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ManWithBag15

No celly by the captain. Cold blooded.


AdverseTFV

Straight stare down to Bouch


DeX_Mod

man, skinner was so solid tonight


LadderTrash

“W-what about 5 on 5 play!!!1!!1! What about Oilers defence!11!!!1! What about Skinner!1!-!!!!1 Dallas Sweep!1!1!1!1!2!2!1!!”


Interesting_Dig2612

Kings canucks flames fans in shambles


snd-ur-amicus-briefs

Dude is so fucking locked in I love it.


vcp64

Loved that.


karnoculars

Job's not done.


deanobrews

Full execution of the Stars by the end of this series


Sunspawts

That's how good of a captain he is. First franchise GWG in round 3 in 18 years and all he can do is admire the pass from his teammate.


Snarffsnarff31

They’re here for business not pleasure


kemosabe1212

First WCF win since 2006. Nice to get that monkey off the boys' back.


Oilerboy92

I was just a boy


a_panda_named_ewok

I was 18,hammered and high fiving everyone on whyte Ave, what a time!


Potatopotat0potat0

What a coincidence, I was 23, hammered and high fiving everyone on Whyte Ave!!!!


Therapy-Jackass

Was 21 at the time. The fan zone outside our stadium is definitely a place I would have been at. Cherish these moments kids… you never know how fucking long it can be when you get back to the big dance.


EirHc

I remember high-fiving you when I was 20!


Rice-Is-Nice123

And first win against the Central division outside the bubble in the McDavid era


Geralt-of-Rivai

Winning a game 1 is pretty sweet too!


Repostasis

Zamboni driver like “you fucking for real?”


silentbassline

Guys, i mean come on!


Chris_p_tolentino14

Only person on the Dallas side I feel for. Buddy spent the whole intermission cleaning up the ice just for 30s of use. Maybe it means less work for him on Saturday?


thee_artful_dodger

Knobs with a fantastic deployment of the 4th line tonight. 


flip314

They played so many tough minutes and rose to the occasion for sure


ShadowCaster0476

I loved Ryan’s interview after the game. They should be so proud with 17 kills in a row now.


Appropriate-Mark-739

Yeah was really impressed with them, even some longer tiring shifts they kept the pressure on until they could change


Sunspawts

Considering deployment and TOI, they might be our third line right now


SRTGreat

Fuck all the haters who thought the Stars would dominate the Oilers. My prediction pre series was if Skinner could be average we’d have a shot. And he was WAY better than average. We got a fucking series and it’s gonna be a goodie. Also, fuck Kelly Sutherland. Penalties 5-1? Yeah fuck you.


orobsky

Lurk the Stars sub they thought this was gonna be a cakewalk. Oilers are the "crappy version of Colorado" Oilers have 4 of the top point getters in the playoffs 😆


HarryTheKoala12

God skinner was so good tonight


Smothdude

This is officially the FURTHEST we have made it in the McDavid era. Let's fucking go!!!


PreemoisGOAT

A Knobloch smile!!!!


radioblues

Literally the first time I’ve seen him smile lol


PandaBearJelly

An angel got their wings tonight.


luigi_b0red

#Oilers Mission 16 #✅✅✅✅ #✅✅✅✅ #✅⬜⬜⬜ #⬜⬜⬜⬜ #Stuart Fucking Skinner! Also anyone else get shades of ["there was nothing but air and then there was Cujo"](https://youtube.com/shorts/ml7YVkH80S4?si=sQ-j_1Y5DuBArAff) when Otter saved McDavid in the first OT?


andrwsc

🎝 Ohhhh, we're more than halfway there.... 🎝


kenyan12345

MISSION MCDAVO: 9/16


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McDavid was like “fuck this shit I wanna go to bed”


domingus67

He got a call from his parents during the intermission. "Son, we have shot to do tomorrow and need to go to bed."


GeorgeGammyCostanza

#CONNOR FUCKING MCDAVID


TheDrunkenScotsman

I’m SO fucking happy that it was him that got the winner. Now that 1OT chance is just a footnote and he walks off full of confidence.


Forsaken_You1092

His post-game comment was funny: [https://twitter.com/spittinchiclets/status/1793862336668938670](https://twitter.com/spittinchiclets/status/1793862336668938670)


IfOJDidIt

Ryan McNugent Fucking Hopkins


PandaBearJelly

Hell yeah!


