Edmonton Oilers collapse in Game 1 against Canucks

The Edmonton Oilers blew a 4-1 lead and lost game one of their second round series 5-4 to the Vancouver Canucks .

The Canucks were nabbed for too many men just 40 seconds into the game. The Oilers power play, which went 45% in the first round against Los Angeles, came through again. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins set up Zach Hyman for his eighth of the post-season. Conor Garland went in a on a breakaway not long after but couldn’t beat Stuart Skinner. With five minutes to go in the first, Leon Draisaitl grabbed a giveaway by Ian Cole.

With the teams playing four-on-four halfway through the third, J.T. Miller deftly deflected a pass from Brock Boeser to pull the Canucks within one. Nikita Zadorov bombed a long shot past Skinner to make it 4-4 with 6:13 to go in the third. Garland then slid a shot under Skinner to put the Canucks ahead 39 seconds later.

The Oilers managed just two shots on goal after Hyman scored with 6:49 left in the second. The Canucks had a 24-16 edge in shots on net.B.C. musician’s Canucks-themed video lands him a gig at Rogers Arena playoff pregameSon on trial for 2nd-degree murder of Toronto mother testifies in his own defence

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