A Look at the Oilers and Canucks Respective Histories in Game 7

These teams play in game seven tomorrow, so why not look back at huge moments for these franchises in previous game 7s over the years?
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[@crotalon]

Stars losing to Edmonton in 97 was the only time i cried over a sports game. I was a kid then. Dad scolded me for crying over a game. Never did it again. Still my most painful moment as a Stars fan. Plus i took great pleasure in seeing them knock out Edmonton every other future series after.

[@ThirdEye3pic]

Those late 90's series between Dallas and Edmonton were absolute classics!

[@0CaptainMyCaptain]

Been a Crazy Series! Blood Pressure has been high for both sides at times. Really fitting to end on 7. No matter what happens the rivalry has been sparked.

[@deflectdotnet]

I agree 100%. Should be an exciting end to an exciting series.

[@wickedcool1337]

The amount of Flames magnets you have is impressive 😂

[@coreywilliams6390]

The Canucks journey this year has been fun and entertaining. Their team has character and is more interesting than they’ve been in years. Being a lifelong Canucks fan has taught me to enjoy the journey, savour the successes along the way, big or small. I will feel good regardless of what happens tomorrow, provided they go out there and hustle.

[@NoSyrupLeft]

If the nucks lose I just want to see them give the Oilers a battle. Game 6 was embarassing

[@coreywilliams6390]

@@NoSyrupLeft Absolutely agree!

[@ti5826]

Either way it was a big step forward for the canucks this year! Good to see more Canadian teams getting it together

[@Brian-uq4wu]

History of game 7s makes no difference for this particular one when the players involved weren't born/playing in them. Fun vid tho😂

[@amateurfun]

Ah isn’t that special. You get a participation ribbon. 🎀

[@north3606]

Fun fact: when Edm won the cup in 1990, they were down 3 games to 1 against WPG and came back. Bill Ranford was our goalie and was the butt of most jokes. He redeemed himself taking them to the cup beating BOS (again from 1988)🍻

[@robcramer4544]

Plus he won the Conn Smythe. Now he’s the Kings’ goalie coach.

[@kfnwuwbw9s]

How strange it is that the Burrows Dragon Slayer was the last time Vancouver scored a goal in a Game 7 (they have played 2 since then). They might want to start scoring goals if they want to win a Game 7.

[@coreywilliams6390]

Tomorrow!!!

[@GizmoBeach]

Burrows got a great assist from Campoli on his GWG.

[@mNag]

Haha, Dallas wasn't "routinely knocking us out" yet in 1997. That was the first time we met, and Oilers proved to be a capable underdog opponent. But then Dallas remembered that loss and whooped us every time after that.

[@z3llmer]

Losing Cujo to the Leafs really didn't help either. I was just a kid, but I remember Cujo being the reason the Oilers won that series. I don't think I'll ever get over losing Cujo.

[@mNag]

@@z3llmer Ya Cujo was my favourite. IMO he's the best ever playoff goalie to not win a cup. Dude elevated his game so much in the post-season. Could single-handedly steal series'. Once he left, we stopped getting 1st round upsets.

[@kingerikthegreatest.ofall.7860]

The 94 cup run is still the most heart breaking series as a Canucks fan.

I "was all alone" in the Coliseum for game three of the final, about two hours after my Mom died. Tell me about it!

[@kingerikthegreatest.ofall.7860]

Sorry to hear that .

[@danielpatterson5189]

I agree. 2011 I was just angry because I felt like Vancouver was clearly the better team and choked. In 1994 they came so close and had so many miracles but they just couldn't pull out that last one. That makes it hurt worse. They just got beat by a better team.

[@Mark-xl1ze]

ESPN has a 30 for 30 documentary on the Vancouver riots in 2011 that I believe air on June 4th. Can't wait to watch that one.

[@sanaon7453]

For the teams he has managed, Jim Rutherford as an executive has won every game sevens since 2006.

