{"id":1380,"date":"2026-04-12T16:19:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T16:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/1380\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T16:19:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T16:19:01","slug":"player-grades-ingram-loses-goalie-duel-to-forsberg-oilers-beaten-1-0-by-kings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/1380\/","title":{"rendered":"Player grades: Ingram loses goalie duel to Forsberg, Oilers beaten 1-0 by Kings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Kings goalie Anton Forsberg out-battled Edmonton Oilers<\/a> goalie Connor Ingram, as the King won 1-0 in a boring, but hard fought game that picked up some steam as it went along.<\/p>\n

The Grade A shots were 18 to 9 for the Edmonton, with the subset of most dangerous 5-alarm shots to seven each.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

The Cult of Hockey<\/p>\n

Connor McDavid<\/a>, 8. Battled hard all game, maybe hardest working Oilers player. He won a battle, charged up ice to deke through the slot and set up Savoie for a Grade A shot in the first. He lost a nz-battle leading to Lafarriere\u2019s dangerous shot late in the first. He won a puck in the corner to set up Savoie\u2019s five-alarmer with eight minutes left. He played 26:50. Grade A shots plus-minus: Even Strength (EV): +5, -2; Special Teams (ST): +2, -0<\/p>\n

Vasily Podkolzin, 5. Quiet game by his standards.\u00a0Slammed a PP slotter on net off a McD pass in the second, but no goal. Grade A +\/-: EV +0, -1; ST +1, -0<\/p>\n

Matt Savoie, 6. Gathered in a pass off his skate and fired a couple dangerous shots on net in the first. Failed to drain a slotter from the top of the crease in the third. Grade A +\/-: EV +3, -1; ST +0, -1<\/p>\n

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, 6. Failed to get much done on the attack, but part of strong defensive effort.\u00a0 Grade A +\/-: EV +3, -0; ST +1, -0<\/p>\n

Kasperi Kapanen, 5. One dangerous shot in the third off a McD feed. Not enough otherwise. Grade A +\/-: EV +1, -1; ST +0, -0<\/p>\n

Max Jones, incomplete.\u00a0His legs got stretched making a hit, then limped off the ice early in the first, knocked out of the game. Grade A +\/-: EV +0, -0; ST +0, -0<\/p>\n

Trent Frederic, 7. Yet another good game. He charged up ice and ripped a seamer to Nurse for Oil\u2019s first five-alarm shot of the game, then crashed into Doughty on the forecheck. He got off a good jam shot in the third. Grade A +\/-: EV +5, -1; ST +0, -0<\/p>\n

Colton Dach, 8.\u00a0 His best game, crashing and making plays. He was in the middle of numerous strong and virtuous cycles ending in Grade A shots. He tipped an outside Ember-shot on net in the first, then almost scored off Ekholm\u2019a pass late in the first. He and linemate Frederic both had six hits. Grade A +\/-: EV +6, -1; ST +0, -0<\/p>\n

Josh Samanski, 6. Solid work. Took a big hit, kept at it. Grade A +\/-: EV +1, -0; ST +0, -0<\/p>\n

Jack Roslovic, 7. Good two-way game. Excellent pass to set up Henrique for a dangerous shot at the end of the first, then hammered Brandt Clarke with a hit. He ripped a PP one-timer on net in the second. Rushed up ice and got a dangerous shot on net in the third. He took a high stick in the face but the refs missed it. Grade A +\/-: EV +5, -0; ST +1, -0<\/p>\n

Curtis Lazar, 6. Good hustle. He almost tipped Nurse\u2019s outside shot into the net in the first. Grade A +\/-: EV +2, -0; ST +0, -0<\/p>\n

Adam Henrique, 7. Solid game on the attack.\u00a0His outside shot almost deflected in early on, then pounded on net a five-alarmer. Grade A +\/-: EV +4, -0; ST +0, -1<\/p>\n

Mattias Ekholm, 7. One more good game in a run of them. Took a hit to make a pass, rushed up ice, then set up Dach for a dangerous jam shot late in the first. Grade A +\/-: EV +2, -1; ST +0, -0<\/p>\n

Evan Bouchard, 4. Some good work on the attack, as always, but a colossal mistake or two on defence. He played 27:36. Needs to dial it in. Bad decision at the blueline, stripped of the puck, Panarin breakaway, 1-0 Kings. A few shifts later he successfully executed a second deke, so he evidently was not perturbed by his mistake. Late in the second he turned over the puck then failed to cover Byfield on a five-alarmer. Great pinch late in the game.\u00a0 Grade A +\/-: EV +3, -2; ST +1, -2<\/p>\n

Darnell Nurse, 4. Some good on the attack but he keeps making the same fundamental mistake on defence. Moved in for a dangerous tip shot in the first. He gave too much gap, then was caught puck-watching and deflected a five-alarm shot onto his own net in the second, and also failed to stop his man Kopitar on the rebound. This was Nurse\u2019s 12th deflected on net even strength Grade A shot of the year. All other Oilers d-men have 10 in total. Nurse leads the team in this category almost every year. This is not bad luck for Nurse, this happens because of a fundamental error he makes. He all too often puck watches and stabs at outside shots with his stick, as opposed to taking the man. Grade A +\/-: EV +3, -2; ST +0, -0<\/p>\n

Connor Murphy. 7. Another solid game, taking the man again and again. His partner might learn from that. He kept a clean sheet at even strength, not one major mistake on a Grade a shot against. Grade A +\/-: EV +0, -0; ST +0, -0<\/p>\n

Jake Walman, 7. Some troubles with the puck early on, but moved into the slot for a hard shot. He stood up for Samanski, after the rookie took a had hit. He let Kopitar by him in the third, but chased him down a moment later. He also kept a clean sheet. Grade A +\/-: EV +1, -0; ST +0, -0<\/p>\n

Ty Emberson, 7. Another clean sheet ace. Some solid plays with the puck including sending in Dach and Henrique for a dangerous shot in the second. Grade A +\/-: EV +2, -0; ST +0, -0<\/p>\n

Connor Ingram, 8. Let in the early breakaway goal, but a big stop in the last minute of first on Laferriere\u2019s break-in wrister. He was able to get a pad on Nurse\u2019s dangerous deflection on his own net in the second, as well as thwarting Kopitar\u2019s even more dangerous follow up jam shot. Monster Chiller Horror Thriller of a stop on Byfield late in the second, then glove Edmundson\u2019s five-alarm harpoon. Another huge stop on Laferriere\u2019s power play slot tip late in the third.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Kings goalie Anton Forsberg out-battled Edmonton Oilers goalie Connor Ingram, as the King won 1-0 in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":742,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[942,944,53,461,948,652,947,52,263,464,653,949,655,945,943,649,471,946,950,658],"class_list":{"0":"post-1380","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edmonton","8":"tag-anton-forsberg","9":"tag-colton-dach","10":"tag-connor-ingram","11":"tag-connor-mcdavid","12":"tag-connor-murphy","13":"tag-curtis-lazar","14":"tag-darnell-nurse","15":"tag-edmonton","16":"tag-edmonton-oilers","17":"tag-evan-bouchard","18":"tag-jack-roslovic","19":"tag-jake-walman","20":"tag-kasperi-kapanen","21":"tag-los-angeles-kings","22":"tag-matt-savoie","23":"tag-max-jones","24":"tag-ryan-nugent-hopkins","25":"tag-trent-frederic","26":"tag-ty-emberson","27":"tag-vasily-podkolzin"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1380\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}