{"id":621410,"date":"2026-04-22T16:41:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T16:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/621410\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T16:41:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T16:41:09","slug":"what-are-the-playoff-expectations-for-oilers-connor-ingram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/621410\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the playoff expectations for Oilers\u2019 Connor Ingram?"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s been another roller coaster of a season between the pipes for the Edmonton Oilers<\/a>, who parted ways with the starter of the last couple playoff runs, Stuart Skinner, in a trade that brought in Tristan Jarry from the Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jarry, between his on-ice struggles and health issues, has not been the solution the Oilers were looking for, opening the door for Connor Ingram to take the job and run with it. <\/p>\n

The Saskatoon native has done exactly that, posting a .899 save percentage across 32 appearances this season, good enough to earn him the net to start Edmonton\u2019s first-round series against the Anaheim Ducks<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Thursday\u2019s episode of Daily Faceoff LIVE<\/a>, host Tyler Yaremchuk and co-host and former NHL goaltender Carter Hutton were joined by DFO Rundown host Jason Gregor whether or not Ingram can be the guy that gives Edmonton a stable, night-in, night-out goaltender that they\u2019ve been missing in prior playoff runs.<\/p>\n

Carter Hutton: For Connor Ingram, you know, that\u2019s his first ever playoff win. He had played three games before for the Predators. What [are the] expectations for him in this situation? Like, is it his crease? Like, what if it goes south? Do they go to Jarry, or is it kind of, at this point, you kind of ride or die with him?<\/p>\n

Jason Gregor: Oh, no, I don\u2019t think Jarry\u2019s in the conversation right now, if I\u2019m being bluntly honest. This is Ingram\u2019s team. I think he\u2019s earned the trust of his team. Now, the Oilers, they\u2019re not built to have Connor Ingram steal them game after game. Now he\u2019s got to make some big saves, which he did in the third period. The save he made on Sennecke, although I asked him after he goes, \u201cWell, I kind of just went across and he just shot it into me.\u201d He always kind of downplays his timely saves. It\u2019s pretty funny, but you watch the replay and I\u2019m like, \u201cYeah, okay, I guess he\u2019s right,\u201d but it\u2019s still a key save. And then they come back and tie it seconds later. And then the save on Carlsson when it\u2019s 3-3, a two on one, that was a great touch pass by the Ducks. Like I\u2019m telling you, man, like Ingram, I thought played very well.<\/p>\n

You can watch the full segment and the rest of the episode here\u2026<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s been another roller coaster of a season between the pipes for the Edmonton Oilers, who parted ways…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":621411,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[49,48,23752],"class_list":{"0":"post-621410","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edmonton","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-edmonton"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=621410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/621411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=621410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=621410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=621410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}