High-octane Oilers riding discipline, strong penalty kill in round 2 of NHL playoffs
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Edmonton leads the NHL's Western Conference final 1-0 after a solid, structured performance in Thursday's Game 1 that ended in a 3-2 triumph when McDavid scored in double overtime.
Zach Hyman signed with the Edmonton Oilers knowing he would get an opportunity to fill the opposition net.
The chance to play alongside Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl was, quite simply, too good to pass up after the Toronto Maple Leafs decided to let him hit free agency in July 2021.
What the gritty winger might not have so easily envisioned at the time was the offensive juggernaut’s star power backchecking like there’s no tomorrow and throwing bodies in front of pucks in the defensive zone.
After a couple of decent playoff runs, however, that’s a big part of an equation that has the Oilers just three wins from the Stanley Cup final — and seven from hockey’s ultimate prize.
Edmonton leads the NHL’s Western Conference final 1-0 after a solid, structured performance in Thursday’s Game 1 that ended in a 3-2 triumph when McDavid scored in double overtime.
“A desire to win and learning what it takes to win,” Hyman said Friday of the development he’s seen from the Oilers’ talented core. “Every year you learn what it takes and what you’re not doing as well.
“Offensively, we’ve always been pretty good. But I think defensively as a group, everybody’s taken that next step, that whatever-it-takes mentality.”
The Oilers have scored 49 times to lead the playoffs and own a power play clicking at a red-hot 36.7 per cent, but they’ve also done it with defence this spring.
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