"Hurt or hiding an injury": Valeri Bure’s wife Candace puzzled by Connor McDavid’s ice time in pivotal Game 4 vs LA Kings

The Edmonton Oilers and Connor McDavid secured a dramatic overtime win over the LA Kings in Game 4 of their first-round Stanley Cup playoff series. NHL great Valeri Bure and his wife, Candace, tuned in to the matchup. Candace shared a series of stories on her Instagram featuring their game day experience.

In one story, Candace expressed concern over McDavid’s ice time. She wondered if the Oilers captain had injury concerns preventing him from spending enough time per shift.

"Is McDavid hurt or hiding an injury? Why is he not playing every other shift?" she wrote.

McDavid played 30:47 and recorded three assists. The Kings jumped out early and built a 3-1 lead by the second period. But the Oilers’ Evan Bouchard scored twice, including a huge goal with just 29 seconds left to tie the game. Leon Draisaitl scored the game-winner in overtime after a Kings penalty.

“An entire period in one zone. The most exciting OT period!! @edmontonoilers dominated. Incredible!” Candace Bure wrote.

The series is now tied 2-2, with Game 5 scheduled for Tuesday at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.

Candace Bure has high praise for Valeri Bure’s culinary skills

Candace Bure also shared a few Instagram stories showing a homemade dinner that Valeri prepared for the game night.

It consisted of roasted salmon fillets on top of thinly sliced zucchini, yellow squash, cherry tomatoes and beets, with herbs sprinkled over the top.

“Dinner is served. I'm a blessed woman 😍 Val is the best chef 👨‍🍳,” Candace wrote.

When fans asked her for the recipe, Candace explained that there wasn’t one because Valeri cooks freely without following written instructions. She even joked that he should write a cookbook.

“Sorry, no recipe. Val is a true chef and just cooks. Never from a recipe, so I don’t have one to share,” she wrote. “Honestly, he should write a cookbook but I don’t know how he’d have the patience to measure things out.”

About the author

Anjum is an NHL reporter at Sportskeeda with over five years of professional experience in the industry. Having an educational background in Media Studies, she strives to present information in a clear and unbiased manner, so that all perspectives are considered and represented fairly.

Anjum prioritizes thorough research, fact-checking and verification of sources when reporting, and has worked for the Nation of Blaugrana, Barca International Cules, FromTheBend, Last Word On Sports and NASA.

She got interested in ice hockey after watching the “MVP” trilogy as a second grader and has not gotten over the sport yet. Her favorite player is Alex Ovechkin, whose legendary one-timers live rent free in her heart. The iconic moment when Ovechkin reached 800 career goals with a hat trick in Chicago as the away crowd chanted “Ovi, Ovi” is probably her happiest memory from an ice-rink.

She is a self-taught musician, loves silversmithing and can be found at her workbench if she’s not watching or writing about sports.

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