How Are The Canucks Up 2-1 On The Oilers? | SDP

Steve Dangle, Adam Wylde and Jesse Blake discuss how thyey believe the Vancouver Canucks have been able to grab the series lead over the Edmonton Oilers. Is it entirely on Stuart Skinner?
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[@djfrankie]

Because Canucks are a hockey team, and Oilers are a hockey line.

[@coltonnaslund]

Canucks have consistantly won games all year while getting outshot. It is kind of just our plan at this point

[@floyd2222]

The obsession with SOG is weird to me; every time you shoot the puck towards the net, you are giving up possession of said puck in the offensive zone. If a high % scoring chance is not there, instead of padding the goalie's stats, and likely causing the play to turn back down ice towards your end, why not keep possession, play for a better shot - even if that means, "on paper", you were outshot in the game? I do understand that traditionally, SOG is an indication of play domination, but it is way more nuanced than that. How many shots get blocked and then often lead to a rush down the other way? Offensive zone TOP and SOG should be looked at in conjunction with each other. Also, shitty goaltending is shitty goaltending.

[@danielmaloney946]

@@floyd2222 Yes- comparing the number of goals to the number of shots without looking any deeper is moronic. The hardest job a goalie can do is play for a team like the Oilers where there are long stretches in the other end and then they give up a series of odd-man rushes and giveaways. Not a lot of shots but a lot of scoring chances relative to number of shots.

[@tygher]

Anyone else annoyed with the constant editing of shot totals? Up. Down. Up. Down. I can imagine a group of people debating the calibre of each shot. While they’re at it why don’t they remove every ‘shot’ that actually just a pass to the goalie to get a faceoff in the opposing zone? The Canucks don’t care about shots on goal. They appear to have a shooting strategy where they attempt to make the best shot available only if it’s available. If it’s not why turn the puck over? Like you said, getting outshot seems to be a plan.

[@Eleutherios1]

Ya earlier in the season when they were putting up the most offence was actually with much less shots.. hence all the PDO talk. They would get out to a big lead in the 1st/2nd period and then just kind of shut it down.

[@leftcoaster67]

Rope a dope hockey?

[@avah3643]

It's always "The Canucks are lucky" and "The oilers are playing badly" and never "The Canucks are playing well." I don't think they made it to round 2 by chance.

[@louisstabile1182]

Winning the Pacific, beating the red hot Preds (who btw, could have gone to WCF imo). People still don't understand how they do it. Four good lines for starter.

[@Xyy2387]

Who cares. Let them cope however they want.

[@billMcKenzie-eh4tk]

Bias - colors all comments & ignorance of 1 side, highlights the Bias

[@wummrs]

@@louisstabile1182I’m a Canucks fan, but our fourth line sucks. We have 3 good lines.

[@alexandermacdougall7873]

​@@wummrs Better than the oilers, who have 1

[@TheLivewire18]

The Canucks have been good all season. People slept on them because they had a 3 week slump and “they don’t have playoff experience.” But the team has been doing this all season. Their center depth is just insane. Combined with a superstar dman, and strong role playing bottom defenders and wingers, they don’t really have any holes. If Demko comes back, the jolt they need to go all the way

[@appletree13]

Honestly we might not even need Demko. Silovs is playing like mad.

[@arkine11]

Demko is their top goalie for sure, but Silovs has managed to win games for Canucks already as a rookie. Examples are game 6 shutout vs Preds, and Game 3 vs Oilers, especially the 3rd period. That's pretty damn impressive

[@louisstabile1182]

Even if they win the cup, people will still think they've been lucky and blaming the goaltending.

[@coryr6359]

well, they got outshot in games 6 and 7 and played like arse. hows that "logic" holding up now?

[@TheLivewire18]

@@coryr6359 Did you forget the part where their leading playoff scorer was diagnosed with blood clots? Did you miss the part where they had to shorten their center depth to 2 in an effort to replace him? Did you even watch the games? Stop trying to be snarky. You’re bad at it.

[@chrisdranfield3828]

Keep in mind through first 4 games against Nashville Saros who is supposed to be vezina level goalie had 85 sv %. The Canucks don’t shoot a lot.

[@floyd2222]

I only saw Saros play this year in the series against Van. My gawd, the dude is rebound city?! He could not control the puck after the initial save? I was surprised, made him look very avg IMO, and you feel like you can come back and score in bunches?

