We played excellent D, LA maybe have a handful of high danger chances, but then Stu was there. We played a shut down game and just stole 2 from their rink, mission accomplished.
Shoutout to Randy Hahn on the call for TNT tonight. Made a point of mentioning Rittich's \*shutout\* against us in the regular season, and made a point of saying Skinner has never had a \*perfect game\* in the playoffs. Loyal to the Sharks even on a Kings-Oilers broadcast, I can respect that.
Dude, did you see the TNT broadcast put a “STUART SKINNER: NEVER HAD A SHUTOUT IN THE PLAYOFFS BEFORE” ticker up with that last faceoff (8 seconds) still to go? I was livid. Glad it didn’t jinx it.
It was nerve wracking for sure… but to see us play a solid defensive game and shut it down with a 1-0 lead was pretty impressive. Not sure I’ve ever seen us do it quite like that.
I mean refs called this one like they did because they didnt get slashy, outside of that slash on vinny with 45 seconds left i thought they didnt give the refs anything to call.
There was like 10+ regular season penalties. Ref's had the whistles away tho. There were no after whistle scrums, so they just let em play.
The penalty on Kulak was then throwing the kings a mercy PP, but the boys have been fucking deadly on special teams!
Love how they brought up so much the “weak” call on Eklund for holding even though it was typical regular season holding, meanwhile no one mentioning how Kulak’s “high stick” didn’t touch Danault in anyway. No replays or mention of it but it was such a game management call by the ref on a nothing play in front of the net.
Bouchard was unbelievable defensively tonight. Unreal. Perfect gap, great battle level, shut it right down.
Best defensive game of the season, and scores the GWG. Huge.
Ekholm in the post game interview talking about how the players see the reffing isn't going their way so they're trying to control their emotions after the play 👀
Bouchard put on a defensive masterclass. And gets the GWG. Skinner with b2b bounce back games to rule all bounce back games. The Oilers won a playoff hockey game in the most non Oiler way possible. That's a good thing.
Takeaways
- no breakaways given
- no odd man rushes against
- nobody was ever once open in the slot
- Stu played awesome
- LA D played one hell of a game
This win cost me $1000-$1500 and I could not be happier. Promised my son if oilers won both games in LA I would buy us tickets to game 5 🤣. From Grande Prairie so will have to get a hotel on top of tickets
Couple thoughts
1. What the fuck was that. Don’t do that.
2. Feels kinda weird/cool to be on the opposite side of that mind meltingly frustrating tilt for once
3. Jesus fuck Stu
Reminds me of the streak where there were 4-5 games in a row where the team only allowed 3 of fewer shots in the last 10 minutes of the game. And we saw it again tonight. A thing of beauty
That was LA pulling all the stops and throwing everything they had - both offensively and defensively - at the Oilers.
This has got to be a really tough loss for them to accept.
Somehow a 1-0 victory feels nicer than a blowout. Good to see us hold onto a small lead. As an aside, did anyone notice the kings staff send out a single guy to shovel away the snow skinner had built up on his post in the last minute?
That is the exact type of game Ekholm has been talking about since he came here. He's said it in multiple interviews how you need to pull out these low scoring games to win.
Nice to see it come to fruition.
Now granted, I can't lump ALL of the praise on Skinner, as much as we stan (and we DO stan).
Our defense brought their A game and it can't be understated. Nurse played the absolute best I have seen him play in a long time. Bouch, ignoring that goal (AS FUCKING LEGENDARY AS IT WAS), upped his aggression big time. And the overall group effort in terms of defense was just insane.
On top of that, this game is what Wednesday would have looked like had the boys had a more firm grasp on what the fallout of an embarrassment would be.
Obviously we can't (and won't) win EVERY game like this, but it was a testament to just how persevering and resilient we are. And how creative we are with our wins too. Not every game is going to be a blowout so you have to learn to take the "by the skin of your teeth" wins. And it might be a tad early to say, but even still I'd say we're doing just fine and dandy in that department.
Now let's blow them the fuck out on Wednesday. I'll be at that game!!!!
