GDT: WCSF | G6 | Oilers vs. Knights | 5.14.23 | Rogers Place | 8:00PM | SN

[Soli]

(image cred: Eric Poole // @Epoole88)

KNIGHTS LEAD SERIES 3-2

Game Day: Sunday May 14th 2023
Game Time: 8:00 PM
Location: Rogers Place
Broadcast: SN

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THE SERIES SO FAR...

GAME 1


GAME 2


GAME 3


GAME 4


GAME 5


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Evander Kane - Connor McDavid - Zach Hyman
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins - Leon Draisaitl - Kailer Yamamoto
Warren Foegele - Ryan McLeod - Derek Ryan
Klim Kostin - Nick Bjugstad - Mattias Janmark

Mattias Ekholm - Evan Bouchard
Darnell Nurse - Cody Ceci
Brent Kulak - Vinny Desharnais

Stuart Skinner

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Ivan Barbashev - Jack Eichel - Jonathan Marchessault
Brett Howden - Chandler Stephenson - Mark Stone
Reilly Smith - William Karlsson - Nicolas Roy
Will Carrier - Teddy Blueger - Keegan Kolesar

Alec Martinez - Alex Pietroangelo
Brayden McNabb - Shea Theodore
Nicolas Hague - Zach Whitecloud

Adin Hill

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SOLI'S SHORTSIDE​

• RNH and Kane flip lines at practice.
  
  
• Tonight, Tuesday, or more likely sometime next regular season, Pietroangelo is leaving with a face only his mother can love.
  
  
• Just win.

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[ZJuice]

Kostin out, Shore in.
Skinner starts.

What happened to Woodcroft’s brain? Did he stop taking his vitamins?

Maybe Kostin is hurt I don’t know..

 

[oiLowe]

Kostin out?!

 

[Mez]

Kostin out, Shore in.
Skinner starts.

What happened to Woodcroft’s brain? Did he stop taking his vitamins?

Well Skinner may as well finish the job of sinking the series.

 

[Fourier]

Kostin out, Shore in.
Skinner starts.

What happened to Woodcroft’s brain? Did he stop taking his vitamins?

What is his issue with Kostin? He's 5th in pts by forwards and is a +2 playing 8 minutes a game. He's physical and seems to me to be defensively responsible.

 

[Phillybean]

Bob's Tweet says Kostin is not on the ice, could be maintenance for an injury, could be out with injury.

 

[orangewinter]

Lets hope skinner does not let in fast goals.

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

Welp going to have score at least 4 or 5.

 

[tiger_80]

Woody decided to sacrifice Shore to punish Pietrangelo--what some posters here were calling for all along ))

Kostin probably injured his testicles a couple of games ago.

 

[MoontoScott]

I have to believe that Kostin is injured.

If Woody has so much faith in Shore (to insert him in this critical situation) then why did he sit him on the bench for 80% of the regular season? It would be an absolutely senseless move.

 

[TKB21]

Uggggg

 

[bobbythebrain]

Fans turning on Woody and Skinner. Let's run them outta town boys!!

 

[KlimasLoveChild]

Pieterangelos comments are designed to get the oilers off their game. They sucked Nurse in at the end of the game and they are going to that well again. The Oilers need to be focused on playing hard clean hockey. If the hit is there you bury that man but don’t be going out of your way. We need an entire 60 minutes the way they played the first period of the playoffs. Vegas can’t hang with us when we are in top gear, bring pace and physicality, we just have to be smart about it and keep the pedal to the floor.

Also, Skinner needs to be on a very tight leash.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

*insert "do or die" cliché right here*

every team seems to battle some adversity in a series on their way to the Cup...this is it for the Oilers

win and the Cup hopes stay alive
lose and my summer starts tomorrow....not a bad thing either

 

[PuckG]

Doesn’t matter who’s in net or what the refs are calling. If you come out the same way you did in game 2 and 4, you win this game. If you don’t, you leave it up to all the external shit you can’t control.

Let’s take this to game 7 fellas.

 

[Hemsky4pm2]

I can see 97 and 29 gutting out a 5-4 win today in spite of a potentially shaky start by Skinner. My issue with Skinner is that VGK have great scoring history against him. I worry about a game 7 in Vegas. Oh well. They have decided Campbell is a dumpster fire. He needs to be moved this summer.

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

Fans turning on Woody and Skinner. Let's run them outta town boys!!

Sitting a rookie goalie who’s struggling is far from running a player out of town.

 

[Bryanbryoil]

I 100% disagree with starting Skinner. Hopefully he proves me wrong and wins the next 2 games. Kostin better be hurt if he is sitting out.

 

[PaPaDee]

Ugh, Skinner starts? Although Campbell should have started a couple games already, without have to potentially put him into such a high pressure situation with the season on the line.

 

[Bryanbryoil]

I can see 97 and 29 gutting out a 5-4 win today in spite of a potentially shaky start by Skinner. My issue with Skinner is that VGK have great scoring history against him. I worry about a game 7 in Vegas. Oh well. They have decided Campbell is a dumpster fire. He needs to be moved this summer.

We have a tendency of tossing goalies after 1 bad season here and then they go on to do well elsewhere (Dubnyk and Talbot come to mind). Campbell will not be cheap to move so unless we feel that he is a complete lost cause he should be given the offseason to reset and then see how he does the first half of next season before we look at offloading him unless we get a shot at someone like Hellebuyck in which case you make the move ASAP.

 

[McClelland]

Do or die! Hope for a game 7 though!
Skinner hasnt shined in 4 of 5 games in this serie, but i really have him in net then a Magic beansoup with only a couple of periods in his legs, and a elimination game up on that.

Slava Oilers!

 

[PaPaDee]

I think tonight is the end of the season. Oilers have been the worse team this series.

 

[Oildrum]

Just lose tonight so I can move on with summer. Which is probably what Nuge and Kane are thinking as well.

Imagine they don’t make it as far as the Kraken. Absolutely embarrassing for the players.

 

[tiger_80]

We have a tendency of tossing goalies after 1 bad season here and then they go on to do well elsewhere (Dubnyk and Talbot come to mind). Campbell will not be cheap to move so unless we feel that he is a complete lost cause he should be given the offseason to reset and then see how he does the first half of next season before we look at offloading him unless we get a shot at someone like Hellebuyck in which case you make the move ASAP.

I think Campbell is here to stay for a while. He's got a solid pedigree and signed a 5 year contract just last season. He's not going anywhere this summer.

I think tonight is the end of the season. Oilers have been the worse team this series.

Nah, McDavid and Draisaitl will come out firing on all cylinders. Probably will thump the Golden Thugs again only to pathetically lose in game 7. lol

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

I can see 97 and 29 gutting out a 5-4 win today in spite of a potentially shaky start by Skinner. My issue with Skinner is that VGK have great scoring history against him. I worry about a game 7 in Vegas. Oh well. They have decided Campbell is a dumpster fire. He needs to be moved this summer.

Jack Campbell vs Vegas
5-1
1.65 GAA
.956 save %

Jack Campbell Vs Vegas | StatMuse

Jack Campbell had a 5-1-0 record in 6 games with a goals against average of 1.65 and a save percentage of .956 versus the Golden Knights in his career.

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if only Woody saw this before the start of the series

gonna need to score 4 goals tonight cause Skinner will let in 3 minimum