The Edmonton Oilers crushed the Vancouver Canucks, who had won their previous three games.
Edmonton Oilers defeated Vancouver Canucks 7–3 in the night round of the NHL ice hockey series.
Edmonton’s three-point night was celebrated by the captain Connor McDavid (1+2) and a Swedish striker Mattias Janmark (0+3).
Vancouver’s Finnish forward Aatu Räty21, played his sixth game of the NHL season. Räty, who hails from Oulu, clocked up a good 13 minutes of ice time in the Canucks’ quadruple court without any power points.
Since becoming Vancouver’s number one goalkeeper since the beginning of the season Kevin Lankinen the evening speech against Edmonton was anything but easy. Seven of the Oilers’ 27 shots swung behind the Finnish keeper. Despite the difficult night, Lankinen made one of the most amazing saves of the NHL season at the beginning of the third period.
With Edmonton leading 3–2, McDavid served the puck to the back post To Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. Nugent-Hopkins immediately shot, but Lankinen stretched his stick to make a great save.
In social media, the fight against the Finnish keeper was praised with great words.
– Lankinen’s performance is nominated for save of the year, one wrote.
– An absolutely amazing save from Lankin, the second one wrote.
Despite the great save, Vancouver’s pack spread after this, as the team conceded four goals.
Despite the loss, Lankinen has performed well in Vancouver, where he moved from the Nashville Predators at the end of September.
The 29-year-old Lankinen has saved seven victories for his team in ten matches. Vancouver is fifth in the Western Conference.
– I love playing here and the atmosphere is energetic, Lankinen quoth to the media after the Edmonton loss.