On the Edmonton Oilers’ 75th game of the season, they had a chance to clinch a playoff spot. The team that tripped, stumbled, and faceplanted into the league’s basement and a lengthy amount of time as the 31st-place team. Now they’re heading to the postseason for another year.
Charts and observations from the game are below!
Game events
- The Oilers knew the stakes of the game and they brought it. In a big matchup against the Colorado Avalanche, Edmonton more than doubled Colorado in shots and it paid off on the scoresheet.
- Edmonton also won two out of every three faceoffs which helped with their possession.
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Goals
| Goal | Assists | Time | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corey Perry | Darnell Nurse, Cody Ceci | 1:52 | 1st | COL 0 – 1 EDM |
| Jonathan Drouin | Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen | 11:58 | 1st | COL 1 – 1 EDM |
| Ross Colton | Artturi Lehkonen, Cale Makar | 15:59 | 1st | COL 2 – 1 EDM |
| Connor McDavid | Mattias Ekholm, Leon Draisaitl | 17:18 | 1st | COL 2 – 2 EDM |
| Mattias Ekholm | Leon Draisaitl, Evan Bouchard | 8:55 | 2nd | COL 2 – 3 EDM |
| Evander Kane | Ryan McLeod, Cody Ceci | 19:58 | 2nd | COL 2 – 4 EDM |
| Connor McDavid | Evan Bouchard, Zach Hyman | 4:05 | 3rd | COL 2 – 5 EDM |
| Evander Kane | Ryan McLeod, Brett Kulak | 11:59 | 3rd | COL 2 – 6 EDM |
- The first period was back and forth as both teams scored twice with two lead changes in it.
- With Connor McDavid and Nathan MacKinnon in the Art Ross race, McDavid made ground on MacKinnon but neither really made ground on Nikita Kucherov.
- Evander Kane broke his goalless drought with two gritty goals.
All situations Corsi
- As the game progressed, the Oilers pulled further away from the Avalanche, both in shots and in goals.
- Despite there being eight total power plays, no goals were scored on the man advantage for either team. Looking at the Corsi in each power play, neither team had a single particularly dominant power play.
- The Oilers were able to drive to the net and get the better of the Avalanche’s defence. Most of Edmonton’s shots and goals came in the slot.
- On the other end of the ice, Edmonton’s defence kept the Avalanche’s offence at bay as Colorado did not get into the net-front areas at all.
5v5 Corsi
- With so much of the game being played away from 5v5, the results at even strength were still in Edmonton’s favour.
- Edmonton simply dominated in the offensive zone. Their 5v5 results look better than most teams’ power plays, and they accomplished this against the Avalanche no less.
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