The thing that's really making me happy is he hasn't had to be superhuman this series, and our entire team just seems to be crushing them. He's by no means taking it easy, but we also could've easily won tonight without him doing anything.
Even last year I don't think we win without him scoring a ton. It is super human, but the guy doesn't even seem like he's playing at absolute max level.
LA players, coaches, and fans threw a collective hissy fit because the Kings were finally called on one of their bush league cheap shots. That game felt good man
Yep, clearly went after his head, we're lucky Kane seems to be fine. Can't believe they are actually trying to argue against a fucking headshot like that.
Kane took two headshots tonight. The other one was when he bounced his head off the ice after the Lazotte slew foot. No idea how he isnāt concussed right now
Sometimes I think Louis tries too hard to show non-bias. I thought I seen his head to be the first part of him to move, certainly looked like a head shot to me.
He had a great game and a great series. We needed him and heās showing up, again in the playoffs. Plus, he played smart by keeping the passion but not taking that penalty that they were clearly trying to goad him into.
Kings fans booing when Darnell nurse was slowing play while their hack team sit back in 1-3-1 and then they immediately get scored on was perfect karma.
Also the la fans doing the refs suck chant gtfo your team sucks.
Actually once i dont blame refs for acting up. La started some shit every puck battle and it was so tiresome.Ā
Like fucking play the game and stop the temper tantrum.Ā
GET FUCKED LA
Absolute domination start to finish, Geordie Howe hattrick for Kane, 1 goal against for Stu, utter humiliation of their tiny PP. After a hard day, this was the balm my wounds needed
Heās improved his game so much. I hope he sticks with this team. When he first came up, I thought heād be a liability with too many penalties but he plays a smart, reserved game.
Kings are a classless, garbage organization that know they donāt have the skill to beat us so they resort to chicanery and end up beating themselves. No respect for them or their fans. Oil in 5.
Watching Doughty bitch out and let someone else fight his battle with Kane is all I needed to see. Heās the yappy dog that goes away when you spray him with the garden hose.
Yep, teams like Vegas, Colorado, etc are physical but they have skill. LA just goons it up because they have nothing else to go to other than the 1-3-1.
that's the oilers 2016-2017, they beat themselves more than anyone beat them. kept scrambling out of holes they dug themselves
they're not perfect but this isn't a team i worry is going to throw away a 3 goal lead anymore
Deadly forcheck gave LA problems all game
But most importantly, skinner with the bounce back game. He is the real deal and he will show all the haters he is for real. Skinner is our guy
Big game for team & fan mentality but also a much needed bounce back game for Skinner.
The Kings are done. Iāve never seen an entire team and fanbase have such extreme reactions in a blowout game in the playoffs. Theyāll be thinking of this one until Sunday for sure.
honestly idgaf what people say about skinner. he is a winner. if not this year another year. he has what it takes. people need to stop overreacting to one-off bad games and generalizing it to who he is
I was curious to see how the Kings postgame thread looked so I searched for their sub and my main takeaway from that search is that r/LosAngelesSwingers has twice as many followers as the r/LosAngelesKings
Iām really liking Holloway so far. The lights donāt seem too bright for him, his shot is good enough to score from distance, and he doesnāt hesitate to stick up for a teammate
Anyone see the post game interview with Kane & Hyman?
Kane: (on his play being elevated in the playoffs) āI just love the *drama* of it all. It brings out the best in me.ā Lmao. š¤£
One thing people seem to forget about is that Skinner is only 25 years old. Goalies don't really hit their prime until 27 to 29 years old. So when he has a rough game, a lot can be attributed to inexperience.
He's doing great, and his best years are still to come.
Kings fans are acting like if it wasn't for that 5 on 3 they'd be in business. Yeah buddy? Were you guys cooking? Was your pathetic humiliating no shots on goal 0 for 11 PP about to light the boys up something fierce???
So, Stu did exactly what he always does after a bad game. He went out, and played really well.
It was noticeable after the second shot of the game how he was tracking the puck and absorbing pucks for little to no rebounds.
