Oilers Win in Overtime and Will Play Kings : Hockey: Tikkanen scores his third goal of the game at 6:58 of the extra period. Edmonton wins the series, 4-3.
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CALGARY, Alberta — Esa Tikkanen scored his third goal of the game at 6:58 of overtime to give the Edmonton Oilers a 5-4 victory over the Calgary Flames Tuesday night in the seventh game of their playoff series.
The victory sent Edmonton into the Smythe finals against the Kings starting Thursday night at the Forum.
The defending Stanley Cup champion Oilers fought back from a 3-0 deficit in the first period, tying the score by the end of the second and going ahead in the third on a goal by seldom-used Soviet forward Anatoli Semenov.
But a goal by Calgary’s Ron Stern with two minutes to play in the third period sent the game into overtime.
Go beyond the scoreboard
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