The Edmonton Oilers faced off against the Colorado Avalanche in what could be a potential postseason preview. These two teams haven’t played each other this season yet, but have three games to play in the regular season. The first of the three did not disappoint. It was a head-to-head clash that created an incredible playoff atmosphere.
The outcome wasn’t what the Oilers wanted—losing in overtime with less than a second to go—but this isn’t the last time these two teams will meet and Edmonton will surely be hungry for the final four points.
Charts and observations from the game are below!
Game events
- It was a physical game with both teams putting up over 30 hits.
- The Oilers were better in the faceoff circle but the Avalanche controlled the shot share.
Goals
| Goal | Assists | Time | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Walker | Artturi Lehkonen, Jack Johnson | 10:39 | 2nd | COL 1 – 0 EDM |
| Warren Foegele | Evan Bouchard | 5:46 | 3rd | COL 1 – 1 EDM |
| Sam Carrick | Mattias Janmark, Corey Perry | 11:48 | 3rd | COL 1 – 2 EDM |
| Sean Walker | Casey Mittelstadt, Jonathan Drouin | 14:40 | 3rd | COL 2 – 2 EDM |
| Artturi Lehkonen | Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar | 4:59 | OT | COL 3 – 2 EDM |
- The Oilers were in on Sean Walker at the trade deadline, and they instead saw him score two goals against them.
- Deadline acquisition Sam Carrick scored his first with the Oilers to get the team a short-lived lead.
- One of the worst ways to lose—the overtime clock reading 4:59.
All situations Corsi
- The Avalanche had the better share of shot attempts throughout the game. It’s a rarity that the Oilers have fewer Corsi than their opponent, and even more rare to have the differential by over 20.
- This game was relatively clean with only one power play per team, both of which amounting to nothing on the scoreboard.
- Overtime saw Edmonton get some good opportunities to start, but Colorado finished it off with that last second goal.
- The Oilers got their two goals from in close and had a good amount of high-danger chances…
- The only problem was that the Avalanche were even better and dominated the offensive zone, getting most of their shots from in the slot.
- Stuart Skinner could hardly be faulted for his body of work as so many shots he faced were scoring chances for Colorado.
5v5 Corsi
- Again, with so few penalties in the game, the 5v5 chart is similar to the all situations one.
- The 5v5 shot differential was also 23 in favour of Colorado, with both teams splitting non-5v5 shot attempts at eight apiece.
- Same note as above, these shot locations nearly match all situations because most of the game was played at 5v5.
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