It was 3\u002D2 Colorado after one period and 7\u002D4 after 40 minutes before the Oilers’ valiant third\u002Dperiod push died with a Gabriel Landeskog empty netter
In a series billed as a showcase of the league’s premium high-end talent — best on best to decide the West — the Edmonton Oilers and Colorado Avalanche delivered a wild 60-minutes worth of madness in Game 1 of the conference final.
It was playoff hockey be damned as both sides traded breakaways and odd-man rushes like it was a high school ball hockey game. It was so loose that Wayne Gretzky, the greatest offensive player of all time, implored the teams to tighten things up.This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.It was 3-2 Colorado after one period and 7-4 after 40 minutes before the Oilers’ valiant third-period push died with a Gabriel Landeskog empty netter.
The teams got after it early, with Evander Kane drawing first blood on Edmonton’s second shot of the game, a breakaway just 5:04 after the opening faceoff. “The other team is going to do some good things,” said Woodcroft. “We understand that there will be moments within the game and within the series where the other team is going to present some problems.Article contentWith two minutes to go in the first period, the shots were 14-4 Colorado.
The goal stood and Edmonton was assessed a delay-of-game penalty, which would turn out to be quite costly because Nazem Kadri scored on the ensuing power play 32 seconds into the second period.Article content There was some unsettling news for the Avs, though, as Kuemper went to the dressing room with an upper-body injury during a break in the action, forcing backup Pavel Francouz to come in off the bench.
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