1 week Ago By Dave Pollard
The is getting what it, and everyone watching it, deserves. A Game 7. This compelling theatre of epic momentum shifts, dramatic mood swings and last-second heroics all comes down to one final act Monday evening in Vancouver.
And despite six games worth of hard evidence, we have no way of knowing how this thing is going to turn out. The two best teams in Canada are answering each other punch for punch After Vancouver held Edmonton without a shot for over 20 minutes to win Game 1, the Oilers respond by outshooting Vancouver 15-2 in the third period to win Game 2. After Evan Bouchard scored with 39 seconds left to win Game 4, J.
T. Miller responded by scoring with 33 seconds left to win Game 5. After five one-goal games there was nothing to choose between them.
And then came . The Oilers seemed on the verge of a night like that in Game 3, where they outshot Vancouver 45-18, hit four goal posts, and somehow lost 4-3. This time they connected on their chances and ran Vancouver out of the rink.
Have they finally broken through? After five games of missing chances, hitting iron and being stymied by a Cinderella netminder, is Edmonton ready to pull away for good? Has the law of averages caught up with a Vancouver team that’s been outshot 174 to 132? Or was that just human nature talking? While Edmonton was fighting for survival at home in Game 6, the Canucks knew they had a Game 7 insurance policy in their back pocket. They knew they had one more life to give. That scenario often ma.
