Ingram gets job done for Oilers in playoff win - BERITAJA

EDMONTON – While it’s a mini sample size, Connor Ingram’s first profession playoff triumph boded good for the Edmonton Oilers.

The 30-year-old goalie from Saskatoon was clutch erstwhile he needed to beryllium successful Edmonton’s 4-3 see-saw triumph complete the visiting Anaheim Ducks to unfastened their first-round NHL playoff series.

Ingram was ray connected playoff acquisition heading into Monday’s crippled pinch conscionable 3 post-season losses pinch the Nashville Predators successful 2022.

“Took maine 4 tries, but I’ll return it. It intends a lot,” Ingram said aft a 25-save performance.

He became the 3rd goaltender to gain a triumph successful his first post-season quality pinch Edmonton aft Jack Campbell successful 2023 and Andy Moog successful 1981.

“It’s been a while. I was benignant of anxious to get it going,” Ingram said. “It’s a precocious game, we’re present early. You conscionable benignant of beryllium about waiting for it to start. It’s benignant of for illustration ‘let’s hurry up and do this.'”

Ingram seemed an improbable campaigner to beryllium Edmonton’s playoff starter erstwhile acquired from the Utah Mammoth for early considerations successful October. The Mammoth had told him not to study to training camp.

The Oilers still had successful the fold longtime starter Stuart Skinner, who was yet dealt successful December to Pittsburgh successful a package woody that brought goaltender Tristan Jarry to Edmonton.

But Ingram’s 6-4-2 grounds complete Edmonton’s past 15 games of the regular play solidified a chance to commencement the playoffs successful the Oilers’ net.

For a man who sewage the bulk of his profession starts successful the 5,000-seat Mullett Arena erstwhile he played for the Arizona Coyotes, the roar of Rogers Place playoff lucky was a caller sensation for him.

“To locomotion retired that passageway today, it’s a different animal,” Ingram said. “It’s large successful there. It was fun.

“After the anthem, 1 point I ever do is conscionable benignant of grin and return it each in. That was 1 coming wherever I was for illustration ‘this is cool.'”

After Ingram denied Beckett Sennecke connected his doorstep, the Oilers scored an equalizer connected their adjacent travel down the crystal successful Monday’s 3rd period.

Ingram repelled Leo Carlsson from adjacent scope later successful the period. Ingram was retired of position, but sewage his pad connected a Mikael Granlund effort successful a last-second scramble.

“He gave america a chance, truthful he was big,” said Oilers guardant Leon Draisaitl.

Edmonton squandered a 2-0 lead aft 1 play erstwhile the Ducks scored 3 unanswered goals.

Asked really he felt his teammates played successful beforehand of him successful the game, Ingram replied, “I cognize my role. I’m staying wrong the bluish paint. Ask personification other those questions.”

Ingram has been unfastened about his obsessive-compulsive upset (OCD) and intelligence wellness struggles.

Edmonton’s nominee for the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy, which goes to the subordinate who “best exemplifies perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey” has spent clip successful the league’s subordinate assistance program.

“His personality, his demeanour, is conscionable beautiful rotation the punches,” said Oilers caput coach Kris Knoblauch. “He’s enjoying his clip here, feels assured playing successful beforehand of the team.

“I cognize the players admit what he’s bringing. He’s conscionable a feline who’s enjoying playing hockey. I cognize he’s had immoderate unsmooth stretches successful the past, but I deliberation he’s successful a really bully spot correct now.”

This study by BERITAJA was first published April 21, 2026.