You couldn't ask for much more drama: Game 7 with two western Canadian teams in a do-or-die playoff game in a series in which neither side won consecutive games. Until Monday night. That's when the Edmonton Oilers weathered a late Vancouver Canucks charge, beating the hosts 3-2 to win their seven-game second-round playoff series in the decisive showdown.
Down three games to two following a close Game 5 dominated by the Canucks, the Oilers turned the table in Game 6, winning it in convincing fashion 5-1 on Saturday before taking the final game. Complete coverage of the Edmonton Oilers' Stanley Cup Playoffs run "I knew it was going to be a tight game," Oilers star Connor McDavid told media following Monday's match. "No one came in here thinking it was going to be some kind of cakewalk.
It was tight. I thought we did a good job of responding." Cocy Ceci opened the scoring after his point shot fooled Canucks goalie Arturs Silovs 1:16 into the second period, a minute after the Oilers had killed off a four-minute minor penalty to Ryan McLeod late in the first period for high-sticking Elias Pettersson.
The goal came shortly after an offensive zone faceoff following an icing call on the Canucks. "I would've liked to have seen the power play (score on the four-minute opportunity)," Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet said. "It was a big factor.
" Zach Hyman's recorded the Oilers' second goal at 5:50 of the middle frame, tipping in defenceman Evan Bouchard's high shot from the point. After .