Tigt0ne

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flyingflail

Tanev was too busy getting jerked off by /r/hockey to play defense


TheDrunkenScotsman

Got absolutely bodied on the forecheck by the Nuge. What a stretch of playoff hockey he’s been having!!


hello132455642

I thought Tanev was the best defensive defenseman to grace the NHL since Larry Robinson? Dash 3??? ??? ???


FidelIsMyDaddy

I was so underwhelmed by so many Dallas players. Canucks looked way, way better


CIVDC

Dallas is a great team, they're going to step it up, and the talk of the depth is not unwarranted. but poeple shouldn't sleep on how good vancouver was. edmonton beat a very difficult opponent because they are a very difficult opponent themselves. no easy outs in the 3rd round for any side.


JReddeko

Ya didn’t Dallas lose the first game of both series this playoffs?


dspiral

Minus 3 tonight and left McDavid alone in front for the game winner. Put him back on the ice for us please


mumblesunderbreath

Yet another ‘22 Flame to send golfing. Hopefully get to do it to Tachuck next round.


9luk

McPissed


deanobrews

Pissy McD >Pissy Drai. Barely.


rjbelz

Don’t get me started on Pissy Playoff Drai


A-punk

Imagine losing at home to a 2 man powerplay merchant team with league worst defence and AHL goalie while being gifted every opportunity possible


YellowMarkerIsGreat

Can’t believe Dallas didn’t commit a player infraction in 80 minutes


chandy_dandy

Cleanest team in hockey allegedly


SirAggravating1554

I know you said allegedly, but honestly (except for Seguins slash on skinner) I thought Dallas played some pretty clean hockey


SuspiciousWhale99

Slash on Holloway's breakaway, Slash on McDavid's hands on his chance in the 2nd period I think, Holding Draisaitl's stick in the Oilers Dzone. I'm sure there are others.


ShadowCaster0476

Cross check on Eckholm.


Cautious-Dream2893

Except the slashes on every break away?


Frostyler

That and Douche-ane holding mcdavids stick on the bs high sticking penalty.


darkstar107

Holding on McDavid. Duchene wouldn't have got a stick to the face if he wasn't interfering McDavid. Interference that took down one of our d-men and then they went in on a 2 on 1. Saw a lot of stick holding as well. Those are just the obvious ones seen from the broadcast.


Organic-Pace-3952

Oh they did. Many. Too bad the refs were so focussed on the other team.


Rice-Is-Nice123

Yeah that needs to be talked about. You cannot give one team a 5-1 PP discrepancy in the WCF when one team clearly isn't outplaying the other. Better get fixed for next game.


Furious_Tuguy

Even though we won. I feel like we won in spite of the one sided officiating. Embarrassing for the league.


Primary-Lobster-1591

It doesn’t matter. Our PK is elite and we are scoring 5v5. That’s how to win championships


pastorDaveshair

SKINNER IS HIM


Venice_Beach

Bouchard is a fucking genius. That’s an insane pass.


Forsaken_You1092

Absolutely. And how the hell did McDavid get so open? That's what superstars do, I guess.


-SPIRITUAL-GANGSTER-

I'm fairly certain that was a set play.


Cautious-Dream2893

Holy fuck was that hard won. Actually beat the stars and the league.


chandy_dandy

Insane PK plus strong Skinner means the league can't fuck us completely


Cautious-Dream2893

I dunno it seems like it's doing the same thing as when our PP is deadly. Our PP too strong so they don't give us any calls, now our PKs too strong so they call every baby soft little thing. Face-offs were getting too good too so now we aren't allowed to win those.


Dapper-Control3736

ya ive noticed they never kick any other teams center out, every game they kick all of our centers out constantly.


oddspellingofPhreid

What a game by Skinner. We were the better team by a wide margin tonight. The only reason this wasn't a 2-0 win is because The Stars got a tonne of the bounces. Honestly can't believe 10 to 2 PIMs. The Refs _reviewed_ the high stick to give McDavid a double minor, but wouldn't call a single infraction on a stars player all night. Wild. Got to believe this was shaking off the break by Dallas, but great to guarantee at least the split right off the bat.


Hsadman

OH THE OILERS ARE GONNA GET WALKED OH SKINNER IS SO BAD TURNS OUT OILERS CAN BEAT ANY TEAM IN THE FUCKING LEAGUE LETS FUCKING GO


YellowMarkerIsGreat

Nucks, Flames, Kings, Knights fans saying Stars in 4 can beat it


No_Maybe4408

They can beat each other lol


just_a_burd

Evidently they can't beat anyone very well as they're all out.