[@nathancjarrett]

I had Canucks vs Jets in the WCF, so I'm less surprised about Vancouver doing well than I am about the Jets collapse. Canucks look like a better team to me. Edmonton is a bunch of offense, and more often than not those Juggernaut offenses that chew up bad teams in the regular season end up struggling in the postseason when they face better Defenses and Goaltending.

[@TheErnie1964]

Yeah I was disappointed that the Jets got bumped I thought they were going against Vancouver in the Western conference final as well. Well anyway go Canucks go. It would be fun to watch Vancouver beat the rangers this year

[@nathancjarrett]

@@TheErnie1964 Canucks-Rangers playoff hockey was the first hockey I ever watched. I was a Texas kid who was intrigued by this new sport I'd never watched before. Dallas had just got a team, but I didn't even know about them yet. The next year I became a Stars fan.

[@Eleutherios1]

On Silovs holding the stick. Don't see how you could call that. The oiler player is 1 In the crease 2 Contacting the goalie 3 On top of the goalie 4 Impeding the goalie from playing the puck in the crease. 5 For most of the play the puck was underneath Silovs anyways.

[@floyd2222]

I am one of those weirdos who only watches Steve D after a Leafs loss - so entertaining. A particular highlight of the post season was the rage reading of that one IT promo thingy, OMG, so funny. I do find it odd that Steve seems to have zero interest/confidence in the Canucks? He is definitely Leafs obsessed - hmm, does that mean he is not really a real hockey fan? On the other hand, I have really enjoyed Adam's live reactions to the Oilers-Canucks series, he seems to really just love a great game, surprising comeback or goal or hit! Go Canuckleheads Go!!!

[@arkine11]

and most importantly, the refs really can't even see that in a struggle for the puck in front of the net.

[@emperoralvis6559]

Even if it was a penalty, so what? Silovs stopped a goal and they have to work to generate another.

[@andrewzelitt]

@@arkine11good album.

[@Statsy10]

I'm a Canucks fan and I can tell you that you are 100% wrong on this. Not only should it have been a penalty, but possibly a penalty shot considering the level of chance he was taking away. Interestingly, unlike hockey orthodoxy, you'd probably prefer facing a PS to an Oilers powerplay at the moment. Lol

[@kendo207]

Because the Canucks are good!

[@trevorwiazek5594]

Just imagine if Pettersson started to play better....

[@burnabymike]

The Oilers are built like the Leafs - a core of high-powered superstars and then little else. The Oilers have ONE line, and that line is better than any line the Canucks have... but the Canucks have 4 lines that can score. When are the Oilers scoring? On the power play where the McDavid line powers up. 5 on 5, the Canucks have been better, and their defense and goaltending are keeping them in games.

[@RodelIturalde]

Nah, Oilers are build differently. Mainly because their high-powered superstars can score goals in the playoff. The Leafs high-powered superstars can't.

[@burnabymike]

@@RodelIturalde Well, if you're going to get technical.... ;-)

[@leechap3]

The SoG in the 3rd period were 22-3 or something ridiculous like that, but I heard the high danger chances were one apiece.

[@emperoralvis6559]

Exactly. Canucks defence gives the Oilers offence nothing.

[@arkine11]

Canucks: Better goaltending, even with their rookie goalie. Silovs carried that third period by a lot. We all know goaltending is huge in the playoffs for a deep run. Canucks: More depth. All lines are producing. Another thing that is huge in the playoffs. Canucks: More physical. This is one thing they really lacked in 2011 which screwed them vs Boston. Now they have it, and once again, big part of doing well in the playoffs. Canucks: Better defense. Edmonton is much better than they were a few years ago but still not a top defense team. Oilers: More star players, better top line. This is all they really have though, and they rely too much on their top 6 players. You can see this by the team stats in the playoffs. Edmonton have several players in the top 10 points and goal scorers. Canucks have none.

[@williamm1981]

Ian Clark has a "no white" policy for goalie equipment for this exact reason.

[@SmellyWetYeti]

Grant Fuhr has entered the chat.

[@dannycarlow8204]

So they just don't listen to him? Sorry but they actually showed either Silovs or DeSmith on tv with white lacing on their glove while wearing their black uniforms in the last game they wore them before the playoffs. Obviously not a policy.

