Canucks take control of raucous series with thrilling win against Oilers

Edmonton Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl looks on as Vancouver Canucks defenceman Carson Soucy celebrates his goal during the first period in Game 5 of the second round of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Rogers Arena in Vancouver . The Canucks won 3-2 on May 16, 2024.The rock band Pearl Jam opened a tour at Rogers Arena in Vancouver a few days before the Canucks started their second-round playoff series at home against the Edmonton Oilers last week.

That idea was upended by Game 1′s epic Canucks comeback win. It set the tone for a raucous series, where the teams have alternated wins and where all five games have been settled by a single goal, one game in overtime and both of the past two in the final minute. It’s not often a series is this close. Before it began, there was talk of how there wasn’t much of a playoff rivalry between the Oilers and Canucks, their last series happening some three decades ago.

The winning goal came when Elias Lindholm put the puck in front of the net and Elias Pettersson deflected it with his skate. It rebounded off the post and Miller corralled the hot puck – “a little lucky there,” he said – and put it in the net. Miller from Game 4 to Game 5 is one of many shifts between one game and another in this series. Miller felt he played subpar hockey in Vancouver’s Game 4 loss and sent a text message of apology to coach Rick Tocchet.

On Thursday night, he was strong on the ice and afterwards it seemed like a major weight had lifted. The crowd had several times urged him on with chants of “Go Petey go.”The Canucks have two shots to make it to the conference finals, on Saturday on the road and Monday back in Vancouver, home ice advantage. The Canucks weren’t expected to do much this season but started strong and won their division for the first time in 11 years.

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