Oilers’ Mike Smith says decisive Game 7 in Edmonton is ‘what dreams are made of’
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With a victory in L.A. on Thursday, Mike Smith and the Oilers forced a Game 7 in their first-round series against the Kings. The decisive matchup will go Saturday in Edmonton.
For goalie Mike Smith, this is what the NHL playoffs are all about.
With a victory in L.A. on Thursday, Smith and the Oilers forced a Game 7 in their first-round series against the Kings. The decisive matchup will go Saturday in Edmonton.
“It’s obviously what dreams are made of, going to Game 7 back at home in Edmonton,” the netminder said. “So guys are pretty excited.”
It’s been a series full of highs and lows for the Oilers.
They dropped a tight Game 1 at home, captured blowout victories in Games 2 and 3, then were shutout in Game 4.
After a slow start in Game 5, Edmonton came back to force overtime, but ultimately took a 5-4 loss that put the team on the brink of elimination.
Thursday’s Game 6 saw the Oilers take an early lead, but the Kings equalized in the third before Tyson Barrie put away the game-winning strike with just over five minutes left on the clock and Evander Kane added an empty-net goal to seal the 4-2 victory.
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