THE BRIGHT SIDE
- Draisaitl opened the scoring with a HUGE breakaway goal in the first three minutes of the game. He ended up fanning on the shot after being hooked (probably would have been a penalty shot) but it all worked out and fooled Gibson anyways.
- After his breakaway goal, Drai went right back to work getting open in front after a nice feed from Lucic to put the Oil up by two goals.
- The goals didn’t end! Kassian breaks loose on another breakaway and finds an open five-hole on Gibson putting the Oilers up by three. This was a really smart goal by Kassian, stretching Gibson out while sliding it five-hole. His 10/10 celly against the class topped off an amazing moment.
- Besides Ryan Kesler, John Gibson was the next most annoying Duck to play against. We finally lit him up early tonight getting him the ol’ hook after three goals.
- MOAR GOALS!!! After Bernier caught a puck in his chest, for some reason he thought he didn’t have it and continued to stand up (LOL!) leaving the rebound open for Letestu to pot one home.
- MOARE LETESTU GOALLLS! After two consecutive power plays, the Oilers finally made the Ducks pay after some solid puck possession time and many shots on net. Our power play specialist, Mark Letestu didn’t disappoint.
- The Oilers gave the Ducks absolutely 0 space to work with in the first period. They were forechecking and hitting like nobody’s business and really had the Ducks on their heels.
- Drake Caggiula didn’t take any sass from Andrew Cogliano and got a good couple of punches in before they both fell to the ground. You show ’em, Drake!
- Nice to see the refs FINALLY give Kesler a penalty for his shady stick work. He cross-checked Nuge about three times before he got sent to the sin bin in the first period.
- Talbot’s game was not easy. Our defense got a little loosey goosey, forcing him to make some big plays and stay focussed throughout the whole night. It is nice to see an offesnive explosion tonight instead of the Cam Talbot show instead though.
- A MASSIVE problem the Oilers have been facing this series has been in the face off circle. They ended up winning 60% of the draws in the first period. A huge improvement.
- The Oilers wasted no time in the second period capitalizing on a two on one in the first minute. Slepyshev has been great almost every game he’s played this season. Looking forward to more Sleps in the years to come.
- There’s nothing I love seeing more in life than a frustrated Ryan Kesler. He looked awful tonight and took a couple bad penalties… one including his attempt to rough up Connor. NOBODY TOUCHES OUR CAPTAIN
- NEON LEON HAT TRICK! McDavid starts the rush, and Leon finishes it after a nice dish from Lucic. Life is beautiful! His hatty makes it the first Oilers playoff hat trick in 17 years. Also we have to talk about the amazing amount of hats that were thrown on the ice tonight… it’s like EVERY person in Rogers Place wore one.
- Mark Letestu recorded his first career 4-point game tonight. He currently sits 2nd in team playoff points. #BO$$
- The hockey gods were definitely on Team Oilers tonight finally. The penalties appeared to be on our side (for the most part… not sure why Maroon got his penalty) and the posts were also. The Ducks hit two posts in a row in the third period… hearing that PING felt so good to my ear holes. BLESS YOU POST!
THE FACE PALMERS
- Klefbom did a little twirl in warm-up but that didn’t end up lasting long. Thankfully we had the goal scorers working tonight and didn’t need him as much. Whatever injury he’s facing, hopefully two days of rest will help him out. Also, shoutout to Griffin Reinhart for being thrown in the deep end tonight in his first game all season.
- A minor defensive hiccup leaves Rickard Rakell wide open in front of the net potting the Ducks’ first goal of the game.
- Nuge and Eberle go ANOTHER game without scoring a goal. Scoring seven goals tonight was great and all… but these two really need to get their game going offensively.
- I’m not sure if this is a bright side or a face palmer… but Connor McDavid was left completely off the score sheet tonight. Do I care after a 7-1 win? Absolutely not. I think it’s great to show the haters who was inept all season that Connor is winning all our games for us. How about tonight? Seven goals, no McPoints.
- The Ducks got dirty near the end of the game tonight and were cheating all over the ice. Lindholm was one of the cheaters who hit Caggiula from behind. Not cool, Anaheim… not cool.
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST PERIOD
TIME | TEAM | DETAILS | SCORE |
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02:45 | Leon Draisaitl (4) ASST: Adam Larsson (4) | 0-1 | |
07:22 | Leon Draisaitl (5) ASST: Milan Lucic (3), Darnell Nurse (2) | 0-2 | |
08:25 | Zack Kassian (3) ASST: Mark Letestu (5), Griffin Reinhart (1) | 0-3 | |
11:39 | Mark Letestu (4) ASST: Kris Russell (4), David Desharnais (3) | 0-4 | |
18:49 | PPG – Mark Letestu (5) ASST: Matt Benning (3), Leon Draisaitl (9) | 0-5 |
2ND PERIOD
3RD PERIOD
TIME | TEAM | DETAILS | SCORE |
---|---|---|---|
No Scoring |
BEST OF THE TWEETS
Fake blood
— Matt Henderson (@Archaeologuy) May 7, 2017
Oil are dressing an exhibition season-grade D corps for an elimination game
— Dennis King (@DKingBH) May 7, 2017
NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOUR BULLSHIT PERRY WE SEE THIS pic.twitter.com/7m2aPOYjcM
— Wanye (@WanyeGretz) May 7, 2017
Oh hey guys, I stepped out for a bit. Did I miss anythi pic.twitter.com/msAQmVTjCE
— Round 2 Towel Boy (@TheTowelBoy) May 7, 2017
KASSIAN'S CELLY 12/10 #MISSION17 pic.twitter.com/NVTXTNPazT
— x-Chris Gordeyko (@TheNationChris) May 7, 2017
Oilers fans just out here having a good time pic.twitter.com/CnkhETGmJ3
— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) May 7, 2017
No reaction from Kesler in the box to the goal. Not surprising as sociopaths don't have much empathy.
— Woodguy (@Woodguy55) May 8, 2017
Lucic was really upset after game 5. He's played angry all night. His best game of the playoffs by far. #Oilers
— Jason Gregor (@JasonGregor) May 8, 2017
The Anaheim Mighty Ducks were 2-1 all time in playoff Game 7s. Since they dropped Mighty from their name, they're 0-4 in playoff Game 7s.
— NHLNumbers (@NHLnumbers) April 26, 2016