Oilers’ Connor Ingram to start Game 5 against Ducks
On the brink of elimination, the Edmonton Oilers are making another change in net.
Connor Ingram will be the Oilers’ starting goaltender for Tuesday’s Game 5 against the Anaheim Ducks.
🥅: Connor Ingram (EDM) ✅ will start Game 5 vs. ANA. 1-2-0 | 4.70 GAA | .849 SV% in the playoffs
Connor Ingram starts Game 5. Puck drop tonight at 8:20 MT on @Sportsnet w/@ScottOake & @LouDeBrusk … Lots of love to come as far as the great John Garrett. An absolute beauty.
Ingram, 29, started the first three games of Edmonton’s first-round series against the Ducks, putting up a 1-2 record while allowing 14 total goals with a .849 save percentage and a 4.70 goals-against average.
The Oilers turned to Tristan Jarry in Game 4 to replace the struggling Ingram, but he didn’t fare much better, giving up four goals on 38 shots in Anaheim’s 4-3 overtime win.
Now, down 3-1 in the series, Edmonton is once again calling on Ingram, and this time to keep their season alive.
Goaltending was an identifiable trouble spot for the Oilers coming into these playoffs, and the issue has borne itself out so far. Edmonton tried to address their goaltending when they traded for Jarry from the Pittsburgh Penguins back in December. Jarry had played well for Pittsburgh in the early portion of the season, going 9-3-1 in 14 appearances with a .909 SV% and a 2.66 GAA. He was not able to maintain that level of play with the Oilers, however, as he went 9-6-2 with a .857 SV% and a 3.86 GAA in his 19 regular season appearances for Edmonton.
Ingram was certainly the better of the two goaltenders in the regular season for the Oilers. In 32 appearances, he went 16-10-3 with a .899 SV% and a 2.60 GAA. It made sense for Edmonton to make him their starter coming into the playoffs, and now they’re hoping his one-game stint on the bench can act as a reset and lead to a bounce-back performance in Game 5.
The Oilers, who may be without captain Connor McDavid on Tuesday, need a win to force a Game 6 in Anaheim on Thursday.