Connor Brown scored at 2:33 am in overtime and the EDMONTON Oilers beat St. Louis Blues 3-2 Tuesday evening.
“I thought that in the first period, we played very well,” said head coach Kris Knoblauch. “It was good that we stayed there and we saw it a lot this year.”
Connor McDavid had a goal and two assists and Leon Draisaitl had a goal and a decisive pass for Edmonton, who won four of his last six games. Stuart Skinner made 20 stops.
Jordan Kyrou and Colton Parayo scored and Jordan Binnington arrested 35 shots for the Blues, who lost for the fifth time in six games.
During the additional period, Brown scored on a pass of a McDavid pass for the victory.
The goal of McDavid Power Play at 5:50 am from the second period gave the Oilers an advance of 1-0.
Kyrou scored on the power game at 5:12 am to attach it to 1-all and Parayko gave the Blues the advantage at 8:58 am.
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“It was not our best,” said Draisaitl after the match. “The right teams find ways to win hockey matches at any time. To come back from this shows a lot of character. »»
The goal of Draisaitl, with Skinner drawn for the additional striker, equaled it 2-2 with 2:14 on the left.
“This kind of goal is natural,” said Knoblauch, speaking of Draisaitl’s goal. “It’s just that they play hockey and read what is available.”
Take -out
Oilers: striker Kasperi Kapanen played his 500th career match against his former team and defender Mattias Ekholm returned after a match due to a disease. Kapanen played 106 games for Saint-Louis before being claimed from derogations by Edmonton on November 19.
Blues: St. Louis activated defender Nick Leddy of the injured reserve after missing the last 49 games with an injury to the lower body. With his return, the six Blues defenders against Edmonton played a combined total of more than 4,500 games.
Key
By dragging 1-0, the blues had a golden opportunity and the same game halfway from the second period while Jake Neighbors found himself alone in a breakaway, but Skinner refused him with a backup of stick.
Key statistics
McDavid extended his sequence of points against the Blues at seven games. McDavid has at least one in 10 last 11 games against Saint-Louis (seven goals, 10 assists).
The next
The Oilers play Chicago on Wednesday and the Blues welcome Florida on Thursday.
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