“If it’s broke, don’t fix it” is apparently Kris Knoblauch’s motto as he goes into tonight with a lineup closely resembling that of game 2’s catastrophe. Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl continue to be paired on the same line, and Trent Frederic continues to draw into the lineup over Jeff Skinner. Only time will tell if this team is cooked or if they can rally around starter Calvin Pickard and find a way to win. Austin Hockey has all the stats, lineups, keys to the game, and more in today’s game 3 preview! #oilers #edmontonoilers #nhl
0:00 – Intro
3:45 – Lineups
12:21 – Stats
15:43 – Keys to Game and Prediction
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45 Comments
Skinner being sat again is absolutely baffling.
4-1 LA 🙂
Yay win 1 fuckin game! Let’s not get swept and made a statement of
Skinner, Jones > Frederic, Kane
It's called chemistry and suddenly Frederic and Kane are supposed to have it out of the blue in round 1 of the playoffs after being injured (all year in Kane's case) ?
Knob has no concept of creating an organic team hierarchy or ladder structure that is based on earning your specific spot in the lineup (in turn, the foundation for chemistry for take form). This was not the time for an experiment, but here we are.
It's do or die tonight.
I said it couple weeks from the trade deadline if they dont do a goalie for the playoffs they better be able to score more and faster then Skinner lets them go in.
fire bowman before the draft
WHAT? Darnell Nurse has no defenseman to play with! What do you thinks Skinners Problem is ! We are in Defense withdrawals without Ekholm God Bless him I hope he heals well.
God checks his feed, sees a smiley face in the prediction and thinks "Oh, alright."
Where is Stetcher?
Pickard was the only choice all you need is pickard to be average and I think they can win tonight plus they naturally play better in front of him
Kings PP is better and they don't go into their 1-3-1 shell all game like past years. They even used to stay in the 1-3-1 when they were down multiple goals 😆 much more aggressive and skilled. Byfield making strides.
pre-game for oilers – grab tissues and check vocals. crying and yelling will ensue
Hey Austin! Thanks for these videos! I've absolutely been loving them! I'm a Oilers and Lightning fan, so I'm really suffering right now. But, your videos have helped me get through this horrible slump. 🙂
the oilers need to learn from what the st louis blues did last night and get a win in game 3. if they cant do that then the series is 100 percent over
Knoblach is a moron.
You said exactly what I came here to say! The fact that the blues beat Winnipeg last night gives me hope. I’m not for the blues but just the same situation so I really hope Edmonton wins!! 😭 disappointing they didn’t switch it up for tonight’s game with the lineup….? Da phuqqqqqq
These lineups are not ideal at all. And seriously Knoblauch, whats the matter with the hate on Jeff Skinner? Literally 0 reasons to be playing an injured guy (Freddy) over an elite goal scorer which the team needs. If the Oilers lose this series, Knoblauch (and most of the management for that matter) should be immediately fired. Players can be dealt with afterwards. Anyways the only thing thats stopping me from an Oilers loss today is the fact that the Kings are pretty terrible on the road, maybe it translate into this game. No players to watch today, just play as a team AND HELP YOUR GOALIE ON DEFENSE!! Whatever the score, just get the win.
Not sure why they’re stacking the first line again when the Danault line clamped them down right out of the gate
As a Kings Season Ticket Holder, IMHO, your team is more injured than is being let on. Asking Kane to fire on all cylinders is a tough ask. Drai and McDonut (yeah, that's his nickname down here) on the same line makes no sense to me. I harken back to last summer and did not like the loss of Ceci and Broberg…This Kings team has a big chip on their shoulders as NO ONE is thinking they can pull off this series… And that is why we play the games. Austin, love your stuff. GKG
Honestly , the oilers have done so many things that has " never been done before " ❤ we got this .
I have to be honest , i really want us to win the cup, to be able to give mcdavid and drai what they deserve. however the only thing that will wake our management up would be to get swept right now … get knob out of here, how is he not playing jeff skinner again but plays trent frederic which cannot even skate atm
💪💪 Oilers in 6 !! 💪💪 BELIEVE.
If we get swept like I suspect we will, we need to fire Knoblauch and Bowman and retool the team. We're worse then last year and it's very clear and apparent now.
Grats on the 5k huge milestone. I have been around since last season and I would love to shake your hand sir.
Oilers need nothing short of a blowout, they need to embarrass LA and leave them with nothing positive to take away from the game. Oilers can win a blitz against LA, they can't win a war of attrition against that team
I hate that knob he is a knob and they should fire him shittiest coach ever sucks ass sits Jeff Skinner what a loser
Sit arvidsson and perry. Put kapenen and jonesnin syart smashing l.a defence into submission
Wtf are the defense pairs? What a disaster
Kings are a big f***ing team, skinner is small and inexperienced, screw it lol feed him to the wolves lol
The problem with expecting Oilers to pull a Blues style blowout is that the first two games in Blues Jets series were very close, in fact, Blues were leading in various points of that game. Jets were a bit better towards the end, that's it. Oilers aren't playing half as good.
Guy went over 1000 games without no playoff action and still continues damn…..
Kings are going to eat pickard alive, cold meat 🍖 😋 👌, they still got bouchard and nurse have fun with that 😅😂
Edmonton is smaller, older( oldest team in the NHL) Google it
It's kings in 5
its crazy, knobloch could take a puzzle thats meant to never be unsolvable, and be unable to solve it. what is his fucking brain power with these line set ups
Yeap, bench the bomber. Reduce the liabilities.
Too many soft old dads on the team now.
kings in 4. blame the bowman/jac kson/knob massacre. New GM "GET US A REAL GOALIE" and fix this team.
I’m not gonna watch tonight as much as I want to. I feel like I’m a curse to this team everytime I watch them in playoffs they lose. They won’t score all night but as soon as I go outside for a smoke they score or everytime I look away for a minute. If they win thank me later for missing this one
Oilers ready to destroy los angeles kings
Absolutely need a win tonight, and I'm keeping the faith!! I'll predict a nice 5-0 win that the Oilers will completely dominate for 60 minutes!! But yes, some players on this team absolutely need to get going, and I don't agree with Skinner being sat again either. Really hope that Frederic is able to get in Kuemper's face and cause his usual chaos, and hope most of all that Pickard will be a brick wall in that net and inspire confidence in the team in front of him. LET'S GO OILERS!!!! Time to get back in this series!!
Last change advantage for Oilers.
who knows thisbis a big game for pickard , hope he does well , let jeff skinner play bench Buchard for the rest of the playoff then trade him
you weren't wrong about skinner getting coddled by media and fans. it's plain as day he is not an nhl caliber goaltender but he rarely seems to get blamed for anything. it's always "the defense left him out to dry" etc etc. i think this sort of thing is an overreaction to when people blame goalies for everything and both positions are equally wrong to me.