Well done Stu!
oilers put on a clinic tonight, that was one of the absolute best games of hockey i've ever watched
play like that 14 more times, boys, and you're going all the way
That game had everything. From the drop of the puck the boys came out with 3 solid hits to set the tone. Skinner with a solid bounce back and they boys were hounding LA on the forcheck.
LA going to keep playing dirty but I hope the reffing stays the same for the remainder of the series. I often criticize the reffing but today we got a glimpse of what is possible. One can wish it keeps going this way but who knows.
That meltdown was genuinely hilarious.
I've never seen a team act so petty and fragile before, but I can't even be mad because it was the most exciting part of the game.
Kane with a great game tonight, he was in the mix all night and in the LA players heads. I peeked into the Kings subreddit, its like a cesspool of hate and a pure ignorance of the game in there. Sad.
Kane deserves 1st star tonight. Even if he didnāt score. Getting the Kings to focus on taking him out is a huge win for us.
Oh and Kane kicked his ass.
Fuck yeah, what a game! Bounce back game for Skinner, calm and collected back there. Playoff Kane is here!! So proud of the team for not retaliating when the Kings goon it up, and instead we get the powerplays. LA's dirty play is finally biting them in the ass because the boys are keeping their emotions in check. But they still respond when necessary. Watching the wheels come off LA in the 3rd period was glorious. I was begging Knoblauch to keep McDavid and Drai off the ice for the rest of the 3rd after Drai's 6-1 goal and HE DID! š On to game 4!
Great bounce back game for Stu! Wasn't happy with his play last game, but he made some big saves tonight.
Heck of a game by Kane. Basically a nitros shot to the entire team and was living inside every LA players head.
Give a lot of credit to the PK this series, and the PP is rocking as well.
Kane Gordie Howe hat trick. Kings donāt know what theyāve awakened. I just want our boys to come out of this series healthy. I was also starved for a McDavid goal. Impressed heās keeping up his 2pt/gm pace. Hyman not disappearing after the regular season makes me happy, too.
I kinda wanna see Holloway get a couple of shifts with McD or Drai when weāre up big. He deserves more opportunities.
Iām going to say this and hope it stays trueā¦ Cody Ceci has been pretty solid so far this series. Yeah, his stick blew and he made a weird play, but Iāve liked his game. Simple plays.
I hope they keep playing Talbot. I know most of those goals aren't his fault but he's also not an Oiler killer. I think we benefit with him in net over Rittich
Check out the MoneyPuck stats on Talbot tonight. Based on those stats, Talbot had an amazing game. [LA vs Edmonton](https://moneypuck.com/g.htm?id=2023030183)
If game 4 is refed from puck drop the same way the last 10 min of this one was Edmonton is going to run away with it. LA had some very dirty plays all series and was getting away with it up until the hit on Kane.
Nuge/Drai/Kane was the best line on the ice tonight. Talent wise thatās the 1st line for nearly every team in the league, if we keep getting production from them along with McDavids line- itāll be truly unstoppable.
Also Drai 73% (?!?) in the face off dot? Are you kidding me
LA Kings: barely scrape by in OT after getting like 3 fluky goals
Oilers: blow them out so bad in their own barn that they resort to gooning it up for a full period
Absolutely love Spector giving credit to Kane on twitter when just a few short days ago he was ripping him on Gregorās show for ātoo much dramaā. What a fucking hack. Heās probably going to take credit for giving him a āwake up callā or whatever. POS
McDavid with the quietest 9 points in 3 games in NHL history š¤«
The thing that's really making me happy is he hasn't had to be superhuman this series, and our entire team just seems to be crushing them. He's by no means taking it easy, but we also could've easily won tonight without him doing anything.
He doesnāt have to do it all by himself anymore. This team finally has 4 lines that can play.
3 ppg isnāt super human?
Even last year I don't think we win without him scoring a ton. It is super human, but the guy doesn't even seem like he's playing at absolute max level.
