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ANAHEIM -- Ryan Poehling scored at 2:29 of overtime, giving the Anaheim Ducks a 4-3 win against the Edmonton Oilers in Game 4 of the Western Conference First Round at Honda Center on Sunday.
The Edmonton Oilers face growing pressure after a 7-4 Game 3 loss to the Anaheim Ducks, falling behind 2-1 in the first round NHL playoff series. The Ducks, back in the playoffs after seven seasons, have scored 16 goals
With the game tied at 3-3 in the third period, Beckett Sennecke and Leo Carlsson scored goals 42 seconds apart to give the Ducks a lead they would not relinquish. After the Oilers cut the lead to one, Jeffrey Viel scored to provide some insurance before Jackson LaCombe iced the game in the empty net.
Mikael Granlund had a goal and two assists, and the Anaheim Ducks celebrated their first home playoff game in eight years with a 7-4 victory over the Edmonton Oilers and a 2-1 series lead on Friday night.
The Edmonton Oilers face growing scrutiny after their Game 3 loss, but NHL analyst Jim Matheson believes the focus on Connor Ingram misses the bigger issue. Ingram stopped 32 of 38 shots in the 7-4 defeat to the Anaheim Ducks,
An Edmonton Oilers fan threw an entire rotisserie chicken on the ice just in time for the Anaheim Ducks to score two goals in the third, shifting the series back to Southern California.
The Edmonton Oilers head into a crucial Game 3 in Southern California with the series tied 1-1 and Connor McDavid has yet to record a point in the series
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The Edmonton Oilers were hoping to erase a 6–4 Game 2 loss at home from their memories with a better performance in Game 3 in Anaheim. Instead, it was much more of the same firewagon hockey, with the Oilers falling 7–4 and now trailing 2–1 in the best-of-seven first-round series.