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The Edmonton Oilers scores on Calgary Flames goalie Jacob Markstrom in second period action during Round two of the Western Conference finals at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary on Thursday, May 26, 2022. вЂњThree-one leads are a tricky spot, like having a two-goal lead within a gameвЂ¦we have to break their will,вЂќ said Oiler defenceman Brett Kulak, who was on the other side of the equation last spring playing for Montreal as they ralled from 3-1 down to beat Toronto.ДЄnd now theyвЂ™re off to the third round for the first time since 2006 when they beat Detroit and San Jose, then faced off against Anaheim in the Western final. The Oilers didnвЂ™t want to give the Flames any more life.

But, as McDavid said at noon, вЂњweвЂ™re desperate to close out the series.вЂќ And he did, beating Jacob Markstrom on a short-side 20-footer after Draisaitl found him It wasnвЂ™t supposed to be like this for the Oilers, now 5-1 all-time in BOA playoffs, with the only loss in 1986 when Steve Smith banked that shot off Grant FuhrвЂ™s leg.

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Nobody expected this to be over in nine days, but after the Flames won that off-kilter 9-6 Game 1 at the Saddledome-the highest scoring playoff game in history- the Oilers took the next four with the finale where Draisaitl had his fifth straight game with at least three points and finished the series with 17 points.

Louis in the NHLвЂ™s Final Four-the first time theyвЂ™ve gotten that far since 2006. It wasnвЂ™t pretty, this last one because the Oilers had to survive a fortuitous video replay to wipe out a goal by Blake Coleman off his skate with five and and half minutes left, but it ended up being a portrait in persistence by the Oilers who were down two in Game 5 and refused to go away and now play Colorado or St. In the wild series clincher Thursday there were four goals in less than a minute a half (two by each team) and the Oilers managed to outlast the Flames 5-4 on Connor McDavidвЂ™s winner off Leon DraisaitlвЂ™s fourth assist of the night to win in five games. In the end, it looked like a ho-hum chore for the Edmonton Oilers taking care of the Calgary Flames in the first Battle of Alberta playoff in three decades-somewhere between tying up a trash before sending it down the garbage chute and sorting through the junk mail.Д«ut, the sixth instalment of the post-season BOA, first since 1991, was an offensive tug вЂo war with 44 goals over five games, 32 in three at the Saddleome where team defence was pretty much a rumour. Article contentД®dmonton Oilers Connor McDavid scores on Calgary Flames goalie Jacob Markstrom in overtime action to beat the Flames 5-4 and take Round two of the Western Conference finals at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary on Thursday, May 26, 2022. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.

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