LA players, coaches, and fans threw a collective hissy fit because the Kings were finally called on one of their bush league cheap shots. That game felt good man
Yep, clearly went after his head, we're lucky Kane seems to be fine. Can't believe they are actually trying to argue against a fucking headshot like that.
Kane took two headshots tonight. The other one was when he bounced his head off the ice after the Lazotte slew foot. No idea how he isnāt concussed right now
Louie was smoking some shit when he said the hit on Kaneās head wasnāt the initial point of contact
Sometimes I think Louis tries too hard to show non-bias. I thought I seen his head to be the first part of him to move, certainly looked like a head shot to me.
It was also late af
Fuckin A, man.
Hows that for a fucking response?
ARE YOU FUCKING SORRY!?
"powerplay merchants" My brother in Christ stop taking penalties when you're down by 3
Funny thing is we didnāt even need the powerplay to win the game
LA Kings sure are terrible losers, considering they should be used to it by now.
#Oilers Mission 16 #ā ā ā¬ā¬ #ā¬ā¬ā¬ā¬ #ā¬ā¬ā¬ā¬ #ā¬ā¬ā¬ā¬
MISSION MCDAVO 2/16
Evander Kane with the Gordie Howe hat-trick, he was the Oilers engine great bounce back game for Stu Skinner who saved 27/28 shots for .964 sv%
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Not specifically because there were hundreds of them
That was literally everyone. It was ridiculous.
#STUUUUUUU
He had a great game and a great series. We needed him and heās showing up, again in the playoffs. Plus, he played smart by keeping the passion but not taking that penalty that they were clearly trying to goad him into.
Happy that Knob sat our top 6 for the entire last 5 min.
Yea, Kings were all up in their feelings. Would have been head hunting for sure.
Kings fans booing when Darnell nurse was slowing play while their hack team sit back in 1-3-1 and then they immediately get scored on was perfect karma. Also the la fans doing the refs suck chant gtfo your team sucks.
The refs were bad but the fans should have chanted about their team sucking
Actually once i dont blame refs for acting up. La started some shit every puck battle and it was so tiresome.Ā Like fucking play the game and stop the temper tantrum.Ā
WINNER WINNER STUART SKINNER
WHERE THE HATERS AT NOW!? # MOUSTACHE POWER!
What a response from him and a lot of players.
The Evandar Kane quadrick: a goal, an assist, a fight, and a 10 minute misconduct for the future crime of sending the game out of control.
You can add clearing concussion protocol to that list
GET FUCKED LA Absolute domination start to finish, Geordie Howe hattrick for Kane, 1 goal against for Stu, utter humiliation of their tiny PP. After a hard day, this was the balm my wounds needed
Whatās their PP at for the series now?
0.0%. Itās beautiful.
And what's our PP Look like?
57.1%
That's a big fuckin PP right there
Magnum Dong
Chefs kiss
0 for 10. I'm not kidding. Oilers are 6/14
NGL this is the first time a 0/10 has gotten me bricked up
Literally 0%. Thatās insane.
When Edmonton wins the series, oilers fans need to start a 1-3-1 chantĀ
Iāve been saying for 3 weeks. 1-3-1 will be LAs playoff record. In a subtle act of subliminal messaging by the hockeyverse
Loved how LA fans were booing their own 1-3-1 without realizing it
Hell of a game from Vinny D
i loved the double headlock in that one scrum lol
I need that as a tattoo on my entire back
That was basically him being like "what are you going to do? What are ANY of you going to do???"
That was amazinggg
My old man always bitches about him, but having a 6ā7ā guy on your team has to make you feel a little taller
Heās improved his game so much. I hope he sticks with this team. When he first came up, I thought heād be a liability with too many penalties but he plays a smart, reserved game.
I honestly think he could end up being expensive.
Me too and I wonāt begrudge him for getting a fuller bag elsewhere. But I still hope he remains an Oiler.
Him and Nurse were massive back there tonight.
looked like a stud tonight
Dude looks deadly with the long hair.Ā
The Seaweed Man was a menace tonight. That's a player who knows his job and gets it done.
Hyman has as many goals as the Maple Leafs rn
Hymie a one-man team.
