Oilers 4 Hurricanes 3 (OT)

Terrific game which could have gone either way. Canes PP and Staal in particular were excellent. Oil PP - well, they got one goal, and, to be honest, it looked better then it has. Hopefully it will get better again on Saturday. Nice shot by Schremp (there's no way that was Hemsky) for the PP goal.

Matt Greene owes Pisani and Markannen dinner. Maybe Staios can help him out with that. It would only be right.

Can you hear the crowd fernando?
I remember long ago another victory like this
In the first round fernando
You were playing in college and slowly working your pk
You could hear the distant crowd
And sounds of Oiler calls were coming from afar

We are there now fernando
Every hour, every minute seemed to last eternally
I was so afraid fernando
Our team, young and full of life and none of us prepared to win
And I’m not ashamed to say
The sound of goals and comebacks really made me cry.

Thanks, Fernando, for single-handedly defeating Cam Ward, the Canes' terrifying powerplay, McGoo's horrendous reffing — and in particular his call on Staios that put us a man down even though Steve was clearly trying to escape Recchi as he tucked Staois's stick under his arm and went sailing through the air — and all that other bullshit that was supposed to be the end of us, and keeping the dream alive.

Fernando Pisani has now been canonized in The Holy Edmonton Oilers Church as "Saint Fernando," Patron Saint of Lost Hockey Causes.

I bet the reporters won't confuse Pisani with Jason Smith any longer.

Ouch, that hurts. You always here that the 4th game is the hardest to win in a series, but I, like you, thought that they were going to do it tonight, especially when they got the PP in OT. The PP had been so effective all night, that I think everyone felt that when Edmonton took the penalty in OT, the game and the Cup were well within reach. That is why this one hurts, nobody saw it coming.

Ok, it's official: The Alberta Tea are royally getting on my nerves.

BUT, at the same time, so are my beloved Canes. Why didn't they go for the jugular tonight?! They usually have the brains and talent...so where was the Miller Time*? I could go on...one could swear that the Oilers wanted the Cup more than the Canes did. And in that regard, at the risk of having a few Caniacs demanding my head on a silver platter, the Oil deserved tonight's game more than the Canes did.

Everything is proceeding as I have forseen.

And after Smyth's little stunt (edit: link added) this morning, I don't want to hear any of the Oilers fans whining that we're classless.

Just sayin'.

Back to Edmonton. Hopefully AWard and Doug Weight's shoulders have been put back in place and taped up. Staal was way too lax on the PP in OT even before the turnover. Letting Peca run him off the puck...arrgh. Too bad because he was a monster the rest of the night. Lesson learned. Come out firing and break the hometown fans hearts Saturday night.