Oilers Defeat Kings 1-0 - The GCL Diesel Oil Stream Postgame Show - 04-28-24

Tom Gazzola is joined by Shawn Belle to recap tonight's 1-0 win against the Kings. #nhl #oilers #hockey #sportstalk #sports #edmontonoilers #edmonton #yeg #canada #radio

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Long post follows with base game statistics including some for the LA Kings. Read, don't read, up to you. These are BASE stats not detailed ones. My comments at the end.
Statistics for Edmonton Oilers at LA Kings April 28th, 2024
Playoffs Round 1, Game 4
Oilers 1, LA 0 (Oilers Lead Series 3-1)
Oilers:
Bouchard 1 Goal (PP, GWG)
Draisaitl 1 Primary Assist (PP, GWG)
McDavid 1 Secondary Assist (PP, GWG)
Skinner 33 Saves on 33 Shots = 1.000 Save %age (perfect)
Kings:
Riddich 12 Saves on 13 Shots = .923 Save %age (really good)
Oilers Kings
Shots on Goal 13 33
Hits 27 41
Faceoffs Won 26 22
PP 1/1 0/1
Giveaways 6 (4 per NST) 3 (2 per NST)
Takeaways 5 2
Blocked Shots 19 (15 per NST) 17 (13 per NST)
3 Stars: 3-Riddich (.923 Save %age), 2-Skinner (1.000 Shutout), 1-Bouchard (GWG on the PP)
Oilers Player Stats:
Player TOI SOG +/- PIM Hits Blocks Giveaways Takeaways
Ceci 22:35 0 0 0 1 2 1 0
Bouchard 22:27 2 0 0 0 2 1 0
Ekholm 21:16 1 0 0 1 2 0 0
Nurse 20:14 1 0 0 2 1 0 0
Desharnais 17:21 0 0 0 1 2 0 0
Kulak 15:22 0 0 2 1 2 0 0
McDavid 21:57 1 0 0 2 3 0 1
Draisaitl 20:27 3 0 0 0 3 0 2
Nuge 18:19 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
Hyman 17:10 1 0 0 3 0 0 0
Henrique 17:10 0 0 0 5 2 0 0
Kane 16:23 2 0 0 2 0 1 1
McLeod 15:05 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Perry 11:47 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Janmark 10:51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Foegele 10:33 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
Ryan 9:38 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
Holloway 9:25 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Oilers Faceoffs Won Lost Percent
Draisaitl 11 7 61.1
McDavid 10 9 52.6
McLeod 3 4 42.9
Ryan 1 1 50.0
Nuge 1 0 100.0
Holloway 0 1 0.00
Kings Faceoffs Won Lost Percent
Kopitar 10 8 55.6
Dubois 8 3 72.7
Danault 2 7 22.2
Moore 1 0 100.0
Byfield 1 1 50.0
Lizotte 0 3 0.00
Lewis 0 1 0.00
Laferriere 0 1 0.00
Arvidsson 0 2 0.00
Oilers proved they can win a 1-0 game and hold a single goal game lead for over a period. Riddich did better than Talbot in net (though the guys in front of him probably were playing better too). MUCH MUCH more disciplined game with each team getting 1 power play (that the Oilers converted on and the Oilers PK stayed at 100% by denying the Kings). Oilers now lead the series 3-1 and head back home for game 5 in Edmonton on Wednesday (so a longer break to give a bit more recovery time or work on little things). As Bouchard said in the postgame, they didn't take ANY Shortcuts. One more to round two. Now just to win it. Take care all.