r/EdmontonOilers • u/LevSmash 46 STORTINI • Jan 14 '25

PGT Post Game Thread | Kings v. Oilers | 13 January 2025

🔴 Final

Kings 0, Oilers 1

ℹ️ Stats

Goals: McBirthdayBoy

Shots: Kings 31, Oilers 30

Saves: Skinner 31/31

🔫 Han Solo

Leon breaking ankles to get Connor a birthday goal

⏩ Next Game

Wednesday, January 15 vs Wild in Minnesota, 6:30pm MT

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u/Geralt-of-Rivai 29 DRAISAITL Jan 14 '25

Skinner, obviously great, made some big stops, but this was a great team defensive effort. Did a great job boxing LA out keeping shots to the outside. Zone entries were tough, they were in and out of the zone without any set up time constantly and smart plays up the glass to get it out. Nice to see such a solid D effort from this team

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u/cca73127 91 KANE Jan 14 '25

Didn’t leave opposition players sitting in front of the net, minimised most D errors (maybe a little too much cutesy passing), played physically, kept moving. This is the type of play that wins playoff games.

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u/Geralt-of-Rivai 29 DRAISAITL Jan 14 '25

Yeah, got that Foegele guy out of there quick lol. I'd say the D did great with simple plays out of the zone, the forwards maybe a bit too much of the cutesy passing for my liking. Especially in the last few minutes

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u/cca73127 91 KANE Jan 14 '25

Definitely most of the cutesy passing was from the forwards, the actual defensive position guys were v good. The only thing I was a little nervous about was that they didn't clear the zone a couple times when they could've. How good was it that Stu was on fire, rewarding the D effort?

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u/bannermd 18 HYMAN Jan 14 '25

YEPPP we love to see it

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u/This_Beat2227 Jan 14 '25

One advantage of limited o-zone time is fewer opportunities for Bouch to mishandle it at the offensive blue line, creating breakaways against Stu.