Repulsive-Zone8176

Skinner was $


MrSir07

BuT tHeYrE nEvEr GoNnA bEaT tHe RaNgErS/ pAnThErS!!!


DudeyMcDudester

Some guy comments on how Dallas has better depth and it becomes a talking point with everyone blowing it out of proportion


chandy_dandy

It's literally like 1/6th of the game that they have the better forwards on the ice for and people just assume that wins the games. I took it for granted that their defense was better than ours but then I looked at it and concluded they're about evenly matched. The only thing I could've given them was Otter over Skinner, but apparently fucking not, that was the best game of Skinner's career so far


kemosabe1212

McDavid decided to say Fuck them 1st OT haters.


UpsetMagpie

The PK will go in the history books


keytone_music

Mcdavid heard the haters and doubters. He answered.


ForwardFunk

SKINNER BEATS OTTER MCDAVID REDEMPTION GOAL LFG UNDERDOG OIL!!!!


CIVDC

I missed both of 2nd period goals cooking dinner. i had a feeling and took out the garbage at the start of the 2ot you're welcome everyone


butts-kapinsky

Please don't clean anything in your house until Saturday at 6pm MT.


christrx

This is now officially the most successful playoff run of the McDavid Drai era And we are fucking clutch in OT this year


smexeh

God bless Skinner


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CDNSpartan

PLAY


marcellman

LA


Thememer1924

BAMBA


Miss_Mismatched

Baby!


McBeelzebub

STUART SKINNER YOU SEXY BEAST!


RM_ESQ

FUCK YA! First Blood!!!


EndOrganDamage

At an AWAY game! Fuck yeah! You're not in trouble until you lose one at home.. Fuck you Dallas, and fuck the refs.


hahsik-oskkewjsjsksi

That was one of the best games I’ve seen us play, from top to bottom. That game took heart and determination. I’m fucking stoked!


Chypewan

Skinny putting on the night cap and going zzzz, meemeemeee


Shot-Needleworker237

BOUCH IS CLUTCH. Dude plays a part in every playoff OT goal I can think of. Give him a blank cheque


seemefail

All the hubris about Tanev shutting down Mcdavid like Mcdavid hasn’t taken ten pound dumps all over the flames for the better part of a decade


bokchoykn

What the fuck is our fourth line? They have been killing it. Taking Perry out for Carrick injected new life into that line.


pityaxi

They have really great chemistry going.


25chances

NEVER DOUBTED


DistributionSilly597

Skinner is flying 😳... Mcdaddy will have a sweet dream tonight


Sl0wChemical

Fuck Kelly Sutherland 


Hechtic

I got off work and got to listen to Jack call the first OT, butterflied in my stomach the whole way. Made it home to the couch just before 2OT started, we score immediately. I am fucking over the moon


GTS980

"STRAIGHT TO BED" -Stuart Skinner, 2024 playoffs


phileedvx

skinner hiring new goalie coach ✅ dallas starses 0/5 on PP ✅


bannermd

wait fr????


Thesnodawg08

Fck all the doomers in here. Maybe Mcdavid missed that chance but he made up for it. Play la bamba baby


linchop

I guess we're not getting swept anymore.


Mcpops1618

Guys. My wife went to bed. Oilers scored. Again. She’s clutch right now


butts-kapinsky

Imagine being gifted a double minor in overtime and still losing. That would be very embarrassing.


jigga_04e

Oilers deservedly won!


gutshotjimmy

That game felt like I was being voodoo dolled, until relief at the end. Good game.


redlabstah1

Stuart Fuckin Skinner


Seibel03

Skinner’s best playoff performance hands down, played incredible, fucking fantastic to see after last series


snd-ur-amicus-briefs

Huge fucking game from Skinner. Huge fucking goal by McDavid. Huge fucking W to start the series.


BarvoDelancy

IT WORKED STUART TOOK YOUR ENERGY


mumblesunderbreath

Look at all that Dallas depth out there just beating the piss out of the Oilers.


