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Edmonton at Anaheim 9:00 pm EDT Western Conference final Oilers lead, 3-1
ANAHEIM, California (Ticker) -- A change in goaltenders and pressure in the offensive end has kept the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim alive in the Western Conference final.
Returning home for Game Five, the Mighty Ducks look for more of the same Saturday as they attempt to prolong their postseason series with the Edmonton Oilers.
Facing elimination after losing three times to the eighth-seeded Oilers, Anaheim went back to 2003 Conn Smythe Trophy winner Jean-Sebastian Giguere, who made his first start in goal since April 29.
Replacing rookie Ilya Bryzgalov, who yielded five goals on 22 shots in Game Three, Giguere made 20 saves for the Mighty Ducks in Thursday's 6-3 victory in Game Four.
The win was Anaheim's first in 14 games at Edmonton since February 24, 1999, and snapped the Oilers' seven-game playoff winning streak.
"There's gratification (and) satisfaction, that self-worth builds within your group when you have success in critical games," Anaheim coach Randy Carlyle said. "We're in a situation if we lose another hockey game, our season is over. All we can really do is try to build on the positives."
Dustin Penner scored twice in the opening period and Joffrey Lupul added a pair of tallies for the Mighty Ducks, who had a 25-3 edge in shots on goal in the first period and finished with a 46-23 advantage.
Marc-Andre Bergeron, Ryan Smyth and Georges Laraque scored in the second period for Edmonton, which got within 4-3 before Lupul netted his tallies to solidify the victory.
"We have to turn their forechecks into our breakouts and we haven't done a real good job of that the last four periods," Oilers coach Craig MacTavish said. "We have to make sure that once we do get our game going, we don't derail it by taking bad and needless penalties, and we took a lot of those (Thursday) night."
Anaheim has a long way to go in order to reach the Stanley Cup Final for the second time in three seasons. Only the 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs and the 1975 New York Islanders won a seven-game playoff series after trailing three games to none.
The Oilers have three more opportunities to reach the final for the first time since 1990 - the year of their most recent Stanley Cup title - and become the first No. 8 seed to get there.
If necessary, Game Six will be played in Edmonton on Monday.
ANAHEIM, California (Ticker) -- A change in goaltenders and pressure in the offensive end has kept the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim alive in the Western Conference final.
Returning home for Game Five, the Mighty Ducks look for more of the same Saturday as they attempt to prolong their postseason series with the Edmonton Oilers.
Facing elimination after losing three times to the eighth-seeded Oilers, Anaheim went back to 2003 Conn Smythe Trophy winner Jean-Sebastian Giguere, who made his first start in goal since April 29.
Replacing rookie Ilya Bryzgalov, who yielded five goals on 22 shots in Game Three, Giguere made 20 saves for the Mighty Ducks in Thursday's 6-3 victory in Game Four.
The win was Anaheim's first in 14 games at Edmonton since February 24, 1999, and snapped the Oilers' seven-game playoff winning streak.
"There's gratification (and) satisfaction, that self-worth builds within your group when you have success in critical games," Anaheim coach Randy Carlyle said. "We're in a situation if we lose another hockey game, our season is over. All we can really do is try to build on the positives."
Dustin Penner scored twice in the opening period and Joffrey Lupul added a pair of tallies for the Mighty Ducks, who had a 25-3 edge in shots on goal in the first period and finished with a 46-23 advantage.
Marc-Andre Bergeron, Ryan Smyth and Georges Laraque scored in the second period for Edmonton, which got within 4-3 before Lupul netted his tallies to solidify the victory.
"We have to turn their forechecks into our breakouts and we haven't done a real good job of that the last four periods," Oilers coach Craig MacTavish said. "We have to make sure that once we do get our game going, we don't derail it by taking bad and needless penalties, and we took a lot of those (Thursday) night."
Anaheim has a long way to go in order to reach the Stanley Cup Final for the second time in three seasons. Only the 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs and the 1975 New York Islanders won a seven-game playoff series after trailing three games to none.
The Oilers have three more opportunities to reach the final for the first time since 1990 - the year of their most recent Stanley Cup title - and become the first No. 8 seed to get there.
If necessary, Game Six will be played in Edmonton on Monday.