[@justjohnny420]

Majority of his teams would either miss playoffs or just lose before game 7 though

[@Oldtymehockey67]

Ah yes, 2017 v Anaheim. The game where, on video replay, we got to watch Ryan Kesler pull apart the Goalie pads of Cam Talbot, which went uncalled according to the crew in Toronto, and a goal was scored. Ugly series is right!

[@gkarenko9593]

You can grab the goalie's pads. You just can't bump into him. It's a rule in Toronto.

[@CB-lh4ph]

I'd love to see a video where you compare series results when a series that was 2-2 goes to 3-2 vs a series that 3-1 going to 3-2. When a team is down 3-1 we act like the series is over, but when a series is tied at 2 it's anyones to win, and when it inevitably becomes 3-2 we don't go "ah it's over", so I'd be curious to see if there's actually a difference or not

[@SimplyTheBestCSGO]

I used to like the Stars a bit back in the late 90s but if they beat Vegas, Colorado, Edmonton, Florida or even New York it might be the greatest run to a Stanley Cup... all the best team in each rounds technically

[@troubleondemand7703]

GTA therapy is real 😂

[@Ironslag]

Canucks flipping up the bat symbol for the green men for Monday.

[@chimoneko115]

Because the green men have really been working well for them 👏

[@north3606]

Those green men are full cringe

[@hemanownsyou]

@@north3606 They're awesome. Suck it!

[@hemanownsyou]

@@chimoneko115 Umm, they have. They are awesome, and all you haters can suck it!

[@chimoneko115]

@@hemanownsyou ok

[@datriaxsondor590]

6:36 It was in 2012 with NJD, against FLA in the 1st round. Henrique scored in the 1st, and the 2OT winner. Not trying to be a smart a**, just wanted to mention. 🍻

[@VatoTavo]

Yup,☝️Ducks picked up Rico in 17-18

[@Mark-xl1ze]

Will never forget what Cujo (on his 30th birthday btw) did to my Stars on April 29, 1997. Stole that game and the series. Btw, that's the last time the Oilers defeated the Stars in a playoff series to date. And yes, it was Marchant who scored the series-clinching goal. He scored the first and last goal of the series.

[@CastleBrookKrew]

Let's hope they beat Vancouver and can beat the Stars but who knows

[@danielnam9026]

Cujo was super clutch in net for the Oilers in that Dallas series. Oilers defence was an absolute tire fire. Cujo played like a man possessed.

[@hemanownsyou]

@@CastleBrookKrew Let's hope Canucks beat the soilers.

[@GizmoBeach]

McDavid will certainly be motivated to advance. If EDM doesn’t whoo-boy he’ll be hearing about it like Ovechkin did for years about “not coming up big in big games” even though he was the main reason they GOT to the big games, and I don’t recall that being true at all anyway.

[@joejoewilson5130]

Canucks blew it and it's all over. They needed to finish that Great Oilers team in Game 6. However, they didn't even show up. They got stomped out 5-1 in embarrassing fashion looking like they don't belong in the playoffs. Looks like another Heartbreak for Vancouver and their fans.

[@evileyeball]

Oilers are 2-3 in game 7s that follow a game 6 win. . Canucks are 3-2 in games 7s that follow a game 6 Loss

[@problemdogYT]

your a content machine, i think you would go crazy if you didnt have an outlet to talk about hockey. Love your topics

[@SylviusTheMad]

I was in downtown Vancouver for the 2011 riot. I was attending a non-hockey related work event which was very poorly attended (because hockey), so all of the staff were forced to attend just to fill seats. They showed the game on a big screen during dinner, and then after the Canucks lost we had to listen to speech from Gordon Campbell (who had just left office), and then after the speech the hotel told us it wasn't safe to go outside. That wasn't the most fun night.

[@doctordakotascorpio7047]

i'm still little worried about the Oilers for Game 7 but Game 6 Put it at ease a bit for now lol. i expect Canucks to Respond in a Big Way. Looking forward to the Game and hope Both Teams Bring their Best!! Good luck to both Teams!!