[@williamm1981]

@@dannycarlow8204 Canucks goalies are not allowed to wear all white pads, blockers or gloves. they are allowed to have white laces.

[@dannycarlow8204]

@@williamm1981 I don't think there is any goalie that wears all white everything. You don't really need a rule. It's more common sense than anything. The laces of the glove were the object of discussion during the broadcast because that's the only part of the glove you can see through. Black laces are also common sense.

[@wellyforpm]

No, clark has a no black pads policy because it contrasts with the white net.

[@Eleutherios1]

This is a reality check. Sure .. penalties are part of the game.. but the main game of hockey is 5 on 5 hockey.. so Imagine a series where both teams are perfect angels. Neither team takes any penalties and no penalties is the right call. Who wins, Vancouver VS Edmonton. Vancouver wins.. likely easily. Vancouver is a hockey team, a really good hockey team. Edmonton is a 5man powerplay unit.. a really good 5 man powerplay unit.

[@UnhingedCanadian]

Paying drai and McDavid wouldn’t be a problem if someone didn’t *cough* sign nurse for $9.2m till end of 2030

[@Neon002121]

Ekholms current cap hit is $6 million. Stunning difference. He’s paid 66 percent as much and has to be at least twice as effective.

[@brianhum8765]

That's what happens when you hire Ken Holland who was very quickly proven to be not very good at navigating the salary cap in Detroit as soon as it hit as he loves anchoring himself to average players with unnecessarily long/big contracts.

[@remimk]

Damn 9.2 for him?? Thats almost as bad as our 11.5 till 2032

[@UnhingedCanadian]

@@Neon002121 easily twice as good not close.

[@tmol]

they're right. Canucks should be up 3-0 if Ian Cole wasn't a secret agent for the oilers

[@macrost8935]

Honestly Skinner is making Samsonov look like a Vezina candidate

[@Canuck-Fiend]

The funny thing is ceci nurse are just bad, ian cole is just having a bad stretch of 3 games. Last series he was phenomenal

[@ML-my8qq]

Die hard Oilers fan here. I’m nervous to start Pickard but there isn’t really another option right now.

[@floyd2222]

Honest opinion from a Canucks fan, who wants the Canucks to win. What if you start Pickard and he sucks? Then for game 5 you have two goalies that the Canucks think they can beat. From what all of the Oilers and media have been saying, apparently Skinner is a pretty good goalie - I think I would start Skinner in Game 4, he may finally play well, get some bounces and get some more offensive support. If the Oilers can win with him in G4, series is tied at 2 and you still have 2 goalie options going forward. If Skinner stinks after P1, or even P2 in G4, you have to pull him? I don't know, it is a tough call for the Oilers, for sure...

[@arkatheistcc2353]

It's not just your goaltending. You have 1 forward line. No defence. Your 2nd line had 16 min. 3rd and 4th under 10. And your defence is a joke.

[@ML-my8qq]

@@arkatheistcc2353 Ya they need to split Connor and Leon up. The oilers D aren’t bad minus the Nurce Ceci combo. They should play Stecher in place of Ceci at least for a game. Oilers are probably up 3-0 in this series if Skinner makes a god damn save.

[@ML-my8qq]

@@floyd2222 I think Pickard goes in tonight and at the very least gives Stu a breather until Game 5 to kind of reset mentally. If any pro hockey team goes into a playoff game thinking they can’t beat a goalie then they’ve lost the game already. The Oilers are scoring like 4 goals a game and drastically out shooting Vancouver. They are getting offence. They just aren’t getting goaltending.

[@arkatheistcc2353]

@@ML-my8qq not really, if you look at van all year, this is how we played low shots high goals. Oilers were always gona have a problem with us. And alot of thr goals, we're a result of bad defence, not goaltending.

[@RUmlas]

If you look at the bench minor for edmonton, it was 37 for initiating contact with Zadorov.

[@thomasm4388]

The canucks are a much deeper team. Just compare third lines and performance. The canucks are also throwing the oilers around physically.