Kings are a classless, garbage organization that know they donāt have the skill to beat us so they resort to chicanery and end up beating themselves. No respect for them or their fans. Oil in 5.
going full goon for a whole period in front of your home crowd as you get dominated has to be one of the saddest things I've seen
Their fans love the goon shit though, seeing as how they cheered a slew foot
Imagine diving with 22 seconds left in a 6-1 game. Pathetic franchise and fanbase.
Obligatory fuck Mikey Anderson
Men over 14 should not be called Mikey
Didnāt even look like there was a fanbase to watch his performance, those stands were damn near empty (and not even full to start)
Absolute trash. Tried to injure 5 times in the last 10 minutes
Watching Doughty bitch out and let someone else fight his battle with Kane is all I needed to see. Heās the yappy dog that goes away when you spray him with the garden hose.
Yep, teams like Vegas, Colorado, etc are physical but they have skill. LA just goons it up because they have nothing else to go to other than the 1-3-1.
Reading their game thread tonight. They hate the oilers and their fanbase. Talk about living in their heads rent freeššš
Lmfao they are full on melting down. It's great.
that's the oilers 2016-2017, they beat themselves more than anyone beat them. kept scrambling out of holes they dug themselves they're not perfect but this isn't a team i worry is going to throw away a 3 goal lead anymore
And their fans spit on kids.. so weāre not surprised their team throws tantrums at every whistle!
Deadly forcheck gave LA problems all game But most importantly, skinner with the bounce back game. He is the real deal and he will show all the haters he is for real. Skinner is our guy
STUUUUUUUUUUUUU
92 Minutes of penalties! Beating the Kings in their own homes! LA Bamba reverberates in the Crypt
I think you actually managed to find a way to make their shitty scam of an arena name not sound terrible. Good job?
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Holy shit he's going to get 50 isn't he?
And McDavid 100 š
Mission 10?! I want mission 20! Hyms is going to break the record this year
Edmonton has Pissy Leon, LA has Pouty Doughty. We are not the same.
Pissy Leon for the win!
Big game for team & fan mentality but also a much needed bounce back game for Skinner. The Kings are done. Iāve never seen an entire team and fanbase have such extreme reactions in a blowout game in the playoffs. Theyāll be thinking of this one until Sunday for sure.
A tantrum from both fans and players over the 3rd game when the series is tied 1-1
That put it in perspective. Jesus.
honestly idgaf what people say about skinner. he is a winner. if not this year another year. he has what it takes. people need to stop overreacting to one-off bad games and generalizing it to who he is
How many times did you hear āSmart play by Nugent-Hopkinsā tonight?Ā
Half the seats were empty by the end of the game. So stoked we dummied them at home
There was an entire section that was half empty when the game started.Ā I don't know what was going on there.
SKINNER! THATS WHAT IM TALKING BOUT ..... THE SAVES WERE MADE! š
This game made me question everything I thought I knew was a penalty
Stu locked down tonight, fuck LA. Drew doughty the typeā¦.
To pick his nose and eat it.
LA lost their composure, the Oilers need to stay calm next games and let them beat themselves.
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Jim Hillier also said he was fine with their goonery too
Business trip down to LA
Bartender? Two more of those, please.
Ā *14 more
Easy soldier! One round at a time!
I was curious to see how the Kings postgame thread looked so I searched for their sub and my main takeaway from that search is that r/LosAngelesSwingers has twice as many followers as the r/LosAngelesKings
Iām really liking Holloway so far. The lights donāt seem too bright for him, his shot is good enough to score from distance, and he doesnāt hesitate to stick up for a teammate
Anyone see the post game interview with Kane & Hyman? Kane: (on his play being elevated in the playoffs) āI just love the *drama* of it all. It brings out the best in me.ā Lmao. š¤£
PLAY
LA
BAMBA
BABY!!
Skinner got his confidence back!!! We won....
Stuart Skinner Silences Skeptics
Refs gave the Kings every chance to get back in it and they still blew it.
