Oilers’ Impressive Penalty Killing & Goalie Performance
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00:03 The Oilers penalty killing, 28 straight, is sick.
00:07 And then I guess no one's mocking
00:10 their goaltending anymore.
00:11 I think Skinner has been fantastic for them,
00:14 and here they are.
00:16 He was the better goalie in the series.
00:18 And if you would have handicapped Jake
00:20 Ottinger versus Stuart Skinner coming in,
00:22 you would say advantage stars.
00:25 But look, here's the thing, big saves and big spots.
00:27 And I'll tell you, Scott Day was only with you,
00:29 I think, two weeks ago when this series started.
00:32 And I said the one week link was Jake Ottinger.
00:34 And you watch game five, right?
00:37 Watch game five, the third goal by Broberg,
00:39 guy who never hadn't played all season,
00:41 got beat from distance.
00:43 But that shot, wound up losing the game.
00:45 Look, at 2-0 in game four, and they're up 2-1,
00:49 you've got to go close out this series.
00:52 Rogers' place was silent.
00:53 You're up 2-0 early to stars.
00:55 And they basically scored, what, two goals after that?
00:58 It was a stunning display of defensive ability
01:01 by the Edmonton Oilers.
01:03 And you say, that came out of nowhere
01:04 because this is an offensive team.
01:05 We talk about McDavid and Dreisaitl and Jack Hyman.
01:08 But if you watch this team when they won those 16 in a row,
01:11 Scottie--
01:12 and they weren't playing the greatest schedule in the world.
01:14 They were playing relatively weak schedule.
01:16 But winning games, 3-2, 2-1, 4-3,
01:19 they weren't winning games 7-5, 7-6,
01:21 which you would think they would do.
01:23 The commitment this team has made to defense under Noblock,
01:26 and they had a little stretch late in season
01:28 where they weren't great defensively.
01:29 But they got really good defensively against--
01:32 late in the series against Vancouver.
01:34 Same thing with Dallas.
01:35 They got more than a puncher's chance to win the series,
01:37 Scottie.
01:38 I haven't even decided.
01:38 I mean, we do picks for the four period.com for SiriusXM.
01:41 I haven't decided who I'm going to pick in the series.
01:43 You want to lean towards the Panthers
01:45 because they played so well.
01:46 But when you watch the Oilers play,
01:47 they're playing winning Stanley Cup playoff hockey.
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