Oilers get an A for effort and a L for loss against the Penguins
PITTSBURGH Big picture, hockey games are 60 or 65 minutes in regular season whether you go to OT or shootouts but you can always break them down into snapshots. Checks missed, opportunities missed, shots missed, so even though Pittsburgh Penguins were buy canada goose jacket tested they bested Edmonton Oilers.
AGAIN. It was close, but all games with the Penguins are good to the last drop.
Just six wins in their last 23 games, and while coach canada goose factory sale Ken Hitchcock says doesn look like anybody wants that second wild card his team remains six points back of Minnesota (59 53) with Vancouver, Arizona, Colorado and Chicago ahead of them.
So, yes, even if this was an A game to Hitchcock trained eye, rather than the Incomplete or straight Flunk at home, this loss hurt more than most.
canada goose outlet store uk Pittsburgh Penguins’ Sidney Crosby (87) and Edmonton Oilers’ Connor McDavid play during the third period Canada Goose Jackets of an NHL hockey game in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019. The Penguins won 3 1.(AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) canada goose uk shop ORG XMIT: PAGP111 canada goose outlet store uk
‘We played it a little too loose’They played 56 good minutes and four they would like back.
cheap canada goose bomber They had 39 shots on Matt Murray after he faced 51 against Philly two nights before. Thirty five of those shots were even strength and one by Connor McDavid on a penalty Canada Goose Coats On Sale shot. cheap canada goose bomber
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can be happy for that goal. Makes it hard when you lose a game 2 1 (actually 3 1 with Jared McCann empty net). You can take it back, you have to find a way to move on, said Koskinen, who did make 31 saves but has only won three of his last 12 decisions.
The Oilers were very delinquent on that goal, and on the Teddy Blueger 2 1 goal later, from 25 feet. It appeared canada goose uk black friday McDavid didn catch sight of Blueger until it was too late.
didn see that on the tape and they jumped it, said Hitchcock.
was kind of an awkward play. The D was low and he was coming in on a change and he was the high guy and he drove right canada goose outlet to the net. I not really sure who guy it was, maybe mine, said McDavid.
think canada goose the line was tired from the shift and that on me because I brought them back out after a stoppage and I not sure what their energy was like. All three guys (McDavid, Draisaitl and Zack Kassian) looked tired to be honest, said Hitchcock.
Pittsburgh Penguins’ Sidney Crosby (87) defends against Edmonton Oilers’ Connor McDavid (97) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019.
Missed penalty shotOn the penalty shot which would have tied it 2 2, McDavid got hooked by Kris Letang after a great pass from Draisaitl after a giveaway by Sidney Crosby far up ice. It came while the Penguins were on the power play but the penalty shot chance came one second after Oiler defenceman Adam Larsson left the box. McDavid went across the crease after bobbing and weaving by the left boards first and Matt Murray snapped out his catching mitt.
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got to find a way to bear down, he said.
Or find a goalie not as good as the two time Cup winner Murray.
I did a great job of creating the chance after Leon found me but the guy came back on me, last second, said uk canada goose McDavid.
Pittsburgh Penguins’ Sidney Crosby (87) can’t get his stick on a rebound in front of Edmonton Oilers goaltender Mikko Koskinen (19) with Adam Larsson (6) defending during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019.
canada goose black friday instagram A canada goose black friday sale for effortHitchcock wanted the W, but he gave his team an A on his report. canada goose black friday instagram
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mean it was us and their goalie seven or eight times too, so we didn lack for chances. Hitchcock could only shrug after this loss.