It was not beautiful – but they did it. I assume. Look, it was not all five goals against yesterday’s 6-5 victory over St. Louis Blues for Mike Smith. Advertising – Continue reading below Advertising – Continue reading below In both, Tyson Barrie lost in front of the net, but the real stench was the third goal, a long, floating wrist by Brayden Schenn that went past Smith’s five. By the end of the night, the Oilers had to overcome their troubles in the goalkeeper once again. A .861 by Smith is not going to go away from the Oilers, no matter how many they may or may not be. At the end of the day, the goalkeepers are paid to stop the elf and he has not done well. Their last four games have been nothing short of events. 9-5 loss to Calgary, 6-1 win over Arizona, 4-3 win over Los Angeles and a 6-5 nailing last night. “I think we are in the time of year where we are, and other teams will have good times and they will also push themselves,” said head coach Jay Woodcroft. “There are lessons to be learned in all these games and we face it with our players as we weave our way down. “During this program, we want to see growth.” Advertising – Continue reading below Advertising – Continue reading below As the development approaches, the Oilers have also been forced into some bend-but-not-break style of play and these will just get even tougher and tighter as the playoffs approach. “When you score a goal, you will (score) five, six goals like we did tonight, you want to keep your foot away from your net,” said Jacques Heiman after a night of seeing him score. The first two goals of the Oilers. “You are not going to stop scoring goals, but things will get tighter. It is difficult to score a goal: it is difficult to score a goal in the regular season, it is difficult to score a goal in the playoffs. “We have to be able to play in these tough games, these 2-1, 1-0 games, and we have to play in these 6-5 games because you see it sometimes. Not often, but you do it in the playoffs. “You have to be able to play in tight games.” No matter how you cut it, the Oilers goal continues to be an important issue for this club. Certainly, the Oilers were able to make a good score with 9-2-1 which includes nine in a row at home. They won some big wins and scored poor goals with a team decoding rate of 0.895 during this period. In Smith’s last 10 games, he has lost 32 goals, scoring a 0.880 rebound. In the last 10 of Mikko Koskinen, he also lost 32 goals and 0.893. In a league where the average savings rate is around 0.908, the Oilers just haven’t gotten it from either of them this season. Advertising – Continue reading below Advertising – Continue reading below This, while Stuart Skinner (who has 0.913 in 13 games this year), continues to tear the American Hockey League. In 26 AHL games, he recorded four shutouts, 2.28 GAA and 0.919 savings – second, fourth and eighth in the league, respectively. Do not forget that after the end of the championship, Ken Holland said that he was okay with where the team was in the nets. “When both are healthy, I feel comfortable with the goalkeeper,” said Holland. “For me, I feel comfortable that when we are together, they give us a good end.” Since then? Oilers’ savings rate was 0.882 in 24th place in the league and well below the 0.908 mentioned above. Facing adversity is never bad for teams still struggling to find their way, but how can the Edmonton Oilers realistically expect to have any level of success in the playoffs with Mike Smith and Mikko Koskinen on the net? The Blues rally after the end 4-1, but fall to the OT of the match in which Binnington is broken EDMONTON, Alberta – After the Blues’ second win in three days over the Vancouver Canucks, veteran David Perron consciously made the breaks. The Blues needed to pick up four or five consecutive wins, Perron warned, before they could start feeling like they had something. Well, it’s not there yet. Their winning streak ended in two games on Friday at Rogers Place. With top scorer Jordan Cyrus still out of the starting line-up due to illness, and Jordan Binnington struggling in the net, the Blues won the deficit 4-1 only to lose 6-5 in overtime to Edmonton Oilers. At 37-20-10 and adding their 84th point, the Blues still have work to do to get a place in the playoffs. They finished their season in a row against Edmonton (39-25-5) having lost two of the three. They close this trip and play their last Canadian regular season team on Saturday in Calgary. For the Oilers, it marked their ninth straight home win, tying a franchise record. Connor McDavid’s second goal of the night – and 39th of the season – was the winner of the match, at 1:11 of OT. Blues coach Craig Beroube did not have much to say after the game, but made it clear that he was unhappy with Binnngton, who withdrew with 6 minutes left in the opening game, allowing his four goals in 13 shoot. . When asked to explain what went wrong in that first period 4-1, Beroube replied: “We need rebounds.” After a miscarriage, she was asked if there was anything else in the first period. “No. Nothing. That was it,” he replied. When asked how Binnington is regaining his confidence, Berube replied: “I do not know. Play better. I mean, you have to play better. I do not know – this is a difficult question. “ Beroube admitted that mistakes were made by the team’s defenders and forwards in the game, but added: “Mistakes happen in games.” Read more from Jim Thomas of St. Louis Post-Dispatch here. Zach Laing is Nation Network News Director and Senior Writer. You can follow him on Twitter at @zjlaingor contact via email at [email protected] Advertising – Continue reading below Advertising – Continue reading below
