LAS VEGAS — Evan Bouchard has seamlessly taken over orchestrating the NHL’s most lethal power play.
“When you can make them pay for taking penalties, it’s always an advantage,” he said following the game.The best-of-seven series between the top two finishers in the Pacific Division flips back to Las Vegas for Friday’s Game 5. If required, Game 6 is Sunday in Edmonton and a Game 7 would be May 16 in Las Vegas.
Leon Draisaitl owns an NHL-topping six power-play goals this post-season with Oilers captain Connor McDavid chipping in another three.He took a couple strides in from the blue-line and scored with a slapshot blast to make it 2-0 for the Oilers early in Game 2’s first period.
Bouchard quarterbacked Edmonton’s second power-play unit in 2021-22, which was his first season as a full-time NHLer.Article contentBouchard’s had big shoes to fill, but at 56 per cent in the playoffs, Edmonton’s power play seems in good hands. “He has an understanding of how it flows. He does have a big shot, but he brings a puck up the ice well, and the more experience he gets on it, the better he will be and he’s been pretty good.”
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