{"id":481577,"date":"2024-04-06T04:09:27","date_gmt":"2024-04-06T08:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=481577"},"modified":"2024-04-06T02:22:58","modified_gmt":"2024-04-06T06:22:58","slug":"oilers-beat-avalanche-6-2-to-clinch-playoff-berth","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/oilers-beat-avalanche-6-2-to-clinch-playoff-berth\/","title":{"rendered":"Oilers beat Avalanche 6-2 to clinch playoff berth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Edmonton Oilers punched their ticket to the playoffs in style, delivering a commanding 6-2 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>Connor McDavid and Evander Kane led the charge with two goals each, showcasing their offensive prowess to propel the Oilers to a crucial win. Corey Perry and Mattias Ekholm also found the back of the net, further solidifying Edmonton&#8217;s dominance on home ice, where they boast an impressive 9-0-1 record in their last 10 games. Goaltender Stuart Skinner played a pivotal role in the victory, turning aside 21 shots to secure the win for the Oilers.<\/p>\n<p>The victory marks a remarkable turnaround for the Oilers, who were 10 points adrift of a playoff spot in late November. However, a resilient effort and consistent performances have propelled them into postseason contention, culminating in their clinching of a playoff berth with the win over the Avalanche.<\/p>\n<p>Despite goals from Jonathan Drouin and Ross Colton, the Avalanche found themselves unable to contain Edmonton&#8217;s offensive onslaught. Goaltender Alexandar Georgiev faced a barrage of shots, making 41 saves in a valiant effort to keep his team in the game. However, the Avalanche ultimately succumbed to the Oilers&#8217; relentless pressure, outshot 46-23 throughout the contest.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H5RH01UeONo?si=idXeHhWAQIjNE7Sx\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Edmonton Oilers punched their ticket to the playoffs in style, delivering a commanding 6-2 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Friday night. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":481578,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17553,17007],"news_category":[16709,14084],"gn_keywords":[17893,17889],"acf":{"announce":"Connor McDavid and Evander Kane were on fire with two goals each","video":["video"]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/481577"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481577"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/481577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":481580,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/481577\/revisions\/481580"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481577"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=481577"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=481577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}