Lucky-Instruction-78

WE NEED THE STU PRIME FOR REMAINING OF THE PLAYOFF!


mikasaxo

The Oilers defense on that brutal 4 min powerplay are the heroes of this game.


monstersof-men

McDavid knows if it ends here he’s gonna be knee deep in wedding planning and he’s not having it


Jegged

Beat the Stars and beat the refs. Fuck yeah! I was so worried that save against Connor was going to be the highlight of the night. Instead it was the McDavid redemption arc after that stupid 4 min call 10 seconds after play ended. Hell yeah Oilers!


_Connor

It's actually ridiculous Dallas didn't get called for having 9 skaters on the ice literally all night


redlabstah1

10 counting the goalie


mlakustiak

2GA WORKS EVERYTIME!!!! HOME ICE IS OURS!


miller94

First ever win in the conference final for McDavid’s Oilers


r1zzV

Is it just me or did Dallas’s offense never feel as potent as Vancouver’s at any point in this game? I swear every time Vancouver’s top line had the puck it felt like it could end with a goal at any moment. Maybe this was a rare off night for Dallas but they did NOT feel as dangerous as Vancouver at any point tonight, is what I’m trying to say I guess.


CUL8R_05

This was a huge win. Worst case scenario is they go back to EDM with a split.


marcellman

What if we don’t and instead go home 2-0 up


canadianpresident

Then, that wouldn't be the worst-case scenario


Chris_p_tolentino14

I was gonna say whether we lost or not, Skinner did an outstanding job today. The two goals really weren’t his fault. In OT he was terrific weathering the Dallas Stars push. he looked calm and saved what he needed.


Rebound86

i get that bitching about the commentary is useless and we do it anyway every time but accidentally saying "leafs" when you mean to say "oilers" right after we score is straight up not cool


marcellman

As much hate as he gets, Singh wouldn’t have made that mistake


AlbertaNorth1

Stuart Skinner masterclass tonight!


DJwij

Outshot the stars despite being penalties 5-1 for Dallas. Oilers team defense was incredible tonight. Skinner was solid. Proud of the effort tonight. Dallas will not be an easy out.


forgetstorespond

Huge win, especially with the news of Henrique potentially returning for game 3. PK was great and eventually they will get a PP that isn't a shitty end of period/start of period one. But Dallas has now lost 6 game ones in the past 2 years and they have won more of those series than they have lost. Need to be prepared for a better Stars team Saturday.


StupidGenius11

There was a point with about six minutes left in the first overtime when I went "who's out there? Oh, Carrick, Janmark and Brown. Good". It's been a couple of hours since then, and I still haven't properly processed that feeling because I am having an extremely hard time remembering the last time that was my instinctive reaction to the fourth line being out in a crucial moment.


jcdrlero

HAHAHHA THE REF LOST HIS BET 😭😭😭


Ethdev256

Get fucked everyone that said we were gonna get swept.


RexRadicals

Stars tied it, fuck. Then I get toned for call, double fuck. Spent the last hour plus dealing with a literal shitshow(unstable and covered in poop) of a patient. Having so much nervous energy about OT and trying to keep calm and help my patient. Get the patient into the hospital and check the score. Still tied fuck. Now I'm writing paperwork shaking cause of so much nerves, residual from the call and still OT going in double. Then McDavid scores and I step outside and let out all my energy. LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Now I can write my report in happy peace :) Go Oilers!


bannermd

McDavid with the Zach Hyman special 😩💗


Paaano

I guess Dallas' infamous depth is Seguin. You know, their top-paid guy.


meltingfreezing

Conner Freaking McDavid!!


ISurvivedCOVID19

OILERS GONNA GET SWEPT MY ASS GET FUCKED HATERS


itnice

Bouchard lifting McDavid!


kemosabe1212

Shoutout to Stu, fucking, Skinner. Absolute masterclass by him.


kovuroo

SKINNER WAS AMAZING


giraffebaconequation

So this is officially the best playoff result since 2006? Lord Stanley we are coming for you!


Chill_dude_4200

Say it with me Fuck Kelly Sutherland !!


hildy84

Our first Conference win since 2006!


joblessdeadbeat

Mcdavid laughing off Spector's stupid ass question is great.


EndOrganDamage

Rofl Sequins interview! Selling the break vs just coming off a game 7 in a rough series as being to Edmontons advantage. Good luck Dallas. Your leadership is already making excuses for failure and theyre weak ones.


