TSN Hockey Insider Pierre LeBrun joins SC with Jay Onrait to share his thoughts on Stuart Skinner outperforming Jake Oettinger in the West Final, Connor McDavid breaking out of his scoring slump in Game 3, and whether the Stars can take anything away from the Game 3 loss.
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Stats line:
Dal – 97 shots : Edm – 86 shots
Goals – Dal 7 : Edm – 12
Were it not for Edm losing their collective minds in period 3 game 1, Oilers would be going into game 4 with brooms on their minds.
The goalie is your best defence 😂😂😂 game 4 and 5 oilers win ❤❤❤
Dallas cannot stop McDavid from scoreless forever.
He is the best hockey player in the world ❤❤❤❤
OILERS 💙🧡🤍Will Defeat💪 The Dallas Broken Jars!
Watch 'n' See!!OIL Country Will Keep 🏒🍁🥅Winning Games#4 #5!
Onward To Our "REAL" CUP🏆 Lord Stanley Will Be Ours!
Canada💪 STRONG! We Are So PROUD 😁Of Our OILERS!
Dallas can turn Dan Cloutier into Dominik Hasek.
It's amazing what Skin, Nurse and Bouche are doing.
Gotta boost the audio on these clips, god damn
Go oilers❤
He says this is shocking but look at last years stats in the WCF:
Oettinger 2-4 2.56 GAA 0.901 SV%
Skinner: 4-2 1.91 GAA 0.922 SV%
This years WCF: Combined:
Oettinger: 1-2 4.02 GAA 0.842 SV% Oettinger: 3-6 3.03 GAA 0.882 SV%
Skinner: 2-1 2.01 GAA 0.930 SV% Skinner: 6-3 1.94 GAA 0.925 SV%
Skinner's numbers are very consistent. Oettinger's from mediocre last year to horrible.
I swear it looks like they've photoshopped Oettinger's neck in that photo hahaha
He’s absolutely right about Edmonton fans who’ve followed the team all season that we were not concerned with his lack of goals, he contributes in many other ways
Ottenger gets destroyed by oil. He can’t stop the corner shots . We scored 4 with the high shots. Give Knoblach his credit, that man is incredible
Dallas is a great opponent, but they can’t beat oil, we are a wagon this year. Florida is already preparing
Who dressed him?
Stop Drasaitle and Bouchard, and you win.
Several observations from a Habs fan:
1. McD is hands down the best player in the world. He dictates the pace of the game every time he's on the ice and that creates opportunities for himself & his teammates. Example: on his 1st goal his speed set up a nice 3 on 1 and he buries the feed. Example…on his 2nd goal if he coasts to the puck he doesn't score….he explodes to the puck to create some gap to be able to shoot & barely escapes the forward backchecking him. Is there anyone who has faster foot turnover & speed than McD???? Nope!!!! He's a freak of nature. MacKinnon is a close 2nd.
2. I've been one of Darnell Nurse's biggest detractors for years BUT he is playing excellent "D" in the playoffs. Kudos to him…he deserves it as does Kulak, Jones, and the rest of the "D" corps. They + Skinner are winning this series for the Oilers
3. Skinner is playing lights out & it was great that he praised Pickard in his postgame comments last night…very classy.
4. RNH is a beast out there. Arguably the Oilers' best "F" in the playoffs.
All in all….damn good showing for Oilers BUT as the old saying goes "it ain't over till the final whistle" and there's still work to be done.
The Nuge. Is huge.
Dallas has only been good for 1 period imo. Game 1 period 3.
The reason skinner is so under rated and these other goalie are put on a pedestal because they are brought into a defensive structure like Otter and the stars. I'm a goalie and it's so easy to play behind a good defense. Oilers are pure offense, well we're. Now oilers are better defensively now your seeing skinner play with the same advantage Otter and hellebuyck had coming into the league.
Is Roope Hintz really their best centre? If so that’s sad… never even broke 80 points in a season
Funny how Toronto thinks they will land McDavid from Oilers 🤣🤣🤣 McDavid wants to win. Not be a laughing stock of the NHL. Leafs r a joke.