Smith marks with 0.4 on the left, Golden Knights Edge Oilers in Western 2nd Round match 3
Karlsson had a goal and a decisive pass, and Adin Hill made 17 stops for the Golden Knights, who are the seeded n ° 1 of the Pacific division. Captain Mark Stone left the match with an upper body injury with 6:20 to do in the first period and did not return.
“It is obviously terrible. You never want to see that anyone must leave a game, in particular a guy like him, who leads us on the ice and in the play emotionally,” said the defender of the Golden Knights, Nicolas Hague. “I know it’s really difficult for him and hard for us as a group. But it is certainly at the back of our heads too when we are there, he wants to be more than anyone fighting with us. And that makes victory feels much better.”
Corey Perry scored twice, Connor McDavid had a goal and a decisive pass, and Draisaitl and Evan Bouchard each had two assists for the Oilers, the seeded n ° 3 of the Pacific. Skinner made 20 stops.
The Oilers lead the Best Of-7 2-1 series. Match 4 is here Monday (9:30 p.m. HE; CBC, VAT, SN, TNT, TRUTV, Max).
“The winning goal of the match, we are in a good position,” said Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch. “Really, it’s a 1 against 3, he throws the washer, they recover it. We play a little desperate to try to block a blow. They play a game and unfortunately it’s the end.
“Everyone on the ice is in despair mode, selling to make this last safeguard. Unfortunately, there were 0.4 additional seconds on the clock to make this game occur.”
Perry gave Edmonton an advance from 1-0 to 7:19 am from the first period, taking a centering pass in the McDavid slit out of the race and sending a wrist in front of the Hill blocker.