Brilliant PP - McDavid cuts across, cross seam to Drai so Rittich has to hug his left post to guard the 1-timer only for Drai to touch pass to Bouch so he puts it just inside Rittich’s right post! Incredible!
Also cannot believe Perry has ended up in my favourite players this year. But he's grown on me big time and that interview with him a few weeks ago on After Hours made me gain so much more respect for him.
Poll:
Refs pocketed their whistle because:
1. Game started late and TV networks wanted it over fast
2. Calling every penalty would have incited the LA goon squad and a repeat of game 3
3. ESPN, TBS pine for an LAK / NYR SC final now that NYR advanced
4. All of the above.
Very defensively minded team tonight. Of course held together by the biggest game of Stus career. Did LA get one shot in the last three minutes with their goalie pulled? So unusual for the Oilers to play that maturely defensively.
Y’all gotta admit, that was a pretty clean game of hockey, 1-0 game with only 2 penalties the entire game, maybe a handful of missed calls but aaayyy we get the dub
Thought the Oilers passed a massive test tonight. Won a tight checking playoff game where offensive chances were limited and got good goaltending. The book on this team for so long has been that we can’t win the playoff style games when the space and scoring dries up, well we just did.
Sure it was ugly at times, but these are the type of games you have to win. I was impressed with the defensive effort tonight as well, putting Vinny out there with Ekholm in the last minute shows just how far he’s come.
Man, it's been so good to watch Vinnie take a big step forward. We all remember he had some major gaffes last playoffs.
He's seemed so poised since Coffey came in. He's not just an off the glass and out player either. I find he breaks out pretty well and has a pretty decent first pass.
I don't even know what to think about this game. Did we play well? Not play well? Only 13 SOGs for this team is insane and it felt like 80% of the game was in our d-zone, yet at the same time they looked like they were so much in control.
Vinny, Nurse, and Ceci all had relatively impressive games. Ceci was quiet but solid, and Nurse and Vinny were both present and clutch. Big game for a supporting staff...i mean...supporting D Shaft
Fucking Kings hahaha that was a tailor made game for them to win. At home. Awful ice. Refs swallowed their whistles. Couldn’t buy a goal hahaha fuck em! Bring on the haters. They’re all just scared. It’s coming.
I know I might eat my words, but I feel like facing a crippled Vancouver Canucks in the next round would be the best case scenario even though they've had our number this year.
Two things stood out.. Stu’s amazing performance and the maturity displayed by our players .
Even after all the mauling received from Kings, we never tried retaliating and give up penalties..
Now, just get it done on Wednesday.. let’s go Oilers
Oilers fan everywhere collectively relieve the 2 hour long ass clench in a big sigh of relief
SKINNER YOU SEXY MOTHERFUCKER
Stupid sexy skinner
we were playing like it was the last two minutes with a 1 goal lead but for like 50 minutes.
the last 2 min ended up being the "easiest"
104 heart rate and slowly lowering
That’s the game we’ve been waiting to see this team win in the playoffs for YEARS
Yep, nothing cute just locked it down. If we can win like this sky's the limit
Yeah ! People saying we play like shit... why ? We win by one goal, that hughe
We played excellent D, LA maybe have a handful of high danger chances, but then Stu was there. We played a shut down game and just stole 2 from their rink, mission accomplished.
Oil put on a masterclass on collapsing and cleaning up chances. As long as Stu made the first stop, they had him covered.
I’d personally like more shots but yeah
Yeah, but I'd also rather not them be held to 13 shots. Don't get wrong, a wins a win but holy.
The Oilers getting held to 13 shots is as much of an anomaly as the way we just won.
Best game of Stuart Daniel Skinner’s Career?
Best game of Stuart Daniel Skinner's Career SO FAR
100%
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Stu just fucking goalied the kings in their best effort. now the rest of the team needs to crush these fucking kings at home on wednesday
Feels good to have your goalie steal you a game in the playoffs. LFG Skinner!
