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The Edmonton Oilers need to win Game 2 of their seven first-round Western Conference Games Stanley Cup playoff series to take the Los Angeles Kings' “home page advantage.” If I were head coach Kris Knoblauch, I would launch Calvin Pickard online on Wednesday at Stuart Skinner in Los Angeles. If the Oilers lose, they will beat Edmonton 2-0 for Game 3, and Pickard has more confidence in the team than this season.
When Connor McDavid had less than two minutes left in Game 1 to score two minutes with a score of 5-5, the Oilers completed a miraculous comeback after a 4-0 drop in the late second phase. It seemed that the game was in overtime until Kings forward Phillip Danault had 42 seconds left to win the Kings 6-5 with “knuckle hockey”.
This is what Skinner should stop. He looked like he had been playing earlier, losing games frequently this season. Great Oiler goalkeepers like Grant Fuhr, Andy Moog, Bill Ranford, Curtis Joseph and Dwayne Roloson have always found ways to stop the last hockey game. Unfortunately, Skinner doesn't seem to have quality, which is why Pickard should start playing 2.
Picard has a team behind him
Pickard fills this admirably, helping the Oilers score 100 points when Skinner missed eight games with a concussion/neck injury. His teammates played hard for him, and in turn, he inspired confidence – he allowed only a few goals this season, which could be considered weak or bad.
The Oilers allowed many goals Monday night, due to defensive innings games and poor giveaways, including two goals from defenseman Evan Bouchard, but the team hopes their goalkeepers will be big when they need it most. Unfortunately, this didn't happen in the first game. Skinner is often caught and he doesn't inspire confidence in his team.
Comparison of Picard with former Oilers goalkeeper Jussi Markkanen
Jussi Markkanen performed well after Jussi Markkanen fell after being injured in the first game in the 2006 Stanley Cup final. Even though the Oilers lost to the Carolina Hurricanes in seven games in the finals, Markkanen wasn't surprised. Although Markkanen is not as flashy as Roloson, his calmness is stable, and his calm helps strengthen the team. Picard has similar qualities. He rarely lets a bad goal give his team, and acts calmly like Markkanen. You often hear his teammates mention how much they like playing for him. After a 2-1 overtime victory over the New York Islanders on March 14, Draisaitl boasted about Pickard, saying: “He gives us a chance every time he goes online. So, you can’t ask for more. That sentence alone shows how much the team is worth Pickard.
Oilers avoid overtime in Game 1
There were a lot of positive results in the first game, especially the Oilers rally in the third phase and entered the Kings' chief goalkeeper Darcy Kuemper. Cooper hosted a lot of numbers this season, but the oilers found a way to hit him on Monday night.
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With so many players coming in and out of the roster, the Oilers looked incoherent in the first half of last night's game. But after McDavid and Leon Draisaitl inspired the third stage comeback, the teams gathered. All they need is a big last minute savings, unfortunately they don't get it. Pickard is better than Skinner later in the game and he should start the second game. We will see what the Oil Man coaches are going to say.
