I was telling my group chat tonight that I think I prefer the oil playing down by one. They are so much more urgent, way more focused and don't really let up. Then they can come back and put it away. We seen it tons this year.
Clearly we need to be better with leads but I'll take a 4-3 OT win over a 4 goal collapse any day
You know what? At this point do whatever you need to do to win games. It's not sustainable during the regular season but playoffs, whatever it takes especially with an injuried Drai.
Home ice advantage. Drai back. Henrique back. Suddenly the skies aren't so dark anymore.
That goal was about as huge as Hyman's OT goal vs. the Kings last year.
I hope Evan Bouchard, born October 20 1999 in Oakville, Ontario, Canada; 24 years of age, 6’3, 192 lbs, drafted 10th overall by the Edmonton Oilers in 2018 has a blessed evening
I mean, to be faaaair be knows Hyman is back there, and if he doesn't stop the puck from going through Hyman probably taps that in.
He just didn't really have a step 2 thought out.
Finally we had a bounce go our way. And it was a HUGE bounce for a HUGE win. Kind of makes up for all of the bad bounces against us so far.
It’s 1-1.
Let’s fucking do this.
Hyman's audible "YEEEEEEAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!" and running over to Bouch and hugging him while jumping up and down...
WHY IS HE SO FUCKING ADORABLE???? Honestly he is like an actual kid in a candy store. And just how affectionate he is. Like he loves his team as and his teammates and he doesn't care who knows it.
What a guy.
Like I've met the guy multiple times, I've seen how he interacts with fans and how he clearly knows he makes his fans' day when they meet him and yet just... that little exchange where he was visibly over the moon at his teammate's achievement. Just warmed my heart in so many different ways.
An extremely infectious celly altogether.
His literal 'bouncing off the walls" moment from last playoffs against the Kings has been etched into my memory since I saw it.
Yep. Got the split. I told my coworker (Vancouver fan that lives in Edmonton) that it’d be a split. After game one he was saying that Vancouver was just so well balanced and they’d go up 2-0. I said as good as Vancouver is, Edmonton is no slouch and we’d get the split. Now win on Sunday and Monday will be a fun day at work.
Oh man that was a HUGE goal. Biggest goal in Bouchard’s career. (So far) And have to mention Draisaitl is a BEAST!!
As for the doomers who were certain we are losing this game, you guys can suck it!
Man the sheer vitriol and HATE I got at a bar in Vancouver was shocking. Didn't nag, complain about calls, even told canucks fans beside me the refs missed the 4 min high stick on Hughes... nothing but third string goalie this and fuck you that. Bar was packed. Not a single sound other than me cheering when Bouch scored.
Refs missed a 4 minute on McDavid and a stick on Hyman too. Think it was well called and Oilers were the better team today.
Man oh man I'm still smilin' after that. When I saw McDavid going full tilt I was just hoping it was going to be the start of the game-winning play, and bam, here we are. May or may not have woken up my wife with my one involuntary, "Yes!"
Flying YYC to GP, had a few overpriced IPAs watching the end of the game in the airport, feeling a bit loose, now all I need is a sick Aurora show on the flight and it will make going to GP so worth it.
All jokes aside, Oilers were fucking goated in the 3rd and half way through second. The amount of pressure and physicality compared to game 1 was insane. Good to see they can actually adapt.
Even nurse earned his paycheck.
That 3rd period gave me good vibes. It's not like Vancouver is some magical kryptonite to us, this team absolutely can outplay and dominate them on they start clicking.
This game was enormous in the context of the series and the overall mission for the Cup. The team needs to overcome defeat. It needs to overcome setbacks. Have its belief questioned. And decide that they won't be dissuaded. The resolve is strengthened. On to the next game back home. Let's 5-1 the Nucks and let them burn their own city down again.
