This team hasn't won a 1 goal playoff game since 2017.
They don't have it in them, They're a scared group of highly skilled individuals. But a team they aren't.
You maybe saw me saying the same at start of series. That the Oilers had to win games by a 6-2 type scoreline because they seem unable to comprehend or manage tight games. We lost all 3 games in this series that were close.
With the Oilers its as if something is wrong with their internal calibration of where games are at. You can spot it all the time. The Oilers score the 1-1 goal in the game and act like they won the SC. All they did was tie a game against the grain of play in a game in which they were being vastly outplayed. The Oilers proceed to play two more strong shifts before Kings take the game back and score two more goals. Oilers get one back and feel good about themselves. Kings score another and OIlers get it back tied late in game, act like they've won the cup again.
Yet every fan of this team viewed the OT with trepidation. I mean who really thought we were going to win in OT? Our chance to W was late in game. With the 20min break I knew the Kings would be able to reset. They even said that on telecast. The Oilers thought something entirely different. Maybe they thought they would "Weather the storm" lol
Man, we're fans of the Oilers. The 80's club was legendary for putting teams out of their misery in OT especially guys like Anderson. They would deliver euthanasia quick in OT, most of the time, and generally understood that OT is a one goal crapshoot. You b
etter score first. Kings got the memo, this Oilers team never does. I mean imagine coming out in OT like that in a playoff game. Kings almost won the game 3 times in 70secs.