Round 1, Game 6 - Highlights from Around the League
Game 6: Edmonton Oilers at Calgary Flames
Twitter was furious Saturday night, after yet another questionable coaching decision by simulation Dave Tippett, this time leaving Mike Smith in net until after an offensive-zone faceoff with 23 seconds left in the game.
Second after finally pulling Smith, Matthew Tkachuk would find the yawning cage from center ice, sealing the victory for the Flames and sending us to a Game 7 in Edmonton on Monday.
Ex-Oiler Milan Lucic found the back of the net twice, moving into the team lead for goals in the series. Tobias Rieder was also able to find the back of the net in Game 6, further adding to Ken Holland’s nightmares overnight Saturday.
The winning team on Monday will move on to the 2nd Round and be able to celebrate in a Rogers Place dressing room that doesn’t smell like a horse stable.
Full video highlights from the game can be found here.
Game 7 is Monday night, April 20th at 7:00pm MDT, live on our Facebook page.
1st
EDM – Draisaitl (4) – Nurse, Nugent Hopkins
CGY – Backlund (3) – Mangiapane, Lucic
2nd
CGY – Lucic (4) – Unassisted
CGY – Lucic (5) – Ryan
CGY – Monahan (2) – Nahifin, Gaudreau
3rd
EDM – Nugent-Hopkins (3) – Draisaitl, Yamamoto
CGY – Rieder (3) – Gaudreau, Giordano
EDM – Chiasson (2) – Nygård, Haas
CGY – Tkachuk (2) (ENG) – Unassisted
3 Stars: (1-3)
Lucic, Draisaitl, Rieder.
Series Tied 3-3
Caption: Tobias Rieder celebrates with his teammates after scoring in Game 6
Here's What Happened
in the Rest of the League:
Game 6: Winnipeg Jets vs. St. Louis Blues
The City of Winnipeg was buzzing for Game 6 on Wednesday, with crowds of fans spilling out for blocks outside of simulation MTS Centre.
We interviewed a fan in a T-shirt, who said, “It’s really not that cold out, we’re Canadian, aren’t we?!,” despite the temperature falling to a cool -13°C by puckdrop.
The Jets would need to bring their best game to force a Game 7 back in St. Louis and they did just that.
Despite trailing by 1 after the 1st period, Patrick Laine would give the Jets the lead back in the 2nd, with his 3rd of the series.
In the final moments of the 3rd, however, Ryan O’Reilly would take a sweet back-door feed from Brayden Schenn, forcing overtime.
It would be Nicolaj Ehlers eventually giving the Jets the win in OT, much to the delight of T-shirt guy, who had now been outside (where the temperature had fallen to -21°C) for over 4 hours.
He was offered medical attention for apparent frostbite, but denied, saying “I’m too Canadian for medical attention."
1st
STL – Parayko (1) – Sundqvist, Pietrangelo
2nd
WPG - DeMelo (1) – Connor, Morrissey
WPG – Laine (3) – Ehlers, Morrissey
3rd
STL – O’Reilly (4) – Schenn, Pietrangelo
OT
WPG – Ehlers (1) – Schiefele, Pionk
3 Stars: (1-3)
Ehlers, Pietrangelo, Laine
Series Tied 3-3
Caption: Nikolaj Ehlers rips one home in overtime, sending the series to Game 7
Game 6: Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Philadelphia Flyers
If there was a game to watch on Sunday, it was the Penguins-Flyers game, which was televised on ISN (Imaginary Sports Network).
It was all Philadelphia in this one, right down to the 10 minute mark in the 3rd period.
Provorov, Voracek and Raffl all found the scoresheet in the opening 40 minutes, giving the Flyers a commanding 3-0 lead. A second round berth looked all but guaranteed.
Bryan Rust provided the Penguins a glimmer of hope with 9:47 left in the 3rd period, pulling them within two, but as time wound down, it would take a miracle for the Penguins to pull something off, still down 3-1 going into the final minute.
What a miracle it was. Connor Sheary potted his 3rd of the series at 19:50, with just 10 seconds left on the clock to pull the Penguins within 1. It appeared to be too little, too late. However, just 6 seconds later he would bury another off of an unbelievable behind-the-back pass from Teddy Blueger. This game was heading to overtime.
In the dying seconds of OT, Sidney Crosby would be the hero for the Pens, grabbing his second of the series and completing the comeback—from being down 3 games to none—now heading to a Game 7.
1st
PHI – Provorov (1) – Giroux
2nd
PHI - Voracek – (3) Couturier, Provorov
PHI – Raffl (1) – Sanheim, Niskanen
3rd
PIT – Rust (1) – Crosby
PIT – Sheary (3) – Pettersson, Schultz (19:50)
PIT – Sheary (4) – Blueger, Pettersson (19:56)
OT
PIT – Crosby (2) – Zucker, Murray
3 Stars: (1-3)
Crosby, Sheary, Provorov
Series Tied 3-3
Caption: Connor Sheary scores with 4 seconds left in the 3rd, to tie the game and keep the Penguins season alive
Caption: Sidney Crosby undresses Carter Hart for the game-winner in Overtime, sending this series to Game 7
Game 6: Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Tampa Bay Lightning
The simulation Maple Leafs elected to stay at a hotel in Toronto before Game 6, in order to remain focused on the task at hand. As they were checking in, however, Drake stormed into the lobby, yelling, “I do not stay at the [simulation] Intercontinental,” demanding the team cancel their reservation and find a more suitable hotel.
