(Photo : (Photo by Codie McLachlan/Getty Images)) EDMONTON, ALBERTA – MAY 14: Evan Bouchard #2 of the Edmonton Oilers celebrates with Dylan Holloway #55 after a objective through the third interval in opposition to the Vancouver Canucks in Game Four of the Second Round of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Rogers Place on May 14, 2024 in Edmonton, Alberta.
The Vancouver Canucks thought they’d pressured time beyond regulation with the Edmonton Oilers in Game 4, however the Oilers acquired a late regulation objective to tie the collection and flip momentum to their aspect.
Edmonton entered Tuesday’s sport in a spot of desperation, turning the web over to Calvin Pickard, a goalie who had by no means operated as a constant NHLer, both as a starter or backup, in over a decade within the league.
Determined to not let one other yr of the primes of Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid be wasted by goaltending, the Oilers needed to keep away from a loss Tuesday that will plunge them to a 3-1 deficit.
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Evan Bouchard Scores Late Goal to Save Oilers
Earning the chance of his profession, Pickard took the ice and made absolutely the most of it.
The veteran goalie allowed the Oilers to construct a lead, as he held the Canucks scoreless early, and Leon Draisaitl scored on the ability play to offer the group a 1-0 edge.
Veteran heart Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored a vital objective with lower than a minute left within the second interval that gave the Oilers a 2-0 lead and put the Canucks in a precarious place heading into the third.
Just as they’ve all season, although, the Canucks battled again. Connor Garland lastly solved Pickard early within the third to make it 2-1, as Calgary transplants Elias Lindholm and Nikita Zadorov picked up assists to proceed their impactful run in Vancouver.
Time went on with out an equalizer, and the Canucks have been pressured to empty their internet to attempt to tie the sport. They got here via and appeared to power time beyond regulation when Dakota Joshua tipped house a shot with beneath two minutes remaining.
But the Oilers confirmed their resiliency within the remaining time, as star defender Evan Bouchard made his greatest affect but in a season stuffed with them when he completed off a feed from Draisaitl to win the sport.
The collection now shifts again to Vancouver for a trademark Pivotal Game Five, with lots on the road and two netminders neither group ever imagined they’d be counting on on this state of affairs.
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