The Blues of St. Louis and the Oilers of Edmonton brought an atmosphere similar to qualifying series at the ice on Wednesday, and the gloves were abandoned at the start of their match.
The right goat Corey Perry were in front of the goalkeeper of Blues Jordan Binnington when the goalkeeper made the front in front of the net. Binnington took some swings before the two players were separated.
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The players of St. Louis Blues and the Edmonton Oilers were blurred during the first period of the NHL action in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (Jason Franson / The Canadian Press via AP)
Perry and the left -wing blues Jake Neighbors took over and started punching. It had only been about nine minutes after the start of the match.
Connor Brown scored a late goal to put Edmonton at 4-3. Saint-Louis could not equalize in the last seconds, and the Oilers won the tight victory.
“This is what it is. The guys arise,” said Connor McDavid, Star of the Oilers, after the match, via the team’s website. “We have made different guys intensify throughout this type of injury and bug of the disease, and many guys intensify and play good hockey and contribute.
“It was not easy, but I thought the guys fought hard.”
St. Louis’s blues goalkeeper Jordan Binnington, # 50, considers that Connor Brown, # 28, # 28, # 28, and Adam Henrique, # 19, celebrate a goal during the third period of an NHL match in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (Jason Franson / The Canadian Press via AP)
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Brown scored two goals in victory – both on McDavid’s assists.
Blues head coach Jim Montgomery deplored not to be able to obtain coverage on McDavid.
“We did not do a job well enough covering McDavid, and we did not do a job quite well by protecting our net front. The battle of the net of the net was the difference this evening,” he said, via NHL.com. “We have shown here for 4 nations that we are a team that will continue to come. And I love it about our group.
“I thought the Thomas line was really dynamic, and they had the three goals for us. I thought” Buchey “was really good, and I thought the line was really good.”
Justin Faulk de St. Louis Blues, # 72, and Connor McDavid, # 97 of Edmonton’s Oilers, for the washer during the second period of an NHL match in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Wednesday April 9, 2025. (Jason Franson / The Canadian Press via AP)
The oilers exceeded two points above the blues in the playoffs. Edmonton has a 45-28-5 file on the season with 95 points. The blues are 43-30-7 with 93 points. Edmonton has more than four games on his calendar, and St. Louis has two.