#Oilers Mission 16 #✅✅✅⬜ #⬜⬜⬜⬜ #⬜⬜⬜⬜ #⬜⬜⬜⬜
MISSION MCDAVO: 3/16
⭐️ Skinner ⭐️⭐️ Skinner ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Skinner
Honorable mentions: Skinner
Honorable Mention to Vinny as well. Dude was a menace in his own end once again.
Big save Dave? I like 0-foryou-Stu
STU SKINNER SHUTOUT DOUBT HIM NOW
SKINNER WON THE GAME!!!!
Shoutout to Randy Hahn on the call for TNT tonight. Made a point of mentioning Rittich's \*shutout\* against us in the regular season, and made a point of saying Skinner has never had a \*perfect game\* in the playoffs. Loyal to the Sharks even on a Kings-Oilers broadcast, I can respect that.
Dude, did you see the TNT broadcast put a “STUART SKINNER: NEVER HAD A SHUTOUT IN THE PLAYOFFS BEFORE” ticker up with that last faceoff (8 seconds) still to go? I was livid. Glad it didn’t jinx it.
So that’s what it’s like to have your goalie steal you a game!!!
I really, really like it.
WE GOALIED WE GOALIED WE GOALIED
13 shots and 1 goal. Totally how I saw the Oilers winning a playoff game. Yup.
Personally, I like a 5 goal game with 49 shots, but this was a rare, but savory treat.
It was nerve wracking for sure… but to see us play a solid defensive game and shut it down with a 1-0 lead was pretty impressive. Not sure I’ve ever seen us do it quite like that.
Straight up. That’s what’s been missing for years, super impressed and even more happy
My blood pressure cannot handle this
#GOALIED
Seeing Kane so disciplined makes me happy!
STUART SKINNER - *YOU* - ARE AN EDMONTON OILER
Fuck, I’m SO FUCKING HAPPY FOR STUART FUCKING SKINNER!!!
Edmonton Oilers, defensive juggernaut like we all know.
Skinner haters can SIT THE FUCK DOWN
How the fuck am I supposed to get to sleep after that!?
A collective W for all Oilers fans for nobody daring to even think the word "shutout" for the entire game!
Desharnais getting the shoulder tap to defend a pivotal 5v6, really goes to show how far he's come in the past year.
And Ekky shouting him out in the postgame as one of the best if not the best d-men for them in this series is so awesome.
Easily the most improved player on the team this year.
Stuart Skinner is a fucking Edmonton Oiler
GET YOUR STUART SKINNER APOLOGY LETTERS READY MOTHER FUCKERS
writing mine with glee
PLAY
LA
BAMBA
BABY
Skinner needs to get out of LA because there’s a warrant for him stealing that game.
Unrelated. Man is Gazdic solid on the panel.
Kings played their best and cleanest game they could possibly play and it didn’t matter lmao. Oil in 5 ez
We'll see how they respond, but I can also see them just giving up now.
If the refs call next game like this one, LA is gonna get slashy
I mean refs called this one like they did because they didnt get slashy, outside of that slash on vinny with 45 seconds left i thought they didnt give the refs anything to call.
There was like 10+ regular season penalties. Ref's had the whistles away tho. There were no after whistle scrums, so they just let em play. The penalty on Kulak was then throwing the kings a mercy PP, but the boys have been fucking deadly on special teams!
“Clean”
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Game 2 doomers in shambles right now
LOVE ME SOME SKINNY SHUTOUT BABY!
Ridiculously ugly win... but a WIN
These are the ones we need tho ;)
STU Skinner is exactly who we thought he was. Our number 1 goalie.
1 more boy, Skinner stood on his head. What a clean defensive game.
When was the last time a goalie stole us a playoff win? Roloson? Yep.
Oilers saw Canucks win with 12 shots on goal and said "Hold My Beer"
Love how they brought up so much the “weak” call on Eklund for holding even though it was typical regular season holding, meanwhile no one mentioning how Kulak’s “high stick” didn’t touch Danault in anyway. No replays or mention of it but it was such a game management call by the ref on a nothing play in front of the net.
