Leon Draisaitl scored his second goal of the night on a breakaway 3:52 in overtime, and the EDMONTON Oilers beat the New York Islanders 2-1 Friday evening.
Calvin Pickard finished with 24 stops to help the Oilers win for the fourth time in seven games.
“He gives us a chance every time he is in the net,” said Draisaitl after the match when he was asked about the game of Pickard. “You can’t ask for this anymore.” We like to play for him.
Bo Horvat scored for Icelanders and Ilya Sorokin finished with 33 stops. New York lost its third consecutive match.
During the additional period, Draisaitl obtained a pass from Connor McDavid and patinated and beat Sorokin for his 49th NHL goal of the season.
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“I saw Leon take control of his game,” said head coach Kris Knoblauch after the victory. “He has always been dominated. Each evening, he is one of the best attackers every night. He’s a star player.
The oilers surpassed the 17-6 Icelanders in a first goalless period, and Draisaitl put them on the dashboard with a slap shot from the top of the left circle at 8:46 am from the second.
Horvat equaled him 1-1 for the Icelanders at 1:21 of the third when he patinated the right side on a 2 break against 1 with Anthony Duclair, kept the puck and beat Pickard for his 21st.
Take -out
Oilers: Edmonton had lost 8 out of 11 to fall third in the Pacific division. With victory, the Oilers passed Los Angeles in second position.
Icelanders: New York had won four of the five before their current defeats. They won a point to draw four points from a joker at the Eastern Conference.
Key
The Icelanders Engvall stone tried to catch Pickard off guard with an extension of the slit in overtime, but the goalkeeper escaped him on the side. The washer was returned to Pickard, and he made it hit forward, where McDavid obtained it and transmitted it to Draisaitl for the goal of the breakaway to win it.
Key statistics
The Icelanders said Oilers 21-10 and blocked 22 shots to keep a tight match.
The next
The Oilers play New York Rangers on Sunday and the Icelanders welcome Florida.
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