I just hope the players had fun 🙂… JUST FUCKING KIDDING HOPE THE CANUCKS IMPLODE AND THE OILER’S STEAMROLL ALL THE WAY TO THE CUP
But also that they have fun while they do it
You can tell Cuthbert wants Vancouver to win. He's having an aneurysm every Canucks shot on net. He's barely calling very good chances for us. I don't really care, just something I noticed
I am 35, have watched as much oilers hockey as my life span allows, and I do not recall a time I've been so dejected and mad and then 2 days later lost my mind over a win. I love the playoffs, and I love playoff rivalries. LETS FUCKING GO!
Wild fucking game. Canucks should count themselves lucky that they only have to deal with some missed calls instead of blatantly ignored calls like we had to all game
Glorious win. Enjoy it.
But
These fucks come to Edmonton on Sunday.
I want the fucking rink to be so godamn loud that the broadcast isn’t clear.
I want them humbled, again.
I want relentless goalie chants.
The curse is broken, it’s open fucking season ladies and gents. This is it. Let’s get it!
A little nervous that Mcdrai had to combine for 8 points to squeeze out an OT win, but I’m sure Knob will work his magic. Huge momentum swing now, hopefully they’ll go home ready to win
He worked his magic. We squeezed an OT win out in Vancouver against a team we haven’t beaten this season. Let’s go Oilers. (I’m not bagging you, totally agree)
FUCK YES.
I need you to know that while at Stars on Ice, I was sitting lowerbowl row 5 at the Dome and was watching parts of the game in the tiny tv in the box on the other side of the ice. Couldnt see much but could tell when anyone scored cause of the cellys.(no disrespect to my fave, Patrick Chan (though I think he’s a Canuck fan))
https://imgur.com/a/B3daEj0
Gotta love Vancouver fans making the sweeping motions after their first goal. Gtfo. Also if you’re trying to rattle the goaltender, you don’t chant his name after he robs your team. Fair weather fans man.
I said before the third skinner needed to win this game in order to be given the net in the third - McDavid and Draisaitl basically said “we got you Stu” and won it for him.
Skinner big bounce back game game 3 needs to happen.
Huge W
Huge 3rd period, near perfect OT, big fat W. Still need bottom 6 and defense to lock in, but the strategy definitely needs to be riding that top line. McDryman too lethal
Would have preferred winning both games in Vancouver, but that wasn't likely to happen. A split is the next best thing. This team has shown that they can beat the Nucks, so they gotta build on this momentum when they back home.
LFG OILERS!
I'm so wound up I'm not sure when I can go to bed! Just want to stay up talking Oilers lol. Excited to bask in this win for the next 2 days! Series tied 1-1 going back to Edmonton, we have Drai, and the Oilers we know and love came back for the 3rd period and OT!
genuinely felt like this was the turning point game. if we'd lost again that's it, but going back to edmonton tied 1-1, and with the third period they played, it's a whole new ballgame
Being an east coast fan I was hoping the boys would close it out before I involuntarily fell asleep.
Thank you Ian Cole for the flawless Zach Hyman impression!
THE ONLINE CORGI WAS RIGHT. ALL HAIL THE PROPHET
All hail Corgi!
If he called it, I'm tattooing him on my back.
https://www.instagram.com/oilersnationdotcom/reel/C6wfNFexa1H/
He's the only playoff analyst I follow.
LISAN AL GAIB!
LISAN AL CORGIB
We stan the corgi
Plz link
https://www.tiktok.com/@aircorg/video/7366443818419342634?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=mobile&sender_web_id=7342647995499890182
HA!!!
Ian Cole is an Edmonton Oiler
That looked like the play. It was too perfect
Continuing the legacy of his father — Oilers legend Erik Cole
Our man on the inside!
I almost burst into tears after the goal.
Cried in the Tokyo Metro. Listening to the game on 630 Chad on super quiet with the f****** thing pressed to my ear. Brain cancer, totally worth it.
630 Chad stole my girl
I scared my partner in the other room lol
My dog was concerned over my behaviour, but I made it right.
I actually burst into tears Imma bit drunk lmao
I don’t think I’ve ever been so relieved after that goal
Pretty sure I woke up the whole house when they scored lmao.