[@datriaxsondor590]

In terms of G7, I think it's gonna come down to two things for EDM. Actually showing up, and as always, their goal tending. If they let in 4 against Vancouver, there's little chance they will get 5 again. This team "should" have learned its lessons by now. This team should come out with the desperation befitting "cup or bust", as they claim to be. Objectively, I think EDM will win this, in a rather close game, and I would imagine it might be 4-2 with an EN. So, essentially, 3-2. I can't see a 1-0, or 2-1 snoozefest, as nerves will be high, mistakes will be made, and fatigue is showing in certain areas of both teams. That being said, I wouldn't be shocked in the least to see the opposite, and have it be 4-2 VAN with an EN. It's just that unpredictable, and that close. I can say this. I'm not too fanboyish, or cement headed to not get behind Vancouver for the rest of the playoffs, should they win. I will. Vancouver is far from a team I hate, and if they move on, I will be sitting next to the Vancouver fans who hate me right now. See you when the dust settles. 🍻

[@36inc]

i think your right about perry here- game sevens are his element people start getting tired and try really hard to maximize every motion- it makes tighter scrummy hockey which he lives for- he was one of the better players in that excruciating stars loss in the series against tampa. and then he appeared for that magical habs upset run. hes the one who looks better the longer a series drags out.

[@davidovics92]

0:48 Rogers Place :D Rogers Arena is the Canucks' home

[@trobertw]

This is pretty much a must-win for both teams tbh

[@bdonaghu]

Fun fact: that one of those 3 games sevens that Tyler Myers played was with Buffalo in 2011 against Philly. Myers scored a goal in that loss...

[@KINGPOOPS]

You expressed my feelings about the Canucks perfectly about how it's a similar feeling to the Boston series. In that Boston series the home team had won every game and I felt like "well we have to win this game 7 because of this pattern".

[@heldermoreira8554]

Hi Shannon !...

[@sonasome586]

no matter how tomorrows game 7 goes i believe the canucks can win the cup within the next 4-5 years if they keep at it with this upward progression of their players and prospects

[@trobertw]

I think the real X factor in this game 7 is whether or not the Green Guys show up

[@serfindukdb1776]

funny how the '11 Hawks/Canucks series is referred to as the 'nucks "slaying the dragon", when that dragon lost A LOT of its teeth in the off-season. Byfuglien, Ladd, Versteeg, Burish, Eager, Fraser, Madden (to a much lesser extent Niemi, even though we all know Crawford was always better); & even then, the Hawks probably win this if Bolland was healthy enough to start the series & not miss the first 3 games (all of which the 'nucks won). the record of the Hawks against the Canucks in the playoffs w/ Bolland in the lineup is 11-5. in those 16 games, he had 8 G's, 9 A's with a +8 rating. only bringing this up because i know that Dave Bolland is your favorite player, & you love remembering all of his playoff heroics against the 'nucks

[@sonasome586]

i mean the hawks before that year were unbeatable they had insane depth players all around the board and 2 of the 10 best forwards at the time as well as top 10 defensmen and a insane goalies it was a legit dynasty

[@Helixra]

Go Oilers!

[@wayne3340]

They had to win game 6. Now the Oilers are playing well and they didn't shoot at Skinner and he has confidence. I don't like our chances in game 7. I hope I'm wrong. All the experts said they'd miss the playoffs and Seattle would get in. I said they'd make the playoffs and win one round. They have exceeded expectations and next year they'll have playoff experience. Go Canucks!

[@timeknight4047]

on friday night i dreampt that demco plays tomorrow let in a goal but thats all i remember

[@tman6663]

Apologizing for bringing up a Gm 7 loss vs Canes in ‘06, while talking about the Oilers compared to the Canucks record in gm 7’s is an apology at least 3x for Van fans heartbreaks

[@BoyNamedSue4]

It would be pretty poetic if Perry won the game for the oilers, seeing as he won it for the ducks years ago.

