Canucks goalie Arturs Silovs made an unbelievable save early in Recreation 7 in opposition to the Oilers to stop Edmonton from taking an early 1-0 lead.
Vancouver’s second-year goalie initially stopped Canucks leftwing Dylan Holloway’s shot. Canucks defenseman Brett Kulak bought the puck off the rebound and ripped a snapshot, which Silovs made a phenomenal restoration to dam by getting his proper glove up in time to thwart the scoring alternative.
Per the ESPN broadcast, the workforce that scores first is 148-48 (.755) in NHL Recreation 7s, rising the significance of Silovs’ save.
The sixth-round choose (No. 156 total) of the 2019 NHL Entry Draft at simply 18 years previous, Silovs solely has 9 regular-season begins over the previous two seasons in his profession and is coming off a tough efficiency in Recreation 6. He allowed 5 objectives in 27 shot makes an attempt in Edmonton’s 5-1 win to pressure the decisive Recreation 7.
Silovs is 5-4 this postseason and has allowed a mean of three.5 objectives per recreation within the second-round collection. Whereas he is allowed his justifiable share of objectives, he got here up along with his greatest play of the postseason when Vancouver wanted it probably the most.