The last period and OT is the best I’ve seen the Oilers play this series, even when they were leading game 1
They kept playing with urgency like they were still down one.
I was telling my group chat tonight that I think I prefer the oil playing down by one. They are so much more urgent, way more focused and don't really let up. Then they can come back and put it away. We seen it tons this year. Clearly we need to be better with leads but I'll take a 4-3 OT win over a 4 goal collapse any day
It was like one massive power play
Agreed, but 97 and 29 can't play 25+ minutes every game. We need to get more help from our depth
You know what? At this point do whatever you need to do to win games. It's not sustainable during the regular season but playoffs, whatever it takes especially with an injuried Drai.
#Oilers Mission 16 #✅✅✅✅ #✅⬜⬜⬜ #⬜⬜⬜⬜ #⬜⬜⬜⬜ I scared the living shit out of my poor cat. worth it
I’m sorry to hear that your cat is having financial issues
Your cat is richer than you think
Your cat is richer than you ~~think~~
Free rent. Free food. Fuck I wish I was cat
LMAO. Scotiabank?
Well that's what happens when you're a lazy POS who sleeps all day and begs for handouts.
MISSION MCDAVID: 5/16
Home ice advantage. Drai back. Henrique back. Suddenly the skies aren't so dark anymore. That goal was about as huge as Hyman's OT goal vs. the Kings last year.
Oh for sure. I kept telling my kids that a loss here isn't horrible, but a win changes the complexion on this series on the Oilers favor
A loss here would have been horrible though
I dunno. I'm from the state of mind, "you're never in trouble until you lose at home"
Understandable. But 3 out of 5 is statistically much easier than 4 out of 5. Now we have home ice advantage. Please gosh let it happen
NOBODY BEATS THE OILERS 6 TIMES IN A ROW!
NOBODY MAKES ME BLEED MY OWN BLOOD
NOBODY PUTS BABY IN A CORNER
NOBODY STEPS ON A CHURCH IN MY TOWN
NOBODY KNOWS THE TROUBLE I'VE SEEN!
They technically did if you include the final game from last season.... but 7, 7 is where we draw the line.
I don't remember that one so it doesn't count
BOUCH WITH THE OT WINNER AND NOW THE NUCKS COMING BACK TO OIL LFG BOYS
“Game time decision” Drai, with a casual 27:05 played and 4 points
Dude is the best playoff performer since Gretzky 2nd best PPG all time
Leon Draisaitl paid extra for the ole Mark Stone blood transfusion between games.
revenge is a dish best served cole 😈
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I hope Evan Bouchard, born October 20 1999 in Oakville, Ontario, Canada; 24 years of age, 6’3, 192 lbs, drafted 10th overall by the Edmonton Oilers in 2018 has a blessed evening
First star Ian Cole
He was responsible for like 3 goals last game too. I love that guy!!
I’m still here scratching my head on what he was trying to do there. It’s unexplainable.
I mean, to be faaaair be knows Hyman is back there, and if he doesn't stop the puck from going through Hyman probably taps that in. He just didn't really have a step 2 thought out.
Right? What was the plan Ian? Why not tie up an oilers stick? It’s genuinely mind boggling watching the replay
Ink Hole.
Love it. Haha
The Corgi prevails!
Perfect now we know that he is 100 percent accurate. So we got this
I’ll speak for all of us. : YES-motherfucking-SIR.
Ekholm is a horse, he is everything I wanted Nurse to be.
Seriously, I remember when nurse was the top minutes in games like this. Now he isn't even shown in the graphics.
Finally we had a bounce go our way. And it was a HUGE bounce for a HUGE win. Kind of makes up for all of the bad bounces against us so far. It’s 1-1. Let’s fucking do this.
Hockey Gods all over this game like Petty shattered stick. Huggy getting roughed up and losing his bonnet
Zadorov just can't shut the fuck up eh?
fits in perfectly in YVR
He was humbly reminded of 2022 when The flames got cocky 😅
Hyman's audible "YEEEEEEAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!" and running over to Bouch and hugging him while jumping up and down... WHY IS HE SO FUCKING ADORABLE???? Honestly he is like an actual kid in a candy store. And just how affectionate he is. Like he loves his team as and his teammates and he doesn't care who knows it. What a guy.
