The fans were wild with joy in the stands which turned into a white sea of handkerchiefs as they were waved around the arena.
It otherwise looked bad when Zach Hyman made it 4-1 to the visitors in the middle of the second period. However, Vancouver got the important 4-2 reduction before the third period after a goal by Elias Lindholm.
Then came the mighty turn. In 4.48 they went from 2-4 to 5-4. In the center zone, Dakota Joshua passed the puck to Conor Garland, who with speed advanced on the right wing, faked a shot, and scored the decisive puck for 5-4. Then there were just over five minutes left in the match.
Garland bundled the puck in via Stuart Skinner’s leg pads from a tight angle. Realizing he had made a mistake, Skinner took a sip of water from the bottle by the goal as he grumbled.
There was excitement among the thousands of fans who watched the game on the big screen in Edmonton.
Edmonton took the goalie out in the closing minutes and had tremendous pressure but couldn’t equalize