Post-Game Talk: McDavid hated that goal

[bellagiobob]

Skinner made a massive 2 on 1 stop. He was criticized for how he fell down lol.

This board is embarrassing sometimes

Skinner will get criticized for the way he lifts the Stanley Cup this June.

 

[ThePhoenixx]

Skinner settled down good. Was fighting the pucka bit but making the stops.

Nice time for McD to score a goal.

Hyman with another key game.

Blues weren't really that good in this game. Oilers should have won in regulation I felt. Blues bag a point but look to have lost their playoff possibility. I think we see the Blues dive out now. They need 2 pts basically every night.

There are more than a few Blues players who would look good in Oiler silks.

 

[LeonDraisaitl29]

Days since Connor Brown last scored: 511

Did he even have a shot tonight

 

[bellagiobob]

Are we ever going to know why the refs just decided that Kane wasn’t bleeding even though there was obviously blood?

I just took a look at the refs official handbook. It goes like this:

1. High sticking infraction. Check if player is bleeding.
2. If bleeding player is from a Sunbelt team, they willl receive a 4 min PP.
3. If bleeding player is from a Canadian team, and the offending team is also a Canadian team, we really don't care, make whatever call you want.
4. If the bleeding player is from a Canadian team, and the offending team is a Sunbelt team, or a random US team, for optics sake we have to give the Cdn team a 2 minute PP. But warn the Cdn team player that if he bleeds again in the future, he will face league discipline. Apologize to the Sunbelt team, and mention it is out of your control, buy you will make it up to them at some point before the nights out.

 

[Chelis Chili]

McDAVID EXTENDS MULTI-ASSIST STREAK, SCORES OVERTIME WINNER
Connor McDavid (1-2—3) extended his multi-assist streak to six games before scoring his 16th career overtime tally to snap a 10-game goalless stretch and help Edmonton (35-20-2, 72 points) move within one point of idle Vegas (33-19-7, 73 points) for second place in the Pacific Division. Zach Hyman (2-0—2) benefited from the McDavid assists by scoring twice in regulation to extend his goal streak to a career-best six games and reach the 40-goal mark for the first time.

* McDavid’s first helper pushed his home point streak to 24 games dating to Nov. 4, the second-longest such run by any player this season behind only Nathan MacKinnon (29 GP; active). McDavid’s streak marks the fourth longest in franchise history behind three stretches by Wayne Gretzky (33 GP in 1985-86, 28 GP in 1979-80 & 25 GP in 1981-82).

* Despite scoring a goal for the first time since Feb. 6, McDavid is likely to finish as the League leader in points for the month of February after collecting 2-25—27 across 12 games - the next-closest players are eight points back.

* McDavid became the first player with at least 25 assists in a calendar month since Mario Lemieux in December 1992 (28 in 12 GP) and the second player in League history to achieve the feat in February after Wayne Gretzky did so in both 1986 (26 in 11 GP) and 1991 (25 in 14 GP).

sauce: https://media.nhl.com/public/news/17773

 

[Took a pill in Sbisa]

Are we ever going to know why the refs just decided that Kane wasn’t bleeding even though there was obviously blood?

The only guess I could come up with would be the ref saw him purposely bite his tongue or lip to induce blood. Maybe he wasn't bleeding initially and saw him do it

Just a guess

 

[ThePhoenixx]

The only guess you could come up with, eh?

Couldn't possibly think of any other reason, hmmm?

 

[jukon]

McDavid is on track to be #1 all time in Oilers GWG by next year. I thought he could do it this year, and there is a small chance he could tie or break the record, but with a down year in scoring goals it's not likely.

Glenn Anderson holds the record at 72.
McDavid now has 67.

 

[Oilers in NS]

My wife did too. I'm fairly incapable of being shocked.

Except when the inlaws come over.

edit: Rodney Dangerfield humor is dead and gone I guess. lol

What about Blazzin Saddles?

