Cutter Gauthier scored two targets within the second interval and Lukas Dostal made a season-high 47 saves within the Anaheim Geese’ 3-2 victory over the short-handed Edmonton Oilers on Monday night time.
“Tonight’s recreation I really feel like was one we in all probability ought to have gained,” mentioned Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch. “There’s video games clearly that we win that we must always have misplaced. Tonight the hassle was there and I assumed we deserved a greater destiny.”
Mason McTavish additionally scored for the Geese, who took three of 4 from Edmonton this season.
The Oilers performed with out stars Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl as a result of harm.
Adam Henrique and Jeff Skinner scored, however the Oilers misplaced back-to-back video games in Southern California with a playoff berth in sight. Olivier Rodrigue made 18 saves in his first NHL begin.
“He was nice, he made some enormous saves particularly down the stretch there to maintain us in that recreation,” Oilers Defenseman Darnell Nurse mentioned after the sport about Rodrigue. “He was actual stable for us again there.”
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The Oilers didn’t have the possibility to clinch a postseason berth Monday as a result of Calgary beat San Jose, however the defending Western Convention champion Oilers nonetheless seem headed for a fourth consecutive first-round assembly with Los Angeles. The Kings misplaced to Seattle, however remained 4 factors forward of Edmonton, which misplaced 3-0 to Los Angeles final Saturday.
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Gauthier tied it early within the second with a one-timer off a go from Leo Carlsson. The rookie scored once more 5 minutes later, driving the web and roofing a backhand for his third multi-goal recreation.
Skinner scored with 3:31 to play, however Anaheim held on after Evan Bouchard hit Dostal’s put up with a slap shot inside the ultimate 10 seconds.
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Oilers: McDavid missed his eighth consecutive recreation and Draisaitl missed his second straight as a result of lower-body accidents. These losses put LA in management for home-ice benefit within the first spherical, however don’t have an effect on a lot else.
Geese: Encouraging indicators in one other miserable season: They’re 14-6-1 of their final 21 at residence, they usually’ve bought six gamers with at the least 17 targets for the primary time since their Stanley Cup championship season in 2007.
Key second
Seconds after one other short-handed scenario ended for Anaheim early within the third, McTavish broke away and scored his twenty first objective.
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Key stat
Henrique’s objective was his second towards the Geese and his first at Honda Middle since Anaheim traded him to Edmonton finally season’s deadline.
Up subsequent
The Geese host the Flames on Wednesday, and the Oilers host the Blues.
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