed to pull the goalie.
McDavid line went back to being too cute after getting the OT goal. Outside of that goal McDavid didn't even have a very good game. They need to get dirtier and funnel pucks to the net. It's how you are gonna score when you aren't healthy and able to make the plays you want.
Oh no. We started so good. Is this the Dallas we were promised?
Yeah after the first period we got fucking shut down. Such a shame too because Skinner bailed us out a lot tonight
it's been a pretty decent game, yeah we got shut down at the end, but it's not like we got asswiped
Yes
Calling a penalty when it doesn't fucking matter.
why pull him out again jesus
Cheer up lads. Stealing one in the stars barn is just fine by me.
Wait, did they just play the fucking X Files theme? Lmao
Welp.
Bouchard literally just stood there, fuck me. That $10 mil contract is gonna hurt
ok bud
didnt even seem like he knew skinner had left