The NHL playoffs are in full swing – and the first game between the Calgary Flames and the Edmonton Oilers featured… EVERYTHING.
In total, there were 15 (!) Goals – lots of trouble, and several Swedes in focus.
Not least Oliver Kylington, who is now being hailed for a gesture against archbishop Evander Kane.
We’re in the second playoff round of the NHL playoffs, and most eyes are on the series between the Calgary Flames and the Edmonton Oilers. The match series has been nicknamed “Battle of Alberta”, and it is not strange considering what huge battles there have been between the teams before.
Incredible match
A few seasons ago, the matches between the teams were always full of fights and quarrels, and now you meet in a roasting playoff series – and in the first match it was shown that the supporters will not be disappointed. It was the happiest match in the NHL playoffs in almost 30 (!) Years, and the match also contained lots of quarrels and hot emotions.
The Calgary Flames were in the lead with 6-2 but Edmonton managed to pick up the disadvantage, when they went up to 6-6. But three straight goals from the home team made Calgary go up in a 1-0 lead in the series, after winning 9-6. But afterwards it was, after all, the quarrel that everyone was talking about. In both teams, there are plenty of troublemakers, and not least in Edmonton in the form of Evander Kane.
The Swede’s move
The scandalous player, who unexpectedly was a bit of a goal king for Edmonton so far during the playoffs, ended up in several quarrels, including with the Swedish back star Oliver Kylington. They were both sent to the penalty box at the same time – but when they sat there, Calgary scored, to Kylington’s great joy. Cameras captured Kylington as he turned towards Kane – in one of the year’s biggest sneers.
The images of the Swede have been widely distributed in North America – and all Flames fans of course love the move. But even people who do not sympathize with any of the law praise the move. In the comment fields, the laughter hails in, and you just have to agree that it is an absolutely perfect move, on the right side of the mockery border.
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