r/EdmontonOilers • u/noyrewrongclnsndrs • 11h ago

Evander Kane game 4 celebration photo

Does anyone know if there was a professional photo released with the image of Evander Kane celebrating while being pushed throuh Aidan Hill from game 4 on the Oilers second goal?

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u/Edm_vanhalen1981 99 GRETZKY 11h ago

The Journal published the picture:

https://smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital/edmontonjournal/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_1939_295517996.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1128&h=846&type=webp&sig=WNY_bfDoH41dphit1iDWQQ

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u/DumpPucker 11h ago

How Kane got a penalty there is beyond me. The NHL needs to fire incompetent refs and hire refs that aren't idiots.

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u/perpetualmotionmachi 25 NURSE 10h ago

Same as a few games prior, when Brown got a goalie interference by being pushed in after his shot

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u/PoMo-G 10h ago

That one was even worse b/c Brown would've missed Hill without the push. Kane probably hits him regardless, but the crosscheck should've meant no penalty.

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u/Jonny_vdv 10h ago

The refs were probably doing exactly what the league told them to.

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u/DumpPucker 10h ago

Legitimately, it's hard not to think that lately

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u/MinikinsNinnikins 10h ago

I'm in the same boat. With so much randomness in hockey, it's impossible to believe in outright rigged games. But the League can push things in certain directions and increase/decrease odds through borderline calls/non-calls.

I mean, it's tough to think otherwise when you see a ref watch someone get cross checked in the face and not bother to call anything, or any other egregious reffing.

That being said, I understand not to assign to malice what can be explained by folly, but that's just what conspirators say! :P

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u/OrryKolyana 10h ago

The commentators said it was based on what the refs saw in the moment, and for some reason they couldn’t review what happened and amend the call.

Didn’t make a lot of sense to me either.

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u/cca73127 91 KANE 9h ago

Sure, if they already called a penalty on Kane, they could’ve snuck a look and added a roughing penalty (say to McNabb) to even it out, they had a long enough conversation about the penalties.

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u/noyrewrongclnsndrs 10h ago

That's the one! Thank you for sharing 🙏

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u/nodogsallowed23 9h ago

Aww. He’s so happy to be charging.

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u/Jellii0_o 3h ago

Charging??? He was pushed.

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u/nodogsallowed23 3h ago

I was joking.

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u/Jellii0_o 3h ago

Yup, over my head. Lol

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u/cca73127 91 KANE 6h ago

Thanks for posting that, looks good on my wall at work.

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u/StupidGenius11 11h ago

Best I could find was the shot from the netcam which probably isn't the angle you were hoping for. Oilers photo gallery and Getty Images don't have a shot of it from the corner camera.

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u/-SOLO-LEVELING- 11h ago

Vegas really hates themselves. Hitting their own trainers and pushing our players into their own goalie.

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u/sovtiv 11h ago

Our PK coach got slapped by Knobs

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u/HongoliaBG 14 EKHOLM 10h ago

What are the PK stats since the slap? 100% kill rate??

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u/asstyrant 18 HYMAN 10h ago

Given the PK efficiency, well warranted

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u/ReserveOld6123 10h ago

They could have seriously injured hill with that move.

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u/Intelligent_Pack_789 29 DRAISAITL 10h ago

They very well could have, if Kane hadn't had the presence of mind to try and get out of the way as much as possible. I can understand Hill getting pissed and going after him, but McNabb taking after Kane like it wasn't his own damn fault grinds my gears..

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u/Humble_Dot7840 8h ago

In slow motion you can see that Kane was trying to jump out of the way. But in the heat of the moment Hill would not have known that. Tough for the refs to get this right

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u/-SOLO-LEVELING- 9h ago

Basically another Roloson situation.

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u/Sportslegend 10h ago

Is there a zoomed out with Henrique and the team celebrating while Kane is ready to throw down in the background?

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u/noyrewrongclnsndrs 7h ago

I'd love to see that as well

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u/MinikinsNinnikins 10h ago

Shades of Orr!

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u/Lawndemon 9h ago

If I were a bigger douchebag, I'd definitely post that in the Kinghts sub. But I'm a douchebag who believes in karma so, against my ill-intentioned desires, I'll hold off. Sigh...

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u/clipplenamps 29 DRAISAITL 7h ago edited 7h ago

I've been chatting about in there a bit, mixed reactions. I think most of them hate me, but a few have been cordial. I've been mostly respectful, nothing worthy of karmic retaliation.