Drake was also sure to advise media in the lobby that “anything [he drives] is not a rental,” before speeding away in a Rolls Royce.
The Maple Leafs were forced to stay at a Holiday Inn, instead, as it was the only other hotel available, way out in Mississauga.
The Leafs' subsequent lack of sleep got the best of them in Game 6, as they were unable to fend of Steven Stamkos and the Lightning, who take the game 4-3 and the series 4-2.
Drake was spotted after the game wearing a Tampa Bay jersey, but—when reporters approached him—he ducked out into a waiting Chevrolet Suburban, which ironically had a Hertz Rent-A-Car decal on the bumper.
1st
No Scoring
2nd
TBL – Stamkos (4) – Point, Sergachev
TBL – Kucherov (2) – Stamkos, Point
TBL Killorn (1) – Cirelli, Coleman
3rd
TOR – Matthews (7) – Spezza, Barrie
TOR – Nylander (3) – Matthews, Malgin
TBL – Vergaeghe (1) – Maroon, Cernak
3 Stars: (1-3)
Vasilevskiy, Matthews, Stamkos
Lightning Win Series 4-2
Caption: John Tavares and Steven Stamkos exchange handshakes, as the Lightning win the series 4 games to 2
Game 6: Dallas Stars vs. Colorado Avalanche
Come Stanley Cup Finals, if there were ever to be an argument made for Nathan MacKinnon to win the Conn Smythe, his performance in Game 6 would be a good one.
The Avalanche found themselves down 3-1 to start the 3rd period, when Nathan MacKinnon went into full beast-mode.
The Avs' star made a gorgeous pass to Andre Burakovsky, who would find Gabriel Landeskog to tie this game at 3 apiece, with 10:35 to go in the 3rd. It was with 4:25 left, though, that MacKinnon would Bury his 6th of the series, giving the Avalanche a 4-3 lead.
He would add an empty netter to seal Game 6 for his Playoff-leading 11th point. We will head to Game 7 back at the Simulation Pepsi Center in Denver.
1st
DAL – Seguin (4) – Perry, Heiskanen
2nd
DAL – Comeau (3) – Cogliano, Faksa
COL – Kamenev (2) – Compher, Jost
DAL – Janmark (1) – Pavelski
3rd
COL – Jost (1) – Compher, Makar (14:30 mark)
COL – Landeskog (2) – Burakovsky, MacKinnon (10:35 mark)
COL – MacKinnon (6) – Burakovsky, Landeskog (4:25 mark)
COL – MacKinnon (7) (ENG) – Johnson, Cole
3 Stars: (1-3)
MacKinnon, Landeskog, Burakovsky
Series Tied 3-3
Caption: Nathan MacKinnon continues his stellar play, with a rocket past Ben Bishop
Game 6: Vancouver Canucks vs. Vegas Golden Knights
The Golden Knights got off to a running start in this one, with two early goals in the 1st period. Max Pacioretty finally found twine, for his 1st of the series and Shea Theodore would add to the Knights lead just three minutes later.
The 2nd started much the same way, with another from Pacioretty. The Knights looked poised to run away with this one, but J.T. Miller would give the Canucks life in the dying moments of the 2nd, with his 2nd of the series.
Mark Stone opened the scoring in the 3rd, giving the Knights a 4-1 lead, but the Canucks would come storming back with 3 of their own in the final 10 minutes, sending this game back to OT.
In the extra frame, Troy Stecher would be the hero, with a seemingly innocent shot on net from the point. The puck would deflect of a couple of skates on its way past Robin Lehner, giving the Canucks a 4-2 series win.
Vancouver moves on to face the winner of Edmonton-Calgary in the 2nd round, with either of the 2 Alberta franchises getting home ice advantage.
When asked what the team would do while they wait for the Battle of Alberta series to conclude, Canucks simulation head coach Travis Green said, “We’re going head over to Red Deer, actually. We’ve heard amazing things about the city. There’s tons to do there and it’s within driving distance of our next opponent.”
1st
VGK – Pacioretty (1) – Stone
VGK – Theodore (2) – Holden, Carrier
2nd
VGK – Pacioretty (2) – Stone
VAN – Miller (2) – Virtanen, Hughes
3rd
VGK – Stone (3) – Pacioretty, Marchessault
VAN – Roussel (3) – Myers, Pearson
VAN – Edler (2) – Pearson
VAN – Eriksson (2) – Horvat, Pearson
OT
VAN – Stecher (1) – Miller, Toffoli
3 Stars: (1-3)
Pacioretty, Pearson, Miller
Canucks Win Series 4-2
Caption: Louis Erickson beats Robin Lehner to tie the game and force overtime
Caption: The teams exchange handshakes as the Canucks win the series 4-2
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