[@kaldwindrew7752]

I love these guys. They are one of the reasons I started to like the rest of the league and not just my team. Now I have started to expand my hockey listening and who I follow. These guys really bring up some good points but I think they do miss some things. The Hockey PDO podcast is a favorite of mine, and they break down a lot of what the Vancouver Canucks are doing well. Other comments have mentioned that the Canucks 5v5 play is better than the Edmonton Oilers play. The Vancouver forecheck creates quality scoring chances. They are okay with only putting 18 shots on goal as long as they are getting good scoring chances. Coupled with Stuart Skinner's play and the pairing of Darnell Nurse and Cody Ceci the Canucks are just doing exactly what they want and it's given them a series lead so far.

[@chrisdranfield3828]

Zadorov can’t be considered a deadline acquisition in was November.

[@trevorwiazek5594]

Yes way before.

[@PeterDixon734]

A good coach can do wonders for a team. And Big Z. Zaddy and Lindy are quite familiar with the soilers and their dirty tactics. They know how to play against them. I wouldn't be shocked to find out that this was strategized long before Allvin acquired them - he knew his team would run into those clowns in the post season and sniped a couple of warriors who did battle with them before.

[@Canuck-Fiend]

The holding the stick call was one that the officials would never be able to see, that one was so dificult to catch

[@docdrac]

NHL reffing and NHL Dept of Player Safety are the biggest jokes in professional sport. The NHL rulebook itself is laughable in its vaguary, which looks like it's been left intentionally vague, especially in comparison to the women's league and even minor league hockey.

[@Eric-hi5py]

Oilers fan?

[@kw9377]

I think it was someone on the oilers bench pushing or punching zadorov when he tried to leave was the penalty

[@billk516]

Oilers is only scary when they decide to play 3 players 30 minutes a game😂

[@mitchapalooza1]

You could ALSO make an argument the Canucks could be up 3-0. Saying the Oilers "could" be up 3-0 is garbage analysis I'm sorry Steve. Love that a how are the canucks up 2-1 video is just 15 minutes of dissecting the Oilers roster. lol

[@jackboyon2315]

That’s y Canucks record at the end of regular season is not good just above 500 because Tocc is mixing the line and see what’s working or not

[@nicholaslouie7590]

Canucks are deeper, better 5 on 5 and have elite goaltending.

[@emperoralvis6559]

You know it’s a depth problem when Linus Karlsson looks better than Corey Perry

[@dougstewart3243]

Silovs is killing you guys

[@toedrag-release]

No, Skinner is

[@misternewoutlook5437]

The Canucks are farming perfectly with their Abbotsford talent. In fact, Canuck fans in the lower mainland are starting to go to those other "Canuck" games. Silovs is thriving in the Canucks system. They have something going here and its going well. They have Nils Aman and Linus Karlsson coming up. Rick Tochett is just feasting on the options.

[@darcyferrier775]

Canucks were tied for 1st with the highest shooting percentage in the NHL this season, and now you're surprised??

[@shaunchappell784]

A mobile smash mouth defence style, hot goalie, take liberties with opponents key player and capitalise on opponets mistakes. Or in other words Stanley cup winning hockey. Saved you all 18 mins

[@floyd2222]

hahahaha, nice take!

[@appletree13]

And far more physicality than the Oilers are prepared for.

[@ajbolt7]

And better 5v5 play than the opponent

[@ryanalex106]

Think ya gotta go Pickard for game 4

[@joescott4778]

The Oilers are a one-line team with spotty goaltending and sub par defending ability. In short, a paper tiger

[@RobDucharme]

2:15 What constitutes a trade deadline trade nowadays? Big Zed was a Canuck by late November and Lindholm was traded in late January. Trade deadline was March 8. Sorry if I'm being picky, but let's use the right wording when describing stuff like this. 3:28 "Toronto" speaking positively about the Canucks? Neat! 5:30 That was my reaction.. lol 10:34 As a Canucks fan, I'm telling Oilers fans that look, the Canucks are under very little pressure to win this series, thanks in part to the unreasonable expectations the hockey media and odds makers put on the Oil to plow through the Canucks. Canucks are having fun. Canucks fans are having fun. Their bluechip forward is locked up long term (hopefully Petts actually is injured to some limiting extent, and he isn't just choking). Their cap hell is coming to an end with the new management regime. Meanwhile the Oilers have TWO all-world players who need to win now, or itchy feet may set in sooner than the Oilers think. If they don't make it to the big dance this year, they absolutely have to make a blockbuster trade to acquire a Vezina-nominated level goalie. They are running out of time. 11:22 Not a winnable argument, given the BALANCED depth the Canucks have. Unless the argument is, "Silovs isn't allowed to be this good" then ok, understood. 16:25 Agreed. I said it the moment I realized it'd be Oilers vs Canucks. This is going to be a banger of a series. But NOOOOOOO, the talking heads were all, "Welp, Oilers are gonna roll over them like they're pylons." Shots on goal don't mean much if you aren't getting enough quality chances. No Soucy tonight, so maybe this is their shot to get in close. I expect the Oilers to win tonight. Handily? Meh, maybe. They do have to make this a statement game at home. Canucks haven't lost on the road so far in these playoffs and were among the best for winning on the road this season. It's up to the Oilers to change the narrative.