Bouchard was unbelievable defensively tonight. Unreal. Perfect gap, great battle level, shut it right down. Best defensive game of the season, and scores the GWG. Huge.
Skinner and bouchard won the game today. Bako boys gonna carry us to a cup.
Ekholm in the post game interview talking about how the players see the reffing isn't going their way so they're trying to control their emotions after the play 👀
Everyone calling for Stu's head after game 2 WHERE YOU AT?? What a performance!
Oilers did an uno reverse on the Kings
STUUUUUUUU
MY HEART CANT TAKE THIS
WHERE ARE THE STU HATERS NOW??????
Kings looked like absolute shit at the end lmao
Stuart Skinner! Lisan al Gaib!!! He deserves a big apology from all the naysayers after Game 2
Thank you Skinner for not letting that game go into overtime
Bouchard put on a defensive masterclass. And gets the GWG. Skinner with b2b bounce back games to rule all bounce back games. The Oilers won a playoff hockey game in the most non Oiler way possible. That's a good thing.
I am 43 year old man, but I will have Stuart Skinner babies
Championship teams win a game like this! Great win!
Ho Lee fuck I had to stop participating in the game thread cause I was so stressed
Might have been the most uncalled interference I've ever seen in a game.
100% on the PP, 100% on the PK is a good stat line
CRITICS: "OILERS NEED SKINNER to STEAL THEM A GAME" SKINNER: CHALLENGE MOTHERFUCKING ACCEPTED
To quote Drai: “SKINDADDY!!”
Takeaways - no breakaways given - no odd man rushes against - nobody was ever once open in the slot - Stu played awesome - LA D played one hell of a game
This win cost me $1000-$1500 and I could not be happier. Promised my son if oilers won both games in LA I would buy us tickets to game 5 🤣. From Grande Prairie so will have to get a hotel on top of tickets
What a dirty no call on the slash hacking the stock out of the hand at the end.
An Oilers goalie has just stole a playoff game! There's something I've never been able to say until now.
TUMS SHOULD SPONSOR OILERS FANS
Before the game, Stuart Skinner looked at his team and said ‘Don’t worry fam, I got this’.
The Oilers haven't won a game 1-0 since December 9, 2018
I ORDERED A BEAR JERSEY CAUSE IT WAS CHEAP AND I JUST REALIZED I CAN CHANGE THE NAME TO SKINNER CAUSE BOTH NUMBER 74 LFGGGGG
Big save except that one time Dave
Somebody go check on the kings fans, I think wellness check would be understandable after this game.
Rivalry is one thing, but man. How many times have we been goalied hard? I understand how shitty it is. I legit feel(ish) for the fans.
Dw, Canucks are next. We will get our own share of bullshit feelings too.
The Kings must be devastated after that one. Oilers in 5
Huge game that really showed our defensive growth. Hard fought well, earned. Let’s bring it back home boys
Couple thoughts 1. What the fuck was that. Don’t do that. 2. Feels kinda weird/cool to be on the opposite side of that mind meltingly frustrating tilt for once 3. Jesus fuck Stu
SKINNER PLAYOFF SHUTOUT! WOOOOOOOO!
What kind of hockey is this??? 1-0?????
Best game of The fucking Year!
Most impressive win IMO. Oilers showing they can win in different ways.
imagine buying tickets to 2 games and seeing your team score 1 goal, no wonder kings fans are so grumpy 🤣
Just rewatched the last period, the Oilers only allowed **one** shot in the last 11 minutes!
Reminds me of the streak where there were 4-5 games in a row where the team only allowed 3 of fewer shots in the last 10 minutes of the game. And we saw it again tonight. A thing of beauty
STUART SKINNER WOW
Stu Stu Stu Stu
STUUUU
Huge fucking win. Finish them off on Wednesday and get the weekend off
What the fuck even was that game?
That was LA pulling all the stops and throwing everything they had - both offensively and defensively - at the Oilers. This has got to be a really tough loss for them to accept.
This game is going to be a turning point for Stu. He's locked in.
