Philip Danault flubbed a wrist shot from the high slot on a rush, but the puck fluttered over the right shoulder of Stuart Skinner. The goal came after Connor McDavid tied it 5-5 at 18:32 by beating Darcy Kuemper far side off the left post from the right circle on a rush. Stuart Skinner imploded on a night the Oilers erased a 3-goal third period deficit. It’s unacceptable. Austin Hockey talks about the game and gives his thoughts in tonight’s fan reaction. #oilers #edmontonoilers #nhl
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27 Comments
No disrespect I’m an la fan who was there last night Edmonton look so sloppy can’t pass or communicate and poor mcdavid and Leon will never win on their own exhibit a last night. We had so much fun taunting your boy skinner last night he was a lost duckling, mcdavid is gone from Edmonton if we bounce y’all in the first
Man, I signed out at like 10 minutes left after that disaster of a call of the puck going over the glass, down 5-3 going into a double minor penalty kill I assumed they were doomed. Next thing I know it's 5-5 by the time I was done showering. THEN, by the time I booted up my PC again to watch what I thought was about to be a wild overtime, I saw the chat spamming omg and 6-5….then my stream kicked on and the Oilers were already behind again…what a night….X_X
Skinner is weak but Bouchard should sit out and watch what defenders do until he catches on
I’m so mad that goal got let it, would a been awesome if we won 6-5 in OT.
Why dont we talk about the goalie coach? Kinda getting annoyed with the stuart skinner narrative. Its not just him that isnt prepared to win a game. Our entire team shit the bed in the beginning. Bouchard is a liability, even if you take away his oopsies. Skinner didnt lose us the game, we outscored and bad ones he let in. I believe we lost because of poor coaching and not boxing the net like we should among many other things. Definitely dont agree with this take this time Austin.
Hindsight 20/20 but the Fredric/Janmark/Skinner line would have been perfect to close the 3rd period out after tieing the game. They were rested and already scored and deserved to have been rewarded with some key icetime – unlikely to have let a goal the other way.
If Knob is going to dog our top guys like this everygame they wont last for the cup run.
That said, Knob is FINALLY giving Perry the icetime he deserves and playing regularly with our other top playmakers (and yes Perry is a top playmaker, even if he is slow). Likewise, Skinner is also getting more top time. Knob even put Nuge on D for crunch time – instead of Nurse lol this is the kind of thing we've been asking for all season.
Goalie situation man, the Knuckler was a fluke. No more adredious than Bouchard's blatant slot giveaway. Skinner got a shutout and has looked solid enough after coming back despite this game. Picard didn't step up when he had the chance to show that he's any better option. If anyone should be sitting on the bench all next game it's Bouchard. Stu is the best we've got.
As a kings fan, Kings got to play a full 60 minutes but holy fricken crap McDavids nuts.
Good game and good luck tomorrow, Go Kings Go!
As a kings fan, Kings got to play a full 60 minutes but holy fricken crap McDavids nuts.
Good game and good luck tomorrow, Go Kings Go!
Bouchard's D is worse than Skinner…
What I take from this game is it did take us awhile to get going which is fine. If we continue to play like we did for the last half of the game, this will be over in 5 like last year. The 6th goal was a back breaker and of course the person to blame is skinner. But he didn't see the puck at all so how can you blame him when he didn't even know it was coming. He played solid for that 5 on 3 that he took a lot of grade a shots. That said, he's not a #1, I am not sure why management can't see it.
Giving up 6 goals is never good but wasnt really any soft ones… the last one was a fluke bounce and 4th one he could have had but two guys uncovered right in front of net also a problem
I think the winning goal can be explained by Skinner being screened at the moment the Kings player 'shot' the puck, so he never saw the release. Add to that the knuckleball / change up speed (how many time have goalies been beaten by a shot that was coming in fast and slowed to a crawl by a deflection and the goalie can't stop his initial reaction speed?) and he never had a chance. Indeed, he was looking straight ahead as the puck fluttered past his shoulder.
Having said that, the Kings are a garbage team from top to bottom, side to side, front to back. Garbage goals, garbage saves. All the Oilers need to do to take them out in the next 4 straight is to recreate the third period intensity immediately, swarm their POS goalie, remove a few teeth from the D trying to keep them out of the middle and get a 3 or 4 goal lead in the first ten minutes. Last night's game quickly turned into one in which it was the Oiler's to lose.
I completely agree.
Last goal for LA was not skinners fault at all. He got snowed by our ol buddy Foegele. Couldnt see a thing
40 minutes of play, the team had 10 shots on net… LA was putting on a defensive masterclass
Skinner was FAR from being the reason we lost that game.
2:57 and who was the best player on that PK?
If you're gonna throw Stu under the bus, at least be honest about the whole scenario
EDIT: The more I listen to you, I wonder if you just turned the game on in period 3. You want 1 more save ? Fair. How many less turnovers would you like ?
Playing off Bouchards egregious turnover as "mistakes happen" is the same shilling for bouchard that you're accusing MSM of doing for stu
Boucher gets points but holy smokes does he suck. Every time i watch the Oilers play he assists on 2 or 3 of the other teams goals.
Skinner the goalie is so bad. i watch 40 + games and he lets in 2 or more soft goals every time i watch,
Pickard has been better every time he plays. If Skinner plays game 2 and Bouchard gets 28 minutes you might get swept. i think you are worse than last year and Elkholm out you have no chance.
Too many defensive fups!
Skinner was ok but not good enough! It a was thrilling 3rd period tho!
Skinners bag lickers will defend his shitty play to the very end.
Bouchard and Stuart suck!!
Kings fan here… It was a bad break for Skinner because there was no way for him to anticipate a floating knuckle-puck while simultaneously trying to see past a charging Foegele. Tough chance for any goalie.
In regards to the puck over the glass, it hit a cable that suspends the protection nets, that was the noise heard.
Skinner got skinned….again!!
I can’t believe that the Oilers management wants to literally squander and sacrifice this epic team and moment in time (and hockey history) to continue to back Stuart Skinnner. I’ve been saying for a year that we need to get a new goalie like Silovs. We are only as strong as our weakest link….this is a no brainer.
McDavid is going to want out of Edmonton soon.
I'm not a huge stu defender, but i honestly feel like that was a great game from him. The team really wasn't doing worth a damn in front of him for the first two periods. That last goal definitely can't be on him. He could see at all after foegele snowed him and then screened him.
I can’t believe oilers fans are not furious that 97 and 29 didn’t rest after they tied it. That’s a play that never happens if they’re not physically done. No goalie bails out this team.
It was a muffin of a goal, but the defense was absent for the majority of the game. I'm not saying Stu is the starter we need, but the D left him out to dry and you cannot put it all on him. Bouchard is a pylon. The first two goals were completely on the defense, Kings players completely open right next to the net, nobody challenging them. Goal #3, three Oilers are behind the net leaving the slot completely open (Bouchard on the ground for absolutely no reason). Goal #4 almost the exact same mistake as the previous goal, except it's a Bouchard turnover this time. NOBODY IN THE SLOT. Two LA players open right in front of Skinner. Unacceptable. Hopefully they can learn from their mistakes in Game 2, because McDavid's display of leadership and dominance cannot go to waste like that. Go Oilers.