- Ryan Poehling scored 2:29 into overtime, and the Anaheim Ducks pushed Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers to the brink of first-round elimination with a 4-3 victory in Game 4 on Sunday night.
tied it with 6:29 left in regulation for the Ducks, who rallied from an early two-goal deficit and another third-period hole before taking a 3-1 series lead with their third consecutive victory over the back-to-back Western Conference champion Oilers.
, who had played well in his first playoff start for his new team. An extensive video review revealed no reason to overturn the judgment on the ice that the puck had barely crossed the goal line underneath Jarry's skate.scored power-play goals in the second period for the Ducks, whose first playoff series in eight years has been an exciting demonstration of their revamped roster's ample skill.
Edmonton nearly won it late in regulation, but Dostal made a spectacular, sprawling pad save to deny McDavid on a late breakaway. The Oilers' superstar center had two assists in Game 4.. But with the Oilers struggling mightily to stop the fast, exciting Ducks, coach Kris Knoblauch made the switch got a solid effort from Jarry, who hadn't played since April 8.
The Oilers also improved their defensive structure after a shambolic Game 3 - and yet the energetic, hungry Ducks still pumped in four more goals despite playing from behind for most of the night. Kapanen silenced the raucous sellout crowd at Honda Center 38 seconds after the opening faceoff with his fourth goal in four games. Nugent-Hopkins then scored just Edmonton's second power-play goal of the series.
The Ducks began yet another comeback with vicious wrist shot from Gauthier, their 22-year-old top scorer. Anaheim's once-awful power play has scored in eight consecutive games. Bouchard ripped a wrist shot for a tiebreaking goal just 4 seconds into an Oilers power play, but the Ducks' fourth line tied it again, with Viel punching home a rebound of John Carlson's shot for his second career playoff goal. Dust advisory in effect on last day of Stagecoach music festival
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