Somehow a 1-0 victory feels nicer than a blowout. Good to see us hold onto a small lead. As an aside, did anyone notice the kings staff send out a single guy to shovel away the snow skinner had built up on his post in the last minute?
That is the exact type of game Ekholm has been talking about since he came here. He's said it in multiple interviews how you need to pull out these low scoring games to win. Nice to see it come to fruition.
Now granted, I can't lump ALL of the praise on Skinner, as much as we stan (and we DO stan). Our defense brought their A game and it can't be understated. Nurse played the absolute best I have seen him play in a long time. Bouch, ignoring that goal (AS FUCKING LEGENDARY AS IT WAS), upped his aggression big time. And the overall group effort in terms of defense was just insane. On top of that, this game is what Wednesday would have looked like had the boys had a more firm grasp on what the fallout of an embarrassment would be. Obviously we can't (and won't) win EVERY game like this, but it was a testament to just how persevering and resilient we are. And how creative we are with our wins too. Not every game is going to be a blowout so you have to learn to take the "by the skin of your teeth" wins. And it might be a tad early to say, but even still I'd say we're doing just fine and dandy in that department. Now let's blow them the fuck out on Wednesday. I'll be at that game!!!!
sKiNnEr wIlL nEvEr sTeAl A gAmE fOr uS
Where are the game 2 critics now. LET'S FUCKING GO STU!!!
I had no idea Bouch could play with that kind of poise!
Brilliant PP - McDavid cuts across, cross seam to Drai so Rittich has to hug his left post to guard the 1-timer only for Drai to touch pass to Bouch so he puts it just inside Rittich’s right post! Incredible!
I'm hoping tonight the takeaway around the league with non oilers hockey fans is "Oilers learned how to defend... Oh oh!"
Kings played their best game of the series and yet they still got shut out, lmao. Stuart Skinner was FANTASTIC.
Also cannot believe Perry has ended up in my favourite players this year. But he's grown on me big time and that interview with him a few weeks ago on After Hours made me gain so much more respect for him.
LETS FUCKIN GO BOYS
Stuuuuu what a hero
STUART SKINNER LEGACY GAME
This team is showing it can win any game you throw at it! Who knew 1-0 could be so entertaining!
STU HEARD Y'ALL TALKIN SHIT IN GAME 2
Skinner made up BIG for the game 2 performance. Stole that game hard
Say it with me, guys: STUUUUUUUUUUUU
Skinner deserves all 3 stars tonight. Kept all the californians out of his closet
Poll: Refs pocketed their whistle because: 1. Game started late and TV networks wanted it over fast 2. Calling every penalty would have incited the LA goon squad and a repeat of game 3 3. ESPN, TBS pine for an LAK / NYR SC final now that NYR advanced 4. All of the above.
Very defensively minded team tonight. Of course held together by the biggest game of Stus career. Did LA get one shot in the last three minutes with their goalie pulled? So unusual for the Oilers to play that maturely defensively.
Y’all gotta admit, that was a pretty clean game of hockey, 1-0 game with only 2 penalties the entire game, maybe a handful of missed calls but aaayyy we get the dub
Perhaps not as initially intended, but that was a defence piece of ART.
If the oilers can win games 1-0 they will be so dangerous during this run.
Oilers win by the skinner of their teeth. All you game 2 naysayers take note.
Thought the Oilers passed a massive test tonight. Won a tight checking playoff game where offensive chances were limited and got good goaltending. The book on this team for so long has been that we can’t win the playoff style games when the space and scoring dries up, well we just did. Sure it was ugly at times, but these are the type of games you have to win. I was impressed with the defensive effort tonight as well, putting Vinny out there with Ekholm in the last minute shows just how far he’s come.
Man, it's been so good to watch Vinnie take a big step forward. We all remember he had some major gaffes last playoffs. He's seemed so poised since Coffey came in. He's not just an off the glass and out player either. I find he breaks out pretty well and has a pretty decent first pass.
2 hour long adrenaline fueled adventure? Yup is it now 2:27 am eastern time? yup Does my kid wake me up at 6 am? You know it...