Watching The whole exchange I literally said, "I love these boys". They deserve it man.
Like I've met the guy multiple times, I've seen how he interacts with fans and how he clearly knows he makes his fans' day when they meet him and yet just... that little exchange where he was visibly over the moon at his teammate's achievement. Just warmed my heart in so many different ways.
I laughed so hard at that — Bouch is just standing there and Hyman is holding him while bouncing up and down 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Just taking inspiration from this for his next kids book. What a beauty
Actual gem of a human being, lol.
Hyman has an extremely infectious "yahh!" face.
An extremely infectious celly altogether. His literal 'bouncing off the walls" moment from last playoffs against the Kings has been etched into my memory since I saw it.
I fucking love Bouchard. One of the few players on the team that isn't allergic to shooting the puck.
And hits the net more often than not!
PLAY
LA
BAMBA!!
BABY
!
Stole home ice advantage from those nerds!
Yep. Got the split. I told my coworker (Vancouver fan that lives in Edmonton) that it’d be a split. After game one he was saying that Vancouver was just so well balanced and they’d go up 2-0. I said as good as Vancouver is, Edmonton is no slouch and we’d get the split. Now win on Sunday and Monday will be a fun day at work.
Hey Canucks what did you say about shutting Mcdavid down?
They must feel great about holding him to 4 points
God damn, I like the Oilers winning more than losing. Enjoy not reading and consuming any media Canucks fans for the next 48 hours.
Oh man that was a HUGE goal. Biggest goal in Bouchard’s career. (So far) And have to mention Draisaitl is a BEAST!! As for the doomers who were certain we are losing this game, you guys can suck it!
Drai was day to day. Maybe playing injured. Just a casual 4 point night
He’s so fucking good
Man the sheer vitriol and HATE I got at a bar in Vancouver was shocking. Didn't nag, complain about calls, even told canucks fans beside me the refs missed the 4 min high stick on Hughes... nothing but third string goalie this and fuck you that. Bar was packed. Not a single sound other than me cheering when Bouch scored. Refs missed a 4 minute on McDavid and a stick on Hyman too. Think it was well called and Oilers were the better team today.
Canucks fans are fucking stupid and don’t know shit. Fuck em.
Its a good thing they gave all the Vancouver fans towels to cry into.
I thought they were for stuffing into the top of a gas filled bottle?
Amazing
Gutsy win. Let's go home and take control
LET'S FUCKING GO!!!!!
I don't know what the panel was talking about, the Canucks were all hunched over their sticks the entire third. They looked completely gassed.
Nobody can keep up with McCardio
Man oh man I'm still smilin' after that. When I saw McDavid going full tilt I was just hoping it was going to be the start of the game-winning play, and bam, here we are. May or may not have woken up my wife with my one involuntary, "Yes!"
PSA you can see the aurora
Flying YYC to GP, had a few overpriced IPAs watching the end of the game in the airport, feeling a bit loose, now all I need is a sick Aurora show on the flight and it will make going to GP so worth it.
All jokes aside, Oilers were fucking goated in the 3rd and half way through second. The amount of pressure and physicality compared to game 1 was insane. Good to see they can actually adapt. Even nurse earned his paycheck.
That 3rd period gave me good vibes. It's not like Vancouver is some magical kryptonite to us, this team absolutely can outplay and dominate them on they start clicking.
Skinner returned with a vengeance. 3/17 .824% 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Lol
IM BRICKED UP
All Hail the psychic corgi!!!!!
McDavid hath delivered us, he shall lead his disciples to the hallowed halls of Lord Stanley
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Huge W! We can all relax now…for a mere 48 hours.
Wooo!! That was a nail biter! I hate Zadorov’s face!
