Game 1 more proof Canucks can win any game no matter what the circumstances
Vancouver Canucks goaltender Arturs Silovs got beat seven times on 49 shots Sunday night in Edmonton.
The Canucks pretty much matched the Oilers in scoring chances in the first period according to the analytics website Natural Stat Trick but wound up leading 3-1 after 20 minutes of play. The Canucks took a lead they wouldn’t relinquish when J.T. Miller lured two Oilers into the corner leaving Boeser wide open on the right-side face off dot. Boeser beat Oilers netminder Stuart Skinner with a shot on the far side to give Vancouver a 2-1 lead.
After a Filip Hronek penalty, Draisaitl scored from a bad angle at 3:36 after Silovs couldn’t track the puck due to a screen. The third period saw the Oilers dominate in terms of possession – outshooting the Canucks 22-3 – but it really didn’t translate into scoring chances as the Oilers only had a 6-2 advantage in that regard with only two of those being classified as high danger.
If Silovs continues to perform at this level and the Oilers can’t solve their own goaltending issues, the process might not matter for Edmonton.* The Canucks made a pair of lineup changes with Nils Hoglander and Phil Di Giuseppe coming out with Linus Karlsson and Nils Aman drawing in. Karlsson wound up getting the game puck for his efforts. “I thought they were really good. I thought Karlsson did a nice job.
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