Mattias Ekholm had a goal and a pass Edmonton Oilers Name a bad start to lead the Seattle Kraken 4-2 on Monday for their third consecutive victory.
“It was a good match,” said head coach Kris Knoblauch after the match. “They pushed particularly late in the match. They had their opportunities and did not let go. PICKS (Calvin Pickard) made huge stops at the end to keep us there. »»
Mattias Janmark, Connor McDavid and Corey Perry also scored for the Oilers (32-15-3) who won 11 of their last 14 games and returned first in the Pacific division, one point on the inactive Gold Knights.
“I feel good,” said Perry. “I feel like I see and receive rebounds. It also helps when you win too.
McDavid has returned to the range of oilers after serving a suspension of three games for Conor Garland of Vancouver of Vancouver.
Eeli Tolvanen and Vince Dunn responded for the Kraken (22-26-3), who lost two of their last three. Visitors led 2-1 after the first period.
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Calvin Pickard made 26 net stops for the Oilers, while Joey Daccord recorded 27 stops in the defeat for the Kraken.
Take -out
Kraken: Seattle’s top scorer, Jared McCann, was a goal detained after having recorded five points in his four previous games. McCann became cold in the score category, because his last goal which was not on an empty net returned on December 22 in Colorado, 15 consecutive games without scoring on a real goalkeeper.
Oilers: Edmonton equaled match 1-1 with 5:33 remaining in the opening framework while Connor Brown took a bad corner shot that knew his teammate Janmark in front of and after DACCord. It was only Janmark’s second goal of the season – the other being an empty net there are 39 games – and his first point since December 22.
Key
The Oilers set up 3-2 halfway from the second while the Darnell nurse made an impressive pass from her own opposition blue line to send Perry on his own and the 39-year-old veteran and The top scorer of 50 goals was not mistaken by filling his ninth in the season.
Key statistics
Edmonton entered the competition with a record of 10-2 all time against Kraken, including seven consecutive victories in which they had ahead of Seattle 51-31. No player has no career points against Kraken than the Oilers Leon Draisaitl (now with 26 games in 13) and McDavid (19 out of 12).
Baby backup
The Oilers goalkeeper, Stuart Skinner, was to start, but welcomed the birth of a son on Monday and had time to be with his wife Chloé. As a result, the Oilers signed Tyler Palmer from the University of Alberta to an amateur test to serve as a pickard backup for the game.
The next
Kraken: Organize the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday.
Oilers: Organize the Red Wings of Detroit Thursday.
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