Connor McDavid recorded FIVE assists, Evan Bouchard had 4 assists, Adam Henrique scored his first playoff goal since 2012 and Leon Draisaitl scored a huge powerplay goal in the third period as the Edmonton Oilers routed the LA Kings 7-4 in game 1 of their Western Conference Quarterfinals series. The score was a bit closer than I think the #oilers would have liked as they had leads of 4-0 and 6-2 but the #kings continued to claw their way back into the game. Game 1 is in the books, EDM takes a 1-0 series lead in the first round for the first time since 2003, LET’S GO!
ICYMI:
-Eastern Conference Round One Predictions: https://youtu.be/umNc1-3ASMg
-Western Conference Round One Predictions: https://youtu.be/JSoU2vFMKZY
If you’ve created a Bracket Challenge account and haven’t joined my League yet you still can! JOIN The Austin Hockey League for a chance at prizes and the best prize of all, bragging rights: https://bracketchallenge.nhl.com/en/leagues/21954
Friendly Reminder: I will be LIVESTREAMING the first 4 games of the Oilers first round series against LA, and you can catch ALL the action right here on Austin Hockey!
If you don’t want to miss any updates, announcements or video uploads make sure to Subscribe to my channel and follow my socials!
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AHockey1993
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/austinhockey.bsky.social
TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@AHockey1993
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ahockey1993/
If you liked today’s video make sure to hit “like” and if you really liked it make sure to “subscribe” as we continue to build the best hockey YouTube Channel in 2024
21 Comments
I didn't touch on it in today's video but Trevor Moore should absolutely be suspended one game for that low-bridge on Desharnais last night.
I live in Taiwan, I get the games at 10am.
For some reason my attention turned to Janmark. I don't know his numbers but his compete level was noticeable! He was tenacious af on opposing players he targeted. Love it!
We should give some of the underappreciated players some love.
I was glad that the coaches chose to play 3 & 4 lines more in the 3rd period where it was obvious the Kings had given up the game and were playing physical instead of playing the puck. Smart move.
Kulac kicked ass last year in the playoffs. Hope it happens. He was skating everywhere.
This game was basically 6-2 because the empty net goal was lame and 2 kings goals were so flueky
Two kick ins for L.A.by our big foot Nurse š¤¦āāļø
I told my girlfriend i love her, but please tell Taz i love him too!
So many hats. Where do they go?
Just out of curiosity: how much are tickets for playoff-games in Canada? In Germany, hockey games are usually a little cheaper than soccer which is of course the dominant sport here
Love the Oilers!
The Oilers and the refs vs the Kings.šÆ
Man thatās unfortunate for skinner he played phenomenal. 2 own goals and an unlucky stick break costing him some goals (I also heard the sn team thinks the first one was also off an oiler but still) he played amazing
Love how right when I said āNurse has been having a solid gameā and then the own goal happen
Let's get the second win and a split in LA. Then we'll be in control
Three of the LA goals were bad luck. One off Bouchardās skate, one off Nurseās skate, then the broken stick with Ceci. He should have gloved it to the boards instead of in the slot but itās easy to play sitting on the couch lol!! Great game by the whole team.
The wave should be illegal
Winning 6-2, a couple drinks in me… yeah I would join the wave. 2 goals against later I'd be encouraging other to simmer down š
Last year the officiating was exactly what you mentioned. Oilers' PP was so good, they were reluctant to call anything on LA because it was too much punishment to get scored on half the time.
Apparently there was over a thousand hats thrownā¦ I mean like DANG!
Fantastic game last night for sure! Like you said, Iād like to see the boys do a better job closing it down a little more effectively, but definitely canāt complain about the boys braking the curse with a Game 1 win! Letās go!!!
I clicked on this as a Kings fan to say: you guys know what having Cam Talbot as your goalie is like, go easy on us this time.