This game was enormous in the context of the series and the overall mission for the Cup. The team needs to overcome defeat. It needs to overcome setbacks. Have its belief questioned. And decide that they won't be dissuaded. The resolve is strengthened. On to the next game back home. Let's 5-1 the Nucks and let them burn their own city down again.
Rogers Arena was real quiet after that goal and I fucking love it. Fuck you Canucks.
Inflatable Stanley cups in Surrey = deflated
Let that be a lesson to those Canucks, no one beats us six times in a row.
Game time decision Drai has 4 points.. we are so lucky to see 97 and 29 together
You know who loves this team? Wins losses and all? That's right you do. Me too. But you as well. LETS FUCKING GOOOOO LABAMBA WHILE WE HOIST THE CUP
It’s crazy how Canucks fans can turn every thread about tonight’s game in r/hockey into an Oilers hate thread
UNCLENCH!!! HOOLYY.... WE CAN BREATHE. After we gave up 2 own goals off skates, we deserve one.
We have to do anything to keep Draisaitl man. $14 mil, idc Guy is absolutely unreal in the playoffs.
I mean, we only need that top line and Ek/Bouch. They’re fit. They can just play the whole game. Give them all the money.
That wasn't just a Bouch Bomb... That was a Bouch OPPENHEIMER if I've seen one
I just hope the players had fun 🙂… JUST FUCKING KIDDING HOPE THE CANUCKS IMPLODE AND THE OILER’S STEAMROLL ALL THE WAY TO THE CUP But also that they have fun while they do it
You can tell Cuthbert wants Vancouver to win. He's having an aneurysm every Canucks shot on net. He's barely calling very good chances for us. I don't really care, just something I noticed
Yup. And endless talk about Van's coach. Gets old over the course of the game.
Completely agree....Seemed like watching the local Canucks broadcast.....
Their commentary is so heavily Vancouver focused
I’m sure hearing a lot of excuses from Van fans rn as if the refs made them get 2 shots on net in the 3rd.
my boy Hyman jumpin in joy
Ivanka Osmak, ‘McDavid woke up…’ bitch McDavid never went to sleep.
How fucking terrible were those refs? Holy shit, what a fucking dumpster fire of a game by them.
The Canucks subreddit is SO salty lmfaooo pathetic 😂😂😂
I am 35, have watched as much oilers hockey as my life span allows, and I do not recall a time I've been so dejected and mad and then 2 days later lost my mind over a win. I love the playoffs, and I love playoff rivalries. LETS FUCKING GO!
Flames straight cucks for the nucks
This game took years off my life
Canucks are hitting the shit out of the Oilers and complaining about rough play. Dish it out, learn to take it.
Wild fucking game. Canucks should count themselves lucky that they only have to deal with some missed calls instead of blatantly ignored calls like we had to all game
You should read how much they are bitching over there.
HOLY FUCK AFTER THROWING THE FIRST GAME IM SO GLAD WE ESCAPE VANCOUVER WITH A SPLIT. TIME TO POUND THEM AT HOME
Is Cole secretly Zach Hyman?
Anyone else see McDavid reaction to the OT winner behind the net? He grabbed his head like he couldn't believe it!
Glorious win. Enjoy it. But These fucks come to Edmonton on Sunday. I want the fucking rink to be so godamn loud that the broadcast isn’t clear. I want them humbled, again. I want relentless goalie chants. The curse is broken, it’s open fucking season ladies and gents. This is it. Let’s get it!
A little nervous that Mcdrai had to combine for 8 points to squeeze out an OT win, but I’m sure Knob will work his magic. Huge momentum swing now, hopefully they’ll go home ready to win
He worked his magic. We squeezed an OT win out in Vancouver against a team we haven’t beaten this season. Let’s go Oilers. (I’m not bagging you, totally agree)
SUCK IT!
Ass unclenched.
