“Doesn’t always work like that” – Connor McDavid nets decider as Edmonton Oilers eliminate Calgary Flames to advance to Western Conference finals
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Edmonton Oilers coach Jay Woodcroft couldn’t turn out to be more correct when he swapped Zach Hyman for Evander Kane on Edmonton’s top line with Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl. This great move was taken when the Oilers were a goal away from closing out a second-round Stanley Cup playoff series against the Calgary Flames in Game 5 at Scotiabank Saddledome on Thursday night.
Talking about the triumph, Jay stated that he thought their side was a bit sluggish and the whole unit could have given more. “I thought we were a little sluggish as a group,” Woodcroft said after his team’s 5-4 victory, as quoted by ESPN.com.
He added: “Not just Connor, but as a group, I thought we had more to give. Just flipping Kane and Hyman the way we did, I thought it boosted Connor and Leon a little bit and gave us a little bit of a spark. Doesn’t always work like that. Tonight it did.”
“Was a roller coaster all night”
McDavid, who didn’t feel his best in Game 5, scored the all-important series-deciding goal. “I just tried to get my leg going,” McDavid said of scoring the series clincher.
“I hadn’t been doing that well all night, so I just focused on skating, got on the forecheck and got the puck to Leo. Know if I get the puck to [him], something good is going to happen. Tried to get open, and he made a great play as always, and I tried to shoot it on the net and find a way.”
“It was a roller coaster, all right,” McDavid said. “To come out of there all square was big for our group. It gave [us] a chance to be one shot away in the third period and overtime.”
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