Flames goalie Jacob Markstrom couldn’t have gotten off to a worse begin — and he nonetheless didn’t surrender the worst objective of his staff’s 5-3 loss to the Oilers in Recreation 4 of the Western Convention semifinals.
Within the opening 20 seconds of this Battle of Alberta, Markstrom mishandled the puck behind the objective and it went on to Edmonton’s Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, who deposited it into the web over the diving Vezina finalist as he desperately tried to get again within the play.
The lead would swell to 3-0 Edmonton after the primary interval earlier than Calgary staged a formidable comeback. The benefit was right down to 3-2 firstly of the third interval when Flames defenseman Rasmus Andersson fired a clearing shot from his personal zone and it in some way discovered its well beyond Oilers goalie Mike Smith.
In keeping with the USA In the present day, Andersson’s shot got here from 132 toes away. Smith considerably hilariously gestures as if he's making an attempt in charge any person — anyone — else after the puck went into the web.
Fortunately for Smith, Nugent-Hopkins netted his second objective of the sport with 3:27 left, and Evander Kane added an empty-netter to present the Oilers a 5-3 win and a commanding 3-1 lead within the collection.
“I can giggle now, proper?” Smith stated. “I don’t assume there’s been a time in my profession the place I’ve misplaced the puck the place I had no thought the place it went. … Clearly, you don’t need that to occur ever, however unbelievable objective by Nuge on the finish there to present us a lift again.”
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