Anaheim, California– Ryan Poehling Scored 2:29 into overtime – a goal that required a lengthy review – and anaheim ducks pushed off connor mcdavid and this edmonton oilers On the verge of first round exit with win 4-3 In Game 4 on Sunday night.
jeffrey weil There were 6:29 left in regulation for the Ducks, who overcame an early two-goal deficit and another third-period lead to take a 3-1 series lead with their third consecutive win over the back-to-back Western Conference champion Oilers.
The Ducks won when Poehling’s sharp-angled shot went under the goalie tristan jerryWho performed well in his first playoff start for his new team. Extensive video review on the ice revealed no reason to overturn the decision except that the puck had barely crossed the goal line under Jarry’s skate, and as soon as the officials informed the fans, the Honda Center crowd erupted.
“We were just looking at it. And you can’t really tell,” Jerry said of the overtime goal. “I’m sure you can go either direction with it. You can say it’s a goal, it’s not a goal, there will be opinions about it. And obviously, on the losing side of it, we didn’t think it would go in.”
Edmonton coach Chris Knoblauch agreed.
“They throw a puck on net and unfortunately, it goes off the skate of our defenseman,” Knoblauch said. “And it goes in, and they call it a goal. It was very close, and it was something — I’ve seen it before — where I thought we were going to get away with it.”
cutter gauthier And Mikael Granlund Scored a power-play goal in the second period for the Ducks, whose first playoff series in eight years has been an exciting display of the considerable skill of their revamped roster. duck goaltender lucas dostal Stopped 24 shots, and Anaheim has allowed 20 goals in four games against the venerable Oilers.
Ivan Bouchard Scored a tiebreaking goal early in the third period and Jarry made 34 saves for the Oilers. Kasperi Kapanen And Ryan Nugent-Hopkins Scored first period goals.
Edmonton almost won it late in regulation, but Dostal made a spectacular, huge pad save to deny McDavid on a late breakaway. The Oilers’ superstar center had two assists in Game 4.
Jerry struggled for Edmonton and lost his job after arriving in a midseason trade with Pittsburgh. Connor Ingram. But with the Oilers struggling mightily to stop the fast, exciting Ducks, coach Chris Knoblauch switched up and got a solid effort from Jarry, who had not played since April 8.
The Oilers also improved their defensive structure after a poor Game 3 performance – and the still-energetic, hungry Ducks scored four more goals despite playing from behind for most of the night.
Kapanen silenced the sellout crowd at Honda Center with his fourth goal in four games 38 seconds into the opener. Nugent-Hopkins then scored Edmonton’s second power-play goal of the series.
The Ducks started another comeback with a dangerous wrist shot from their 22-year-old top scorer Gauthier. Anaheim’s once-terrible power play has scored in eight consecutive games.
Granlund and leo carlson Then they worked together to give it a fluid to bind and get going.
Bouchard ripped a wrist shot for a tiebreaking goal just 4 seconds into the Oilers power play, but the Ducks’ fourth line tied it again, with Vial punching in the rebound. john carlsonShot for the second playoff goal of his career.
Game 5 is Tuesday night in Edmonton.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
