The best-of-seven Battle of Alberta is tied 1-1 going into
Sunday's Game 3 in Edmonton.
With the score tied 3-3, Hyman was sprung on a breakaway and
lifted a glove-side shot with 9:46 remaining in regulation to
collect his fifth goal of the playoffs.
Two minutes later, Leon Draisaitl added another breakaway tally,
sprung by goaltender Mike Smith, his seventh marker of the
playoffs to cap a three-point outing.
Duncan Keith added a goal and two assists while Connor McDavid
had one goal and one assist for the Oilers, and Evan Bouchard
also scored. Smith made 37 saves in a bounce-back performance
from the opener, a 9-6 Calgary win.
Michael Stone, Brett Ritchie and Tyler Toffoli replied for the
Flames. Johnny Gaudreau had two assists, and Jacob Markstrom
stopped 35 shots.
The Flames blew a 3-1 lead and have now dropped 13 consecutive
Game 2 clashes in the Stanley Cup playoffs.
Reminiscent of the opener, the Flames burst out of the blocks
again with a pair of early goals. Stone converted a point-shot
blast at 3:02 of the first period for his second goal of the
playoffs, and Ritchie doubled the lead with his second tally in
as many games on a rebound at 6:02 mark.
Keith put the Oilers on the board at 13:38 of the opening
period, coming in from the point to convert McDavid's one-handed
pass for his first goal of the playoffs. At 38 years, 308 days,
Keith is the oldest player in Oilers history to score a
postseason goal.
Toffoli's power-play goal restored Calgary's two-goal edge, a
one-timer set up by Elias Lindholm's cross-ice pass at 2:04 of
the second period.
However, McDavid responded 61 seconds later to make it a 3-2
affair. Seconds after a tally was disallowed because McDavid
made contact with the goalie, the Oilers captain was sprung
alone in the slot and converted a deke from in tight for his
sixth goal of the playoffs.
Then, while the Oilers were enjoying a four-minute power play,
Bouchard's point shot tied the affair at 15:03 of the second
frame.
--Field Level Media
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