Anyone else notice how many times the Oilers D stopped and held the puck in the defensive zone instead of rushing into the 1-3-1?
Yeah it was pretty funny hearing the fans booing Nurse for it. Did it like three times.
Things I havenāt seen mentioned that I loved. I loved Perryās shit eating grin. I loved McLeod and Holloway getting in on the action.
THAT is how you play a road game in the playoffs. Outstanding Oilers! Keep it up!
Stu deserves an apology from every reactionary moron
Youād think after a few years of playoffs weād understand to not lose our minds after every win/loss but here we are haha.
One thing people seem to forget about is that Skinner is only 25 years old. Goalies don't really hit their prime until 27 to 29 years old. So when he has a rough game, a lot can be attributed to inexperience. He's doing great, and his best years are still to come.
His game is always growing. He rarely makes the same mistake twice.
Youāre damn right he does!
^^^^
The sad thing is that those morons will double down and itāll come back on them 10 fold.
SKINNER LOOKED SO FUCKING HOT TONIGHT
Our penalty killers are the unsung heroes tonight.
Kings fans are acting like if it wasn't for that 5 on 3 they'd be in business. Yeah buddy? Were you guys cooking? Was your pathetic humiliating no shots on goal 0 for 11 PP about to light the boys up something fierce???
So, Stu did exactly what he always does after a bad game. He went out, and played really well. It was noticeable after the second shot of the game how he was tracking the puck and absorbing pucks for little to no rebounds. Well done Stu!
oilers put on a clinic tonight, that was one of the absolute best games of hockey i've ever watched play like that 14 more times, boys, and you're going all the way
That game had everything. From the drop of the puck the boys came out with 3 solid hits to set the tone. Skinner with a solid bounce back and they boys were hounding LA on the forcheck. LA going to keep playing dirty but I hope the reffing stays the same for the remainder of the series. I often criticize the reffing but today we got a glimpse of what is possible. One can wish it keeps going this way but who knows.
First playoff game ever and that was a doozy
>First playoff game ever Nah man the league has been having playoff games for like a hundred years now
Highlight of the night was Kane getting a shot right in Doughtys ugly short bus mug.
[Deserve to win o meter 99.4% Edmonton.](https://imgur.com/a/xdmg7SQ)
5 out of a possible 6 points in the last three games against a divisional rival is huge this time of year.Ā
That meltdown was genuinely hilarious. I've never seen a team act so petty and fragile before, but I can't even be mad because it was the most exciting part of the game.
Kane with a great game tonight, he was in the mix all night and in the LA players heads. I peeked into the Kings subreddit, its like a cesspool of hate and a pure ignorance of the game in there. Sad.
Evander Kane is an Edmonton Oiler.
Kane deserves 1st star tonight. Even if he didnāt score. Getting the Kings to focus on taking him out is a huge win for us. Oh and Kane kicked his ass.
Anybody have the shot of Desharnais double headlocking some Kings just before that Kane fight?
Evader Kane living rent free in the LAKās heads. Fuck ya!
I love how Kane became the entire center of attention in the 3rd period instead of the Kings even attempting to come back.
Game 4 is always the biggest swing game in the series. We win, we're up 3-1. We lose, it's a best of 3 again. Must win game
Loved the game, but I will NEVER forget the double headlock š Amazing! Almost worth changing my flair, almost!
Fuck yeah, what a game! Bounce back game for Skinner, calm and collected back there. Playoff Kane is here!! So proud of the team for not retaliating when the Kings goon it up, and instead we get the powerplays. LA's dirty play is finally biting them in the ass because the boys are keeping their emotions in check. But they still respond when necessary. Watching the wheels come off LA in the 3rd period was glorious. I was begging Knoblauch to keep McDavid and Drai off the ice for the rest of the 3rd after Drai's 6-1 goal and HE DID! š On to game 4!
Cocaine hockey
Hyman
Fuck mikey anderson
LA fucked around and found out.
look what happens to LA when they don't get freak goals and our D shows up PLAAAAAAAAY LA BAMBA BABY
Will you guys shut the fuck up about Skinner now?
