First Period

• Connor rings it off the bar less than a minute in! Kassian has a couple of chances to bury in on the doorstep, but gets stopped.
• Nuge finally gets his first 5v5 goal! It’s like him having his first beer all over again! With Mom in the crowd too! 1-0 Oilers.
• Ugh. @Rickard Rackell ties it on a pretty ugly goal. 1-1. Yuk.
• @Mikko Koskinen refuses to be rattled and makes an unreal toe-save to keep it tied up.
• Connor takes a slashing penalty. But it’s okay, special teams are life.
• HA! Rackell can’t help but take his own penalty, which he elects to be a trip, which is the least cool penalty to take. 4-on-4 hockey.
• A standard hockey puck is 1 inch thick, 3 inches in diameter, and weighs about 6 ounces. Connor shoots it through an area that looks about that size or smaller between Gibson’s right pad and blocker. The Moms are stoked. 2-1 Oilers.

Second Period

• Koskinen stops an early flurry from the dastardly Ducks, and @Zack Kassian takes a penalty… Oilers deploy their mighty PK.
• The Ducks are no longer mighty, but the Oilers’ PK is. They kill the penalty without incident. Special teams are life.
• Connor chooses to shoot on a 2-on-1! And it’s a hell of a shot! But he takes his second penalty of the game… The mighty PK goes to work again.
• Koskinen is the best penalty killer for the Oilers, even getting a little aggressive behind the net! The Oilers PK unit remains immaculate. Special teams are life.
• @Gaetan Haas draws a penalty on @Ryan Getzlaf! Oilers to the powerplay!
• NUUUUGE! He earns his second light beer of the game, this time on the PP! The Moms are dancing, Dallas Eakins can’t believe it! 3-1 Oilers!
• @Kris Russell takes a penalty (he must feel bad for the not-so-mighty Ducks). The Oilers’ PK back to work.
• Special teams are life. The PK remains flawless, killing off the penalty like it’s chopping wood. Or carrying water. Or no doughnuts in the media room…
• Kassian scores a goal as nice as that duster of his! 4-1 Oilers!
• Another penalty, another kill for the Oilers. They have some sort of cheat code, don’t they?
• @Patrick Russell gets a superb chance on a breakaway, but stopped is stopped by @John Gibson.
• The cycle game is strong in this game for the Oilers.

Third Period

• Koskinen starts the period out strong again, making a couple of nice saves less than a minute in.
• Some guy on the Ducks named Jones takes advantage of some hard work behind the Oilers net and sneaks one over Koskinen. 4-2 Oilers.
• Connor gets hooked, slashed, and tripped on a partial break, and none of it can stop him from scoring the nicest goal of the night. We are not worthy. 5-2 Oilers.
• Haas plays so hard along the boards, he draws a penalty. The powerplay’s clicking and it gets back to work.
• Klefbom makes an incredible no-look pass to Connor at the right hash-mark, who buries it to turn the ‘trick. Hats fly onto California ice as everyone basks in the greatness of @Connor McDavid. 6-2 Oilers.
• The Oilers wrap up the game with another powerplay, but they don’t need it.

Final Thought

HOPE WILL NEVER DIE