[@user-bb2rq7kb1e]

in 1997 vs Dallas is that the game where they scored 3 goals in the the last 3 minutes

[@pyRoy6]

I think that was earlier in the series

[@user-bb2rq7kb1e]

was Ryan smyth play on that oilers team

[@pyRoy6]

@@user-bb2rq7kb1e Yeah. It was very early in his career and I think he scored at least one big goal.

[@michaelrudd1927]

Henriques goals surprisingly weren't in the ducks game 7 because he had 0 points in 4 games that playoff so the 2 goal game 7 came way back in 11-12 when NJ made the Finals.

[@defaultuser1447]

Not only did Steve Smith put it in the goal, but on his birthday. Not the present he had in mind.

[@kwaty]

The next year when they handed the cup to 99 the first guy he passed it to was Steve Smith! He was great in that playoffs and he was vindicated!

[@habinations]

oh i like this

[@denberg3303]

“ Rofl” on the Kirk Mclean could take the shot😂😂😂😂 I think that if game 7 was in vancouver the canucks won the stanly cup in 94.

[@markhom390]

I'll be rooting for Vancouver!

[@nathanspreitzer6738]

There seem to be quite a few red magnets hmmmm

[@Canuck-Fiend]

I don’t think pasts matter unless it’s the same roster or same coach

[@carlosalvador98]

Brock not playing in Game 7 tomorrow is a big blow but hopefully we can pull through still!

[@OWlsfordshire]

Its over for you bro. Sad because the Oilers will just give dallas a by round and dallas will hand the cup to the east. Rough year for the west.

[@sethoselken9562]

Brought to you by p f i z e r

[@williethekiddelaney8409]

Shannon I am a huge Canucks fan since birth never lived in bc I hate the Boston bruins but because of you I have a soft side for those Dallas stars 😂😂

[@nickholmes5610]

Very exciting! Is Silovs gets the Nucks the win he will be a folk hero in Vancouver!

[@nicholaslouie7590]

He’s already a folk hero, but if he wins us next game just build him a statue at that point 😂

[@Jrrobins99]

@@nicholaslouie7590 then he will have a second memorial lol

[@mNag]

@@nicholaslouie7590 It's Vancouver's Stanley Cup Game 7 tomorrow

[@nicholaslouie7590]

As a Canucks fan, my heart can’t mentally take a game 7, but I have a feeling Canucks will win.

[@othaVada]

Edmonton had a few fan control issues in 2006. 😮😅😊😂

[@JeffKing310]

Boeser being out won’t help the Canucks. But the Oilers have not looked great other than game 6. And the lack of depth for both teams might mean some craziness.

[@KnoxxBlack]

We gave Calgary that win in 86. Your welcome.

[@simonmeikle9037]

I'm confused by the 1986 series Edmonton and Calgary. You say Edmonton lost game 7 yet won the cup? Surely there must be an error there?

[@simonmeikle9037]

You have the asterisk for oilers winning a cup they didn't win

[@rt-rd5of]

Vancouver is doing outdoor viewing parties, just not downtown according to this video 'Vancouver to bring back Canucks outdoor viewing parties, 13 years after riot'

[@Cilvathorne]

Nerves getting to you? 😂

[@Kiekhaefer6]

Wasn’t it Bieksa not Burrows who slayed the dragon with a shot off the stanchion?

[@Con.man.218]

That was against San Jose in Game 5 of the 2011 WCF. Double OT series clincher

[@markhom390]

Maybe we'll have another Rangers Canucks finals like 94. Alot of similarities.

[@seantaylor2683]

14:07 Not really. Two of the three goals Vegas scored in that game were empty netters

[@VatoTavo]

Oilers V Ducks '17 , the Ducks hadn't won a game 7 the past 4 seasons! Two being to the Champs: Chi, LA

[@cooper0009]

Interesting that they havent played each other yet in a gm 7

[@TylerMorganShow]

Big view count!

