New Ryan Poehling disputed goal angle changes everything as Oilers face elimination
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Daniel Lucente
Apr 27, 2026 (4:30 PM)
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Ryan Poehling's disputed Anaheim Ducks goal shoved the Edmonton Oilers to the brink, and the new angle only twists the knife.
The league's recap has Poehling scoring at 2:29 of overtime, giving Anaheim a 4-3 Game 4 win and a 3-1 series lead.
A fresh AI puck-tracking angle says the puck crossed by three pixels.
It does not erase the anger.
It changes the argument.
You can see the puck vanish under Tristan Jarry, then the frame-by-frame tracking makes the white ice behind it look brutal.
Poehling is 27, a 2017 first-round pick by the Montreal Canadiens, and now he owns three goals on seven shots this postseason.
Ryan Poehling Puts Edmonton Oilers Under Heat
Fans are right to hate the process, even if the geometry now leans toward Anaheim.
Edmonton led 2-0 and 3-2, then gave Anaheim's man advantage enough runway to drag the game back.
That is the real scar.
Connor McDavid had two assists, Evan Bouchard had 1-1-2, and Jarry made 34 saves in his first playoff start in four years.
Still, the Oilers lost the net-front war.
Anaheim kept throwing pucks into traffic, forcing Nurse, Jarry, and the blue line into panic touches.
Edmonton finished the season 41-30-11, but this series has exposed a thinner margin than that record suggests.
Kris Knoblauch now needs Game 5 at Rogers Place, cleaner exits, and fewer penalty-kill minutes, or the summer gets loud fast.
The next milestone is simple, win Tuesday or let three pixels define a whole year.
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