Edmonton Olers won a major win against Vegas Golden Nights to open their second round playoff series. Once again, the oileers returned to steal the snow of the house away from Vegas.
But this was a play of goalkeeper Calvin Picard who stole the show against Golden Nights. The olers allowed only Vegas to make 17 shot attempts, but the goalkeeper was able to capture the fort against a difficult admonton aggressive attack.
With the win, Picard became the first goalkeeper for the olers to start a postseen 5–0 as Grant Fuhar did so in 1985. Picard has been sensational for admonton in Postsen so far, and it has helped the olers team to look dangerous.
Calvin Picard is the first olear goalkeeper to start a post-sesen 5–0 since Grant Fuhar in 1985 pic.twitter.com/27szg1n26g
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Edmonton has become the king of return, as Jeet won him as well as his fifth direct win. Oilrs Forward Zach Hyiman talked about the fact, but said that the team will not be in this position.
Edmonton Olers goalkeeper Calvin Picard (30) The 2025 Stanley Cup in T-Mobile Arena makes a savings against Vegas Golden Nights during the third round of the game. Silvani-Imagon Picture
"I mean, you don’t want to stay down in five games," Oilrs Forward Zach Hyiman said about his team’s return streak, "Then, we have experience that we can come back and fight our way out of it. Yes, you should have this belief in your group when you are down and come back to win five in that way."
Edmonton will watch this huge game 1 win in Game 2 on Thursday. If the oilers can go above 2–0, they will feel great about the possibility of the Western Conference proceeding in the final.
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