[@Chaosmite]

With Boeser out, does Vancouver have a chance?

[@erikrutherford8202]

Not when Gary bettman & Mcdavid is marketing agent for the league

[@Chaosmite]

@@erikrutherford8202 stop with this conspiracy nonsense. If the conspiracy is true, then Arizona would have won the cup already

[@KevinJL]

Like the Messier v Poulin thumbnail

[@karlosspades7293]

The team that shoots more in a game, will win, Even on the PP, Although blocked shots is way up in the playoffs. But u miss every shot you dont take

[@markfeland2285]

The Smith goal wasn't just spurring Calgary to win, it was the winning goal

[@gkarenko9593]

Biggest goal in the history of Calgary.

[@chrisbelos2834]

can't wait to listen to LALALALALALALALALA in game 7 OT

[@rwkc3004]

13:00 😂😂😂

[@Rydedalight]

CUJO!

[@RandySanderszt]

Canucks players are divided. Imagine if they made that canes trade?

[@Eastvanucks]

Thats a reach

[@RandySanderszt]

@@Eastvanucks It's from a reliable source. It will come out in bits over the coming months.

[@ruffFlip]

All to lose to Dallas

[@deflectdotnet]

It's hard to believe that the Canucks and Oilers have faced each other so few times before. And now we have the first 7-game series between these 2 teams. Thank you for the info. And I appreciate your extremely balanced comments. No matter what, it's been a great series. I can't imagine anything stopping McDavid and Draisaitl right now so I have to say I think that the Oilers will move on. But who knows?

[@Eastvanucks]

When oilers were good canucks sucked when canucks were good oilers sucked

[@tscan1265]

So that’s why Canuck fans are always in the arena and not outside for away playoff games.

[@Mark-xl1ze]

@7:40..... Correction: The Oilers didn't win the Stanley Cup in 1986.

[@TheHockeyGuy]

The Habs did. I did get it right at another point in the video, stating the loss in 86 prevented them from winning five in a row.

[@davidfitzpatrick6535]

I mean u do it once its an accident u do it twice its a pattern.

[@michaelbacchiocchi8111]

Love u Shannon, but cry as you may about Lafayette’s missed open shot… it was Karma for all of the disgustingly glaring missed calls by Greggson and the zebras. 1- two Obvious too many men on ice… possibly more 2- missed boarding / interference on Nemchinov creating scoring chance 3 - Courtnall’s high stick on Kevin Lowe 4 - and probably the worst of all.. Gelinas tripping Anderson and subsequent facial crosscheck. And that’s just the first period. I won’t continue but you get the idea. Keep up the good work and see you in the finals again!

[@GabrielHodge]

Cardiac canucks time

[@Wogger72]

I think McJesus and Leon Gyllenhaal are going to get it done!

[@deepakm8324]

I was angry too last night because being up 3-2 in series and then I thought first period game 6 was even but the way they played last 2 periods not showing up is unacceptable. If it was a close game and one where they showed up and played well then u can accept a loss but no show is a joke when your 1 win away from conference finals anyways they still have 1 more chance hopefully we can pull it off on our home ice

[@Eastvanucks]

U gotta give edmonton credit they imposed theyre will just like we did in game 5

[@deepakm8324]

@@Eastvanucks Edmonton played well but we had a chance to eliminate them and we made it so easy for them

[@Eastvanucks]

@deepakm8324 i know we didnt have our legs at all suter missed a wide open net coulda been 2 to 1 canucks suckin the life out of the building ..missed oppurtunities on the power play as well. If we dont out physical them block shots or have our legs its a wrap.

[@Eastvanucks]

Brocks out fml

[@timw4369]

If it was for the cup we would lose but in the second round we would win.