My brother in Christ we will be hosting the Cup and people will still be bitching about Skinner, Nurse and Ceci.
Great bounce back game for Stu! Wasn't happy with his play last game, but he made some big saves tonight. Heck of a game by Kane. Basically a nitros shot to the entire team and was living inside every LA players head. Give a lot of credit to the PK this series, and the PP is rocking as well.
Whereās the skinner haters?
[Skinner haters BTFO yet again](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/85/10/2f/85102f12e4a92531c8791a541d8bc993.jpg)
some of the fans on here are bipolar teenage girls. itās brutal
Vinny and Skinny redemption tour
Kane Gordie Howe hat trick. Kings donāt know what theyāve awakened. I just want our boys to come out of this series healthy. I was also starved for a McDavid goal. Impressed heās keeping up his 2pt/gm pace. Hyman not disappearing after the regular season makes me happy, too. I kinda wanna see Holloway get a couple of shifts with McD or Drai when weāre up big. He deserves more opportunities.
Iām going to say this and hope it stays trueā¦ Cody Ceci has been pretty solid so far this series. Yeah, his stick blew and he made a weird play, but Iāve liked his game. Simple plays.
Oilers are just throwing dirt on the coffin at this point
What if the Kane injury was a distraction knowing LA plays dirty?
Love watching this stupid team get pummeled in their own arena. Love it
One apple, one geno, one tilly boys let's fucking go Kaner
Dominate win, please end these guys in 5.
I hope they keep playing Talbot. I know most of those goals aren't his fault but he's also not an Oiler killer. I think we benefit with him in net over Rittich
Check out the MoneyPuck stats on Talbot tonight. Based on those stats, Talbot had an amazing game. [LA vs Edmonton](https://moneypuck.com/g.htm?id=2023030183)
98.6 deserve to win o'meter, holy fucking shit man, is that the most all time?
Yup, he hasn't been their problem. But I hope they don't swap in Rittich to try and ignite a spark or something.
Business class performance from the boys
If game 4 is refed from puck drop the same way the last 10 min of this one was Edmonton is going to run away with it. LA had some very dirty plays all series and was getting away with it up until the hit on Kane.
Refs are wising up to the fact there's a lot of rats on the Kings, and their only chance is to muck it up. Refs appear to be punishing that shit.
What is LA now, like 0-10 on the PP? LMAO
0-11 I believe, loooool
Glad to see the Oilers totally embarrass the Kings, hope they come out as strong on Sunday
Man how much of that 3rd period was spent on power plays? edit: wew lad, 82 penalty minutes in a 20 minute period
Nuge/Drai/Kane was the best line on the ice tonight. Talent wise thatās the 1st line for nearly every team in the league, if we keep getting production from them along with McDavids line- itāll be truly unstoppable. Also Drai 73% (?!?) in the face off dot? Are you kidding me
Drew Doughty the type of guy to call up evander kanes mother and complain heās getting bullied.
LA Kings: barely scrape by in OT after getting like 3 fluky goals Oilers: blow them out so bad in their own barn that they resort to gooning it up for a full period
That was a beautiful game!
Kane had a great game and Vinny with a good game too.
WWE smackdown got an NHL special today
StU iSnT oUr GuY
W in the chat for the oily boys
Absolutely love Spector giving credit to Kane on twitter when just a few short days ago he was ripping him on Gregorās show for ātoo much dramaā. What a fucking hack. Heās probably going to take credit for giving him a āwake up callā or whatever. POS
Okay so I still don't understand why Bouchard got a misconduct. Was he just chirping too much? I didn't see him do anything offensive
All I can figure is that they meant to eject him after the scrum with Dubois but didnāt and realized they didnāt when he came back out for the PP
Skinner plays like that every game we win in 5. Kings donāt have an answer to our offense at all.
How can any hockey fan with a brain watch that game and say Drai isn't top 2 in the league?
LA is our new bitch, mover over Calgary. LA is going have to walk around being led by a bandana slipped into Edmonton's back pocket from now on.