[@jg6693]

Hill was Vegas 3rd stringer last year too

[@metalshorrorhouse-kd1ih]

Simple, Oilers have had no secondary 5x5 scoring and subpar goaltending. As much as I hate the Canucks they’re also playing well.

[@Tonn142]

Comes Down to Goaltending, playing way better 5v5, and attention to details defensively

[@El_Jim]

The roughing on Kane was for kicking Zadorov with his skate...

[@wainber1]

Steve, starting a bit after the 10:00 mark, mentions the Leafs‘ Samsonov-Woll tandem. Whether, assuming Pickard starts the Tuesday Eastern Time Canucks-Oilers‘ game for the Oilers, he will be for his team a Joe Woll still remains TBD.

[@Ispy10101]

Why would they stay? The team has goalie, defense and depth problems that need to be addressed first.

[@stef9801]

Literally two words - Stuart Skinner. I love him but he cooked us.

[@mikerai4249]

cooking flick of the wrist

[@kw9377]

Well Ian cole is the oilers mvp in the series, he costed canucks 4 goals himself..

[@Ryan-ve7le]

I love him too.. as a Canucks fan

[@CzarrIV]

His glove hand is weighed down from his watch

[@emperoralvis6559]

More to it than just your goalie

[@timmie2k3]

I like how after the Canucks dominating the Oilers the entire season, finishing at the top of their division people, and eliminating the Predators (one of the best teams in the league down the stretch) people are still surprised the Canucks are beating the Oilers. If Demko was playing it'd be 3-0 in the series and wouldn't even be particularly close. But everyone loves to talk about how the Oilers are not winning.

[@Eclipse_Coffee]

1:00 silovs was simply making sure derek ryan didn't lose his temper and spear another player in the balls and get away with it

[@gordonmacdowell8117]

There were two Oilers on the bench throwing punches at Zadorov, after he hit Kane in there. They only penalized one of them. In the big ruckus after the game, Hyman came roaring in to cross check Zadorov in the face and he needed stitches. No fine or suspension. Soucy should have been suspended, but McDavid didn't even get a fine by the big two hander and most East Coast hockey media cut a few seconds off the clip so you don't see the slash and assume McDavid was protecting a puppy behind the net or something.

[@GoatrTheGoalie]

GO CANUCKS GO baby

[@jackboyon2315]

The disrespect from this guys to Canucks, by saying Canucks just got lucky for winning games this series but even in regular season oilers did not win one single game

[@Orangejuicer297]

I think the Canucks are only up 2-1 on Edmonton because of the poor officiating in game 2. The Canucks would be up 3-0 as they are the better team, more well rounded, better star players and better forwards, defense, goaltending, coaching staff.

[@Cheapshot420420]

just for accuracy sake, zadorov was acquired well before the deadline

[@distortedsoul27]

To say that the Oilers whiffed massively on the Nurse contract is a tremendous understatement. Holy cow! That WCF series against the Avs he got entirely exposed for being massively overpaid. But, that's what you get when not many players want to stay in Canada. The ones that do will demand big money, even if they're not worth it.

[@Chaosmite]

It wasn’t holding the stick, one of the bench minors pushed him, which you can’t do on the bench

[@mitchhak2]

“Is holding the stick it’s own penalty?” Lol glad you’ve got the experts on

[@theevilascotcompany9255]

If marquee talent was a key success factor in the playoffs, the McDavid Oilers would have three cups by now. Vancouver is winning, and will likely win the series, because of better defence, better overall depth, and better goaltending, which are key success factors in the playoffs over having the top offensive forwards.

[@nicholasonciul5770]

Has Steve ever watched Kulak-Desharnais? Legit one of the most underrated third pairings in the league.