[@andrewsmoresyt1275]

Viva Vancouver Dankasche

[@zacharymcnally252]

Go Vancouver

[@tripsaplenty1227]

No playoff hockey today. time for you to take a day off and enjoy a coupla beers or something.

[@Bowman1999]

Vancouver wins 3-2 in OT, Myers scores the winning goal!

Scared yet, kids?

[@smegger2000]

Please win Canucks. As a Stars fan please don't make me watch Todd Marchant score on Andy Moog. I never see CBC or Sportsnet show goals from Dallas beating the Oilers the next 5 years straight.

[@robcramer4544]

Because that was expected. Everyone loves the underdog.

[@MarkVrem]

Thid DOOD is nervous!

[@TheHockeyGuy]

Nope

[@meelosh92]

Excited! Go Canucks Go!

[@killz14784]

Should be nervous either one who makes it is gonna get absolutely nuked by the Dallas Stars

[@dfoleyusa]

Shannon did it! Yes I was hoping he’d do this video. With my team out - VAN is the team I’m rotting for given my personal connection and love of that city. Last night was tough. I know the Canucks have a choppy history in Game 7s and I’m hoping they make some history tomorrow as a true underdog. I do think they might give Dallas fits. Not that EDM is some pushover - I just feel like DAL is a bad matchup for EDM.

[@dfoleyusa]

Not trying to say I don’t like Alberta either folks - that province is fantastic but I got engaged to my now wife in Vancouver 20 years ago and I did it there because the backdrop and town is perfect for it. Though to be fair Banff and Jasper are not bad spots to do that either and even as an American I know these things - yeah Canada is just an awesome and unique place.

[@killz14784]

Vancouver giving Dallas fits lol your dreaming never would happen Canucks are no Vegas or Avalanche 4 that matter

[@meanwhileinsooke]

The game last night angered you so much you broke out the GTA?? Wow yeah it was a bad game...

[@SaveznaRepublikaJugoslavija]

About to be a repeat of 2022 round 1 vs the Kings

[@killz14784]

I know you like both the Stars and Canucks but you cannot actually be telling me u believe the Canucks stand a chance against Dallas!!! They will be dismantled and destroyed it would t even be close!!! The Stars have had the much more difficult path defeating the past 2Cup winners im sorry but Vancouver wouldnt put up a fight against this juggernaut

[@dansnyder9102]

No Shannon, the Stars are a better overall team than Edmonton and Vancouver. Stars will need 6 to beat Edmonton and 4-5 to beat Vancover. Stars vs Panthers in the finals.

[@PeterDixon734]

You're delusional if you think Oettinger is gonna stop mcbaby. Soilers in 5, maybe a sweep.

[@jmld11]

Steve Smith prevented the Oilers from having a dynasty....needed 3 in a row......sucks for them.

[@Matt-nj1yh]

Canucks fans are too cocky... Oilers will take game 7. Karma always wins

[@Eastvanucks]

Your guys been calling sweep then oilers in 5 then in 6 now in 7 lol n were the cocky ones

[@Matt-nj1yh]

@@Eastvanucks who are my guys? you seem to know me more than I know me. FYI... I am not an oilers fan. I hate everything Alberta! I just pointed out an observation. stalker

[@Matt-nj1yh]

@@Eastvanucks enjoy your street party... oh wait! Vancouver is the ONLY team that doesn't get one. LMFAO! childish much?

[@LLitterally]

Cocky Matt beakin’ off.

[@chriswall1667]

@@Eastvanucks Where did you here that? From a Sportsnet announcer, who comes from Toronto? Or do you actually know people from Edmonton who said that? I think it it more likely the sweep comments came from someone in Ontario trying to get our fan bases at each others throats.

[@PeterDixon734]

Aren't you about to hate EDM., they're about to put the Canucks to bed and then they're off to Dallas to sweep the Stars.

[@Brian-uq4wu]

History of game 7s makes no difference for this particular one when the players involved weren't born/playing in them. Fun vid tho😂