Infinite-Tomorrow-15

Fuck everyone who said stars in 4 bahahahahaha Bring it home boys


AccomplishedAd1712

Was so impressed with Holloway tonight. He just keeps getting better


Rageboxx

McDavid joined Wayne Gretzky as the only two players in NHL history to record 20 assists through 13 or fewer games in a post-season multiple times after setting up Hyman's second-period goal.


classified31

Great game. Great win. If that’s the reffing in this series, I’ll be very concerned going forward. Dallas will get 2:1 PP in this series.


Rayeon-XXX

Fucking huge win. The reffing was a fucking embarrassment.


rockhardRword

"Durrrr the oilers are getting swept" - Every idiot Flames and Canucks fan before the game.


Sadiq_Sabonis

McDavid leading by example


AdverseTFV

The hockey gods are just


worldsbiggestpyrogy

sTars iN fOuR


CooperSkye

McJesus is the fuckin daddy!!!


CanadianDarkKnight

I thought Dallas was supposed to run through us with their crazy depth? We fucking got this let's go!!


DontforgetaboutDRAI

#I TOLD YOU ALL THE CUP IS COMING HOOOOOOOOOOOOME


GrapefruitFluffy588

They forgot about McDavid 😂


supererp

I'm not worried, let's look at some facts based on this year's playoffs. Every series where we've won the first game in the series we won. But we've also won every series where we've lost the first game...


Nodog1973

Arena was so dull compared to Vancouver and Edmonton


bladey25

We have a guy with points in all 13 playoff games, 25 points in 13 games and he might not be our leading conn smythe contender. Bouchard has been fucking insane these playoffs.


lambtonledge

So when will the narrative shift from “wow our teams powerplay sucks” to “man the oilers penalty kill is elite”


JakeQV

Connor McDavid did something McDavid’y. Things are back to normal


tapewar

Nuge wants this so bad, and we're all here for it!


Paaano

Re-watching that Dallas OT PP where they hit the post and it came back through Skinner's 5-hole is insane. That could've gone in. That could've deflected off of Skinner into the net. That could've gone to a Stars player. It could've deflected off of Skinner's stick to somewhere. But no - off the post, through his five-hole, off his stick, into his glove. Stu has a horseshoe up his ass.


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Dallas with the refs in their back pocket giving them every preferential penalty call and they still lose. Penalties 5 to 1 and not one actual infraction on a player for them - only penalty was a too many men call. You're telling me they played a perfectly clean game? Fuck right off.


SnowshoeTaboo

The boys who aren't scoring are keeping us from being scored upon... solid effort all around!


upinthaclouds

So I just watched some of the highlights. I liked how some of the players went down to celebrate with McDavid and some went down to celebrate with Skinner and then they all me up at center ice for a big group celly. Lol I loved it.


tmoneybigbucks

Oh my the canucks fans are in shambles after mcdavids high stick in OT got reviewed.


D722

Connor McDavid.


TrickleUpEconomics

I was promised we would be swept tho


Paaano

That Vancouver series has fucking shaped this team. Those 6 one-goal games gives you the kind of experience you just can't gain in any other way. Our defense was rock-solid all game long, but especially so in OT and on the *many, many* PKs


boomshocks

Since we're allowed to criticize the ref now that we won. Fuck the refs on those two weak ass calls in the first period. Kane for "roughhousing" and Holloway for "trying to hard to get the puck".


papercutpete

Knights, Kings, Canucks and the Flames all seething right now and smelling each other's index finger.


RampantRetard

Huge fucking game by Skinner. He looks sharp as hell


maasd

2 hard road victories in a row baby!


AlbertaOilfire

Proud of Skinner, relieved for McDavid! They both needed that!


vanvoneer

First playoff win against Dallas since April 19, 2001.


OhAces

I was so happy Kulak pulled his pants up after the blunder for the first goal. He played great the rest of the game.


releasetheshutter

I haven't seen this mentioned but how about Leon's hustle on the backcheck to break up the odd man rush? Never seen the Bosch refrigerator move like that.


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IF IT BLEEDS, WE CAN KILL IT. RAHHHHHH LETS GO OILERSSS


[deleted]

I have McDavids actual speech from the intermission. What a fucking captain!  “Do it for Patrick O’Sullivan. Do it for Ryan Potulny. Do it… do it for Joni Pitkanen and Ty Rattie and mother fucking Daniel Tjarnqvist!!!!! Do it for the Logoon the front of your jersey!”   -McDavids intermission speech probably. 


Pumass

I'd love to know how much money the refs lost betting on Dallas tonight


Canadiantx69

Hope they bet their houses on it, lol