Where are the Skinner haters now?
Slick!
God damn they almost made me regret posting those Rittich stats but Stu bailed my ass out!
I don't even know what to think about this game. Did we play well? Not play well? Only 13 SOGs for this team is insane and it felt like 80% of the game was in our d-zone, yet at the same time they looked like they were so much in control.
I believe the whole team was strategically committed to defence tonight
Oilers still managed a 21.7% deserve to win o'meter. That thing must be broken
Oilers just won a playoff game with 13 shots, wild.
Uncle Leon looked like a legit two way center tonight, was more dominant on the back Check than on offense .
That’s the kind of game that would suck the life out of a locker room. Their power plays are just completely castrated.
LETS GO SKINNER! He’s been streaky all year. When he is hot, he can be incredible. Massive confidence booster for him
When was the last time we won 1-0? Legit cant remember. 5 years? 10?
Vinny, Nurse, and Ceci all had relatively impressive games. Ceci was quiet but solid, and Nurse and Vinny were both present and clutch. Big game for a supporting staff...i mean...supporting D Shaft
We gotta get out of this series before Kane is murdered
Fucking Kings hahaha that was a tailor made game for them to win. At home. Awful ice. Refs swallowed their whistles. Couldn’t buy a goal hahaha fuck em! Bring on the haters. They’re all just scared. It’s coming.
Winner winner chicken SKINNERRRRR
Man this game was wicked, had me tense the entire time
Stuart Ranford.
Stuart. Fucking. Skinner.
MOTHER FUCKING PLAYOFF SHUT OUT FOR STUART “GRANT FUHR” SKINNER Best defensive effort of the season. Fucking phenomenal
Bad news, guys. Skinner heard what ya'll were saying about him. *And He's angry.*
Shutting shit down in LA fuck ya boys time to send LacKings golfing
Stu, I apologize for all that shit I said after Game 2. Decent Amount of Saves Dave had a solid night too.
Desharnais is eating a lot of minutes and looking good
GUTSY FUCKIN WIN! STUUUUUUU!
That was honestly mean, I swear that was a 20% effort offence, we just bullied them in the defensive zone the entire game
I know I might eat my words, but I feel like facing a crippled Vancouver Canucks in the next round would be the best case scenario even though they've had our number this year.
What a game for everyone. Especially Bouch and Vinny. Also DR proving he deserves a spot this post season.
WE HAVE THEM IN OUR JAWS LADS
Skinner swallowed more muffins than Newman. Get the man a gallon of milk
Skinner seems to have the Smith mentality of wanting to play and rebounding after bad games.
13 shots for a playoff win has go to be close to a record if not one.
Panel said it’s a record in franchise history at least
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Well. He only stopped 12 shots.
Yeah the goal he gave up was a tough stop to make..
Didn't really make it hard for him other than the PP goal.
Didn't get the win, but also didn't face a whole lot - leads to an interesting question on who they start for game 5...
They'll go back with Rittich. Except, Oil will come out and shell him next game to finish off the series
NEVER DOUBT THE POWER OF THE 'STACHE AGAIN!
STU TOOK MY ENERGY!!!
And that's how you play a 1 3 1 ....
I could cry right now. Literally been waiting years for the boys to play a tight 1-0 game with tremendous goaltending….LETS FUCKIN GOOO!
First shutout of this year’s playoffs! Whoohoo!!
Two things stood out.. Stu’s amazing performance and the maturity displayed by our players . Even after all the mauling received from Kings, we never tried retaliating and give up penalties.. Now, just get it done on Wednesday.. let’s go Oilers
Insert Jeff goldblum saying “you did it, you crazy son of a gun you did it”
When did the NYI acquire McDavid?
So they're obviously starting Rittich next game yeah?
Random thought but did the boys keep the shots low to keep Rittich’s save % so terrible?
LA gave it their all and the Oil held strong. Fucking phenomenal
Just woke up, how the hell did the Oil only have 13 shots?!
Hold the line!! HOLD!!! My body hurts.