On Thursday, May 16th, the Canucks hosted the Edmonton Oilers at Rogers Arena in hopes to break the series tie. The Canucks were successful, after a 2-2 tie with only 32 seconds left in regulation to possibly head into overtime, J.T.
VANCOUVER — In the hours after the Canucks’ Game 4 loss in Edmonton, J.T. Miller typed out a text message to coach Rick Tocchet and hit send. “It’s an honest group,” Tocchet said on Wednesday.
J.T. Miller scored with 31.9 seconds to go as the Vancouver Canucks took a 3-2 lead in the game and ultimately won, taking a 3-2 lead in the series over the Edmonton Oilers.
J.T. Miller scored the tiebreaking goal with 32.6 seconds remaining to give the host Vancouver Canucks a 3-2 comeback victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday and put them one win away from reaching the Western Conference finals.
For the second game in a row, a game in this Western Conference second-round series was decided by a goal with less than a minute left in regulation.
It is the second game in a row that was decided by a goal with less than a minute left in regulation. On Tuesday night, Evan Bouchard scored with 39 seconds left to give the Oilers the win in Game 4.
78% of teams that win game five in a series tied at two go on to win the series, so tonight’s game was very important, to say the absolute least. Pius Suter nearly got things started the right way when he broke into the Edmonton zone on a 2-on-1 with JT Miller.
After what Vancouver Canucks fans thought was just another remarkable comeback on this exhilarating playoff run, Evan Bouchard and the Edmonton Oilers
After a disappointing Game 4 loss, there is no weakness more glaring than what happened to this Vancouver Canucks top power play unit. It hasn’t been all bad this series, as they’ve converted on three of their nine opportunities through their first three games.
According to reports, Vancouver Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet says one of his star players texted him after the team’s Game 4 loss to the Edmonton Oilers, and also after the coach called out some of his stars for being “passengers” in a game that really mattered.
Rick Tocchet has always looked to keep his players accountable. In fact, his ability as a coach to push players forward was a big reason why the Canucks hired him in the first place in January 2023.
The Oilers had not lost a game during the entire regular season in which they had led by two or more goals after two periods. But that was the regular season.
The Vancouver Canucks swept the regular season series against the Edmonton Oilers this year. The Canucks outscored the Oilers 21-7 in those four games and 13-3 at 5v5.
Despite winning the Pacific Division title in the regular season, going 4-0 against the Edmonton Oilers this season and having home ice advantage, the prevailing thought in most hockey circles is that the Vancouver Canucks are in tough in their second round match-up which starts later this week.
How are the Canucks up 3-1 in this series? They have used three goalies — each has won a game — and have a combined 32 shots on goal in the last two games ... both wins. Their 4-3 overtime victory over the Predators on Sunday was at least as improbable and probably more so.
The Vancouver Canucks showed resilience and strategic brilliance as they overcame a deficit to defeat the Nashville Predators 4-2 in Game 1 of their first-round series on Sunday night.
Vancouver Canucks forward J.T. Miller has spent the last five seasons of his career in British Columbia, becoming a core piece of the franchise thanks to his incredible offence.
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