[@glenrichardson8266]

They traded for Zadorov in November and got Lindholm before the ASG. Hard to say Zadorov is a deadline acquisition.

[@geographyinaction7814]

The Canucks have a team, Oilers have a few players. Of course the Oilers also have the refs in their pockets, allowing Connor "Carve em up Racki" McDavid to use his stick like the Chief's tomahawk in Slapshot!

[@Neon002121]

I know it’s a thing, but the whole “trade deadline stuff doesn’t matter” is goofy. The Bolts and Avs don’t win their cups without their trade deadline acquisitions

[@ketuwonder5118]

Holding the stick when you are hit into the bench = Bench Minor. Kane had left the ice and was literally on the bench.

[@christhornycroft3686]

As long as the NHL doesn't suspend half of the Canucks defense, they're deeper at almost every position, including in goal, than the Oilers. Edmonton has 2 fantastic players and 2-4 good players and after that, there's a huge drop off. Depth scoring is nonexistent and they have no goaltending. The Oilers have to rely on McDavid and Draisaitl dominating and getting favourable calls from referees. They're like the Canucks in 2003 and 2004. That's why they have to play their top 2 forwards every other shift to give themselves a chance. You can't win a Cup that way. You might be able to get to a Conference Final, but Dallas and Colorado are too deep and will destroy the Oilers if they get there. Depth is everything in the playoffs.

[@toedrag-release]

I agree, Edmonton is tooo top heavy of a team which will never win a cup. The only way that could possibly work is if you have an elite goaltender which Edmonton tried to have with Campbell but backfired. That being said Edmonton has had more puck possession, more offensive zone time, more shots than Vancouver and really has outplayed Vancouver more often in the series than not. Neither Edmonton nor Vancouver has what it takes to win a cup TBH. They'll be lucky to even make it to 6 games with Dallas

[@danszmidt2706]

Finally i agree with Steve, golie held Ryans stick, after THROWING his own

[@chrisorrell3066]

So if the oilers get beat out in the second round, does that mean it doesn’t work? This is a team who had how many first overall picks in the last so much years? If you don’t win the cup, doesn’t it really matter how far you go? No one remembers, only the teams who actually wins it all gets remembered. And last time I checked only one team wins the cup.

[@Canuck-Fiend]

Pickard didnt look amazing though. He let boeser have the whole side of the net open but boeser didnt put it home. Other than that he didnt make any like good saves, 2 bounced off him

[@jdavis1890]

Nice to see people are finally coming to terms thay Nurse is overrated and greatly over paid

[@jamesruscheinski8602]

Canucks score more goals in two games, Oilers score more goals in one game

[@warrenbuffet6126]

Hmmm maybe it has something to do with the fact that Skinner has the worst goaltending stats in the playoffs in the history of the NHL. That’s not an exaggeration he actually does. If the Oilers have even a 89% save percentage the series is 3-0 Edmonton.

[@ImsoUT1]

Just because the leafs went out and spent ludacris numbers on their top guys, and then prove year after year that you cant succeed in that strategy, does NOT mean other teams are going to base contract signings on what the leafs spent. Making the leafs an even bigger joke.

[@ImsoUT1]

“Matthews money” = So much that we cannot contend due to no salary room to go around and form a complete team.

[@arkatheistcc2353]

Because the oilers are not a good team. They have 1 good line and nothing else. Theg made the playoffs only because of mcOilly. He can score, but the rest of the team is for show.

[@Obi1to1]

Goal tending! Goal posts!!

[@chrishey6891]

If NHL "super stars" want to win cups, they need to be aware that that $3m from 12-15 or 9-12 can be massively impactful to the team's chances of filling out the roster. McDavid is worth $15m in the current market value, however does he need it? If he takes $12m or even $10m, that opens up a lot of scope for signing good GK and D. Will he notice that $3-6m in his bank account?! If you gave him a choice to pay $3m for a Cup ring...would he take it?

[@dmorgan3244]

I know why....suspect goal tending, suspect D, only 3 top 6 forwards.

[@emperoralvis6559]

Limited offence 5 on 5 as well. I think the majority of Edmonton’s goals have come on the power play.

[@shizuokaBLUES]

Easy. Media and commentators didn’t watch enough games in detail and oilers have McDavid. So Vancouver was a dark horse from the beginning

[@wellyforpm]

Silovs webbing is actually green.