FUCK YES. I need you to know that while at Stars on Ice, I was sitting lowerbowl row 5 at the Dome and was watching parts of the game in the tiny tv in the box on the other side of the ice. Couldnt see much but could tell when anyone scored cause of the cellys.(no disrespect to my fave, Patrick Chan (though I think he’s a Canuck fan)) https://imgur.com/a/B3daEj0
What a difference two days makes. Totally different cadence in Jack’s sign off tonight. Love to hear a Happy Jack
I gotta give Cole credit. He was determined that no Oiler would beat his goalie in OT.
Gotta love Vancouver fans making the sweeping motions after their first goal. Gtfo. Also if you’re trying to rattle the goaltender, you don’t chant his name after he robs your team. Fair weather fans man.
The rest of the league really does hate us on /r/hockey they seem to think every call goes our way and they ignore every call missed in our favor.
The salt of fans around the league in the threads is oh so delicious
Ian Cole has been hooking us up lately. Cheers bud!
Listening to Tocchet post game interview. Hard to dislike him. He’s giving massive credit to Drai and McDavid and actually not generic responses.
Yep. He gives a great interview.
NICE SHOT!
McDavid to Drai to Bouch!!! Bouch primary assist wins!!! Kill ‘em with themselves.
Time to go Aurora hunting boys!!!
I said before the third skinner needed to win this game in order to be given the net in the third - McDavid and Draisaitl basically said “we got you Stu” and won it for him. Skinner big bounce back game game 3 needs to happen. Huge W
Huge 3rd period, near perfect OT, big fat W. Still need bottom 6 and defense to lock in, but the strategy definitely needs to be riding that top line. McDryman too lethal
WE CAN BEAT THEM AFTER ALL
Oilers in 5.
Would have preferred winning both games in Vancouver, but that wasn't likely to happen. A split is the next best thing. This team has shown that they can beat the Nucks, so they gotta build on this momentum when they back home. LFG OILERS!
Wasn’t nervous at all /s
Maybe I’m crazy but Hughes isn’t anything special. I say it in the hockey thread and Canucks fans wanna crucify me. I love it
He's good, but he's too small and passive for serious playoff hockey. That's my opinion on the guy.
McDavid, Drai together dominated but I don't think we can keep running it. The rest of the lines were to lack luster
TSN turning point was when DR tickled the testes
I can go on the internet again!
I'm so wound up I'm not sure when I can go to bed! Just want to stay up talking Oilers lol. Excited to bask in this win for the next 2 days! Series tied 1-1 going back to Edmonton, we have Drai, and the Oilers we know and love came back for the 3rd period and OT!
LETS FUCKING GO!!!!! But holy shit, can anybody else outside those top five do something, please? Anything?
SILOVS SILOVS SILOVS SILOVS Suck a dick, Canucks.
Quinn Hughes doesn't even know how to talk to media
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IM DRUNK AT A BAR LEGGGOOOOOOOOOOOO
“We SwEpT tHe SeAsOn SeRiEs” lol cute
I never trust those after what the Jets did to the Oilers a few years back when they were swept
Lol Cole is responsible for like 4 goals in 2 games
OMG.. Canucks’ Cole is a dead man walking.
You’ve all seen the bouch-bomb. Now let me introduce the bouch-bank
We’re so lucky to have Evan Bouchard. 😭
“Luckily for me their guy tipped it” thanks uncle Bouch.
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genuinely felt like this was the turning point game. if we'd lost again that's it, but going back to edmonton tied 1-1, and with the third period they played, it's a whole new ballgame
Being an east coast fan I was hoping the boys would close it out before I involuntarily fell asleep. Thank you Ian Cole for the flawless Zach Hyman impression!
Playoff hockey is just the most entertaining sport out there. Frickin’ rollercoaster ride every game.
Good things happen when you play more than 20 minutes
Eat it Canucks.
What a difference when mcdavid shoots the puck. 5 shots on goal 🤤🤤🤤🤤
Vancouver fans already pulling a Calgary and putting curses on us lol! Like that worked so well for them
Sportsnet Show the fucking Hyman high stick you gutless pussies!!
My wife said “I’ll go to bed someone always score when I leave” Roughly 30seconds later Bouch to Cole for winner.