Edmonton Oilers live to fight another playoff day - BERITAJA

EDMONTON – Have the Edmonton Oilers turned the tide?

An 4-1 triumph complete the Anaheim Ducks connected Tuesday to debar elimination from the playoffs was the Oilers’ about complete crippled yet successful the first-round series.

Edmonton still trails the best-of-seven matter 3-2 heading to Anaheim for Thursday’s Game 6 astatine the Honda Center, wherever the Oilers person yet to triumph successful this series.

The Oilers could dream they planted a seed of uncertainty successful the speedy young Ducks side, pinch a twelve players nether the property of 25, and 14 who person made their playoff debuts successful the series. A Game 7 would beryllium backmost successful Edmonton connected Saturday.

“We’re still successful a tough, reliable spot, a really reliable spot,” said Edmonton’s skipper Connor McDavid, who had 2 assists and played 24 minutes aft coach Kris Knoblauch had said McDavid’s information was a game-time decision.

“We’ve sewage to find a measurement to triumph successful a reliable building.”

McDavid, who rolled his ankle successful the 2nd crippled of the bid and didn’t participate successful the greeting skate, said location wasn’t immoderate suspense that he would play successful an elimination game.

“No, location was ne'er a doubt,” the skipper said.

Despite a fishy ankle, the NHL’s points leader successful the regular play was much mobile than successful Game 4 erstwhile he was seen wincing.

“He looked for illustration he was skating amended tonight,” Knoblauch said. “I really deliberation he’s played his champion successful the past 4 periods. The 3rd play successful Game 4, I thought he played amended — that he had immoderate really bully scoring chances, drove the nett 2 aliases 3 times precocious successful the game.

“He conscionable continuing to get better, truthful that’s a bully motion for us.”

Edmonton reached the Stanley Cup last each of the past 2 years earlier bowing retired to the Florida Panthers some times.

But aft winning the bid opener against the Ducks, 3 consecutive losses put Edmonton successful a precarious playoff hole.

“All we did is past 1 much day,” McDavid said. “The pressure’s connected us, but it’s a large crippled for them too. I’m judge they’ll beryllium emotion that too. Closeout games are tough.

“I’m judge they’re not going to want to travel backmost to Edmonton, truthful unit connected them, but we’ve sewage to find a measurement to past different day.”

Unable to protect leads of 1 aliases 2 goals successful the series, the Oilers scored 3 successful Tuesday’s first play to pursuit Lukas Dostal from Anaheim’s net.

Edmonton maintained power successful the look of an expected pushback from a Ducks squad that led the convention successful comeback wins. When Anaheim’s Alex Killorn scored a power-play extremity early successful the 2nd period, Leon Draisaitl countered pinch 1 for the Oilers earlier the midway point.

“A crippled for illustration that gives america a small spot of caller air, a small spot of a caller start,” said Vasily Podkolzin, who scored Edmonton’s first goal.

Goalie Connor Ingram stopped 23 aliases 24 shots successful the past 40 minutes of the crippled for 29 saves wide successful his return to the net. He started the first 3 games of the bid earlier Tristan Jarry’s 34 saves successful a 4-3 overtime nonaccomplishment successful Game 4 successful Anaheim.

“I was disappointment aft Game 3 conscionable pinch myself and what was going on, truthful to springiness myself a small break mentally and physically was huge,” Ingram said.

Edmonton’s apical players lived up to their billing Tuesday pinch Draisaitl scoring twice. One much playoff extremity and the centre will surpass Wayne Gretzky’s 23 for the about successful franchise history.

Knoblauch paired McDavid and Draisaitl connected the aforesaid statement for respective minutes successful the game.

Defenceman Evan Bouchard played his champion crippled of the bid pinch savvy passes for 3 assists and a plus-2 rating.

“We’re going to request much of that because he’s our champion defenceman,” Knoblauch said. “He plays 25 to 30 nights each crippled and we request that.”

Edmonton heads to Anaheim pinch momentum and needs to make the about of it to widen the bid again.

“I don’t cognize what it is pinch us,” Bouchard said. “I’m judge you’ve heard this a 1000 times. When our backs are against the wall, we play bully hockey.”

This study by BERITAJA was first published April 29, 2026.