Levi Stands Tall as Oilers Outlast the Rangers 3-1
New York had the run of the play in Edmonton, but Draisaitl and McDavid found the net while Garand could not keep pace.
The New York Rangers had more of the puck, more of the shots and more of the good looks in Edmonton. The Oilers won anyway, 3-1, because Devon Levi stopped almost everything.
New York put 29 shots on goal to Edmonton's 20 and out-attempted the hosts 59-40. The Rangers' chances were worth 3.3 expected goals -- how many goals those looks would usually produce -- and they scored once.
That gap belongs to Levi. He made 28 saves on 29 shots and turned aside 11 of the 12 shots from the most dangerous areas. By goals saved above expected -- how many more goals he stopped than an average goalie would facing the same shots -- he was worth 2.3 goals on his own. This was not a bounce story; it was a goalie story.
At the other end, Dylan Garand gave up two goals on 19 shots he faced. Edmonton made its fewer chances count: Leon Draisaitl scored twice on four shots, and Connor McDavid, on a line with Draisaitl and Vasily Podkolzin, added one of his own.
The Rangers' misses piled up. Tye Kartye and J.T. Miller each fired four shots without scoring, and Pavel Dorofeyev put six on net. Only Jaroslav Chmelar solved Levi. New York also went 0 for 5 on the power play, though Edmonton was blanked on its three chances too.