[@kolasillers7776]

He's SHILOVS.

[@emperoralvis6559]

He’s a king

[@brianhum8765]

Because one team has a 3rd string goalie continuing the tradition of outplaying Stuart Shitter, even though he has to stop McDavid and Draisaitl. Also, one team is a TEAM, the other team is still one line.

[@coryjohn4057]

Oilers are once again running into a team. The concept has been missed for a decade.

[@slickmechanical]

If Skinner had an .875 sv% this series would be at least 2-1 the other way. He has been brutal.

[@grivoc]

As a sens fan the best move we made in 10 years was getting rid of Ceci, and he was even worse then

[@dryicex4083]

Someone on the bench punched zadorov from the bench

[@timgirard4478]

Startimg pickard sends the erong message. Shoulda had him start the third game to get him involved.

[@nolanwooten8911]

Because the Oilers as good as they are, are definitely over rated and over hyped because of how destructive McDavid and Draisaitl are. They are not as complete a team as Vancouver is. Nucks in 7

[@RodelIturalde]

Difference between Leafs and Oilers. Oilers well paid forwards do goals. If leafs well paid forwards do as much goals as the oilers does. Then Leafs win against Leafs with same defense and goalie.

[@aomoxomoa3658]

Wuht

[@edwardhicks6018]

It's pretty painful how obvious it is that you haven't actually watched this series beyond main highlights.

[@toedrag-release]

Literally streams it live but ok

[@edwardhicks6018]

All of them? That’s even worse then lmao. Just bad takes and lack of understanding. Lol thought there is a small circle and big circle in each end 😂

[@tt128556]

The same reason the Oilers have been underperforming for years - shitty goalkeeping. It really saddens me to realize that McDavid's prime years will be wasted in a sub-par Oilers team.

[@trustmeiknow1]

Coulda woulda shoulda Edmonton “could” be up 3-0? A helluva a lot easier Canucks could be up 3-0, with their third string goalie. . . Only an own goal away from being up 3-0 what are you smoking? Oh yeah, Leaf’s fans.😂

[@wellyforpm]

Ian Cole has more goals for the oilers than any oiler player. And nurse should have been ejected for hitting pettersson from behind in game 2 and then donkey punching him after that hit.

[@jamesruscheinski8602]

less end of game questionable hitting in a playoff series if call penalties that carry over to next game in series?

[@zachroberts1988]

McDavid and Draisaitl may be the first 30 million dollar pairing...

[@user-qj2yb9es4b]

Canucks have more depth, better goal tending, best coach in the league and they believe in the crest. They are playing without their vezina nominated goaltender and their supposed best player is doing nothing. Edmonton has to many over paid and underplayed. Nurse making more then the Norris Trophy soon to be winner Quinn Hughes. Makes no sense. Pay Buchard more. Pretty Amazing. Go Canucks Go!

[@weswilliamson6439]

I think the GM of the Oil, whether it’s Holland or not, needs to seriously try attaching a first or second round pick to get rid of Nurse and use that money elsewhere

[@emperoralvis6559]

Who wants that plug?

[@simbeau]

Why? Canucks have deeper scoring ability, better defencive crew and WAY better goaltending

[@guycharger5830]

The Oilers needed to trade for size and a Playoff Goaltender these past two years and did neither. So now Canucks in five...

[@Kwolf1]

The Canucks are up 2-1 because the Oilers decided they didn’t need a goalie.

[@davidgriffith3938]

The Canucks scored more goals than the Oilers in two games, that's how.

[@davidfitzpatrick6535]

2:05 Honestly at the gm meetings over the offseason I could see Edmonton bring that up and ask the League to not allow goalies to have black webbing in their glove.

[@toedrag-release]

Honestly the league should. It's not the first time something like this has happened.

[@davidfitzpatrick6535]

@@toedrag-release Didnt the Leafs have something like that?

[@bonglesnodkins329]

Canucks have been slightly luckier than the Oilers. I say this as a Canucks fan. These are really thin margins.

[@safertobeanonymous2224]

Reffing was atrocious! 2 blown calls in the crease alone!!! But if Leon isn’t healthy enough to run his line the oilers depth players are no threat to score at all…..

[@jaredmcfadden7793]

The Vancouver Canucks are good