 

[PositiveCashFlow]

Jay Onrait stated that Zach Hyman is the first oilers left-winger to score 40 goals.

And he’s now sitting in 2nd place in the league:

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Smitty never scored 40?

 

[BlackDogg]

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

Didn’t age well.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

Smitty never scored 40?

39 was his best

 

[Frank the Tank]

Smitty never scored 40?

No, Smyth went on a goal scoring streak at the end of the 1996-97 season, but only scored 39.

 

[MessierII]

Jay Onrait stated that Zach Hyman is the first oilers left-winger to score 40 goals.

And he’s now sitting in 2nd place in the league:

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Kind of a dumb stat because he’s been a right winger exclusively this year

 

[The Panther]

Gave him props for tonight. Just doesn't happen a lot. He actually helped in this one and you can say we won because of him

Uhh... Actually it does happen a lot.

Over the past two seasons, Skinner is 56 - 27 - 7, with a .910.

For perspective, this is a goalie in his 2nd full season who was supposed to be the back-up right now.

Since Nov. 11th, Skinner is 26 - 8 - 1 (the "winningest" goalie in the League), with a .914. (His .914 is the 7th best in the League over that time of 29 goalies with 25 or more games.)

Over the past 3.5 months, Skinner has more wins and a better save percentage than Swayman, Shesterkin, Demko, Binnington, Georgiev... and Vasilevsky, who, now that Tampa is coming down to earth, is being exposed as a very average goalie (which he always was, in my opinion).

As I've said a few times before, some of you just have incredibly unrealistic expectations of goalies.

 

[The Panther]

I am posting this to remind everyone that this IS possible (despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary):

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

So many saying huge game by Skinner?

I’m sorry but he did exactly what he should have done this game. He finished right at the expected goals.

Goaltenders make saves, most make multiple every night, I know that’s foreign for us oiler fans watching Skinner but it’s what goalies do.

That is not setting the bar high saving what you should.

Jesus Christ dude. Skinner could cure cancer and you’d call him out for not doing it fast enough.

He puts up back to back .940+ games and that’s still not enough for you. Give it a rest.

 

[joestevens29]

Skinner will get criticized for the way he lifts the Stanley Cup this June.

Left with your knees not your back!!!

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

 

[joestevens29]

Hopefully Buchnevich is sticking around to scout out apartments

I have no idea why STL would entertain moving him. Now if those soft rumblings of Tkachuk wanting out of Ottawa are true, then ya I get trading him in a package for a guy like that.

They have so many more guys they should be looking to move before moving him.

I don't even know if we'd have the pieces to make a deal work. They'd probably have to really like Holloway and Broberg, and even then I doubt that is enough.

Essentially hope to hell you win the opening draw and score is the plan to go with other than that I have no idea how you stop him. Well legally that is

 

[bobbythebrain]

Nurse was the puck carrier on THREE, 2 on 1s last nite. None resulted in a shot on net.

 

[CupofOil]

Skinner went from poo to unreal.

Honestly, the first two goals weren't even that bad. It's just that everybody is so on edge about Skinner (including myself) that every goal is his fault in the heat of the moment. Maybe the Thomas shot could have been stopped but that was a bullet and he had very little chance on the Buchnevich goal, that was piss poor D coverage and the play happened fast.

 

[Da McBomb]

Nurse was the puck carrier on THREE, 2 on 1s last nite. None resulted in a shot on net.

Not exactly Paul Coffey like

 

[joestevens29]

Honestly, the first two goals weren't even that bad. It's just that everybody is so on edge about Skinner (including myself) that every goal is his fault in the heat of the moment. Maybe the Thomas shot could have been stopped but that was a bullet and he had very little chance on the Buchnevich goal, that was piss poor D coverage and the play happened fast.

That Thomas shot was picked clean like Bouchard does. Those are tough ones to stop for any goalie.

Skinner did his job and then some last night. Made some big saves at crucial points of the game.