Series Talk: WCQF: Edmonton Oilers vs Los Angeles Kings - EDM Defeats LA 4-1

[Divine]

Reminder that the Oilers haven't won game 1 of a series in 7 years.

They're playing the 7th seed Kings - they should win this one.

 

[2for1PizzaPastuh]

McDavid and co. didn't want to cheat like Vegas, gotta respect it.

 

[hangman005]

GDT is up

GDT: - WCQF | G1 | "of Kings; Dragons & Demons" | Oilers vs. Kings | 4.22.24 | Rogers Place | 8:00PM | SN

Game Day: Monday April 22nd 2024 Game Time: 8:00 PM Location: Rogers Place Broadcast: SN ----- Oilers vs. Kings '21 - '22 Oilers vs. Kings '22 - '23 ANOTHER CHAPTER TO BE WRITTEN ----- Adam Henrique - Connor McDavid - Zach Hyman Ryan Nugent-Hopkins - Leon Draisaitl - Warren Foegele...

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[Raym11]

I will be shocked if the Oilers take more than 5 games to wipe the floor with the Kings after that game.

Worst part about game 1 was the fraud PLD getting his stat padding in

 

[SaltNPeca]

Looks rough for LA

• Can they stop taking dumb penalties and potentially suspensions?
• Can they adjust their PK to deal with Edmonton's PP?
• Goaltending

 

[BaileyFan]

So, all of the Oiler fans who thought we were trying to reverse jinx you when we said this would be a short series. Do you believe us now?

 

[archangel2]

So, all of the Oiler fans who thought we were trying to reverse jinx you when we said this would be a short series. Do you believe us now?

It is one game and LAK got 4 goals. Shutdown McDavid shutdown the oilers

 

[syz]

Game 1 wasn't close, 2 own goals and a randomly exploding stick made the score pretty flattering. Have to imagine it will be difficult for LA to be worse in game 2, though they probably shouldn't have Moore.

 

[Calderon]

Out of the six Oilers goals scored against a goalie McDavid was on ice for all of them, had a "3rd assist" for the lone goal he didn't get credited for. I think Hyman was there for all six as well. In other words, no secondary scoring at all. How do we see Oilers depth scoring going forward? Were they just unlucky and will they rebound G2?

 

[Zerotonine]

Edmonton looked good early but I think took three foot of the gas, scored on every opportunity.

LA had 3 goals scored for them by Edmonton. They always seem to get the puck luck benefit.

I expect Edmonton to tighten it up. Should b a quick series but LA will put up a fight

 

[Three On Zero]

Special teams/goaltending sunk LA in game 1, will be interesting to see if they can adjust for game 2

 

[Pi]

Hyman scored a hattrick but it doesn’t matter because he comes from privilege so it should actually only count as 1.5 goals.

 

[K1900L]

It is one game and LAK got 4 goals. Shutdown McDavid shutdown the oilers

Not in the playoffs, where McDavid has arguably only been their 2nd best player over the last years.

 

[Frank Drebin]

It is one game and LAK got 4 goals. Shutdown McDavid shutdown the oilers

So they just need to shut down Mcdavid and score 4 goals.

 

[SupremeTeam16]

It is one game and LAK got 4 goals. Shutdown McDavid shutdown the oilers

This is such a smart idea, just shut down Mcdavid. I can’t believe nobody has thought of that before.

 

[Osprey]

One down, only three more to go until the Kings finally move on to the next round... the post-Blake round of their rebuild.

 

[syz]

This is such a smart idea, just shut down Mcdavid. I can’t believe nobody has thought of that before.

Ryan Kesler is the only player in history who has thought of it, all it took was hooking him at every available opportunity and not getting called for it.

Oh and Hellebuyck thought of it that one year, too, where he realized that McDavid couldn't score if he simply stopped every shot.

 

[onetweasy]

They're playing the 7th seed Kings - they should win this one.

The Oilers finished with 5 more points than the Kings over 82 games but yeah let’s pretend we are playing a lottery team.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

Does Trevor Moore get a game?

 

[Czechboy]

Might be seeing Rittich soon.... Last night was lopsided but I don't see it continuing like that. Expect a nice bounceback from LA.

 

[KingsHockey24]

Some pretty weak ass calls all night.

Let em' play.

 

[Fourier]

Not in the playoffs, where McDavid has arguably only been their 2nd best player over the last years.

McDavid has definitely been their best player despite Draisaitl's play. But the idea that the Oilers are a one line team is just not true. adding Henrique has allowed Nuge to play with Draisaitl. Combine those two with Foegele, who has suddenly found his goal scoring touch and you have a well balance second line. The third line is McLeod, Perry and Kane. They might not score a lot but they can certainly cause a lot of chaos.

 

[joestevens29]

Does Trevor Moore get a game?

I'd be shocked

 

[Ol' Jase]

 

[snipes]

That score flattered the Kings. They had several lucky bounces.

Hopefully the Oilers come out flying again in game 2.

McDavid was awesome and just dominated out there.