Sam Gagner’s fluke objective was the sport winner and Stuart Skinner made 26 saves because the Edmonton Oilers received their thirteenth recreation in a row with a 3-1 victory on Saturday night time over the Calgary Flames.
The Oilers’ milestone is the longest win streak by a Canadian workforce in NHL historical past, passing the 1967-68 Montreal Canadiens, who received 12 in a row.
Ryan McLeod and Zach Hyman additionally scored for Edmonton, into an empty internet. Held off the scoresheet for the primary time throughout the streak, Connor McDavid’s 12-game scoring streak got here to an finish.
The Oilers 9 consecutive highway wins shatter the outdated franchise file of eight set in 1986-87. And Kris Knoblauch improves to 23-6-0 since taking up as head coach.
MacKenzie Weegar had the lone objective for Calgary, which has dropped consecutive video games after a four-game profitable streak. Nazem Kadri’s eight-game scoring streak was additionally snapped.
Skinner has received 10 video games in a row, he’s 17-2-0 in his final 19 begins, and improves to 21-9-1 on the season.
Dan Vladar was glorious in internet for the Flames, making 31 stops. His file falls to 7-7-2.
Deadlocked at 1-1 after 40 minutes, Edmonton took its second lead on Gagner’s objective at 1:39 into the third.
From under the objective line close to the nook, Gagner’s try and centre the puck to Dylan Holloway within the slot deflected off the skate of Flames defenceman Rasmus Andersson and went on internet as an alternative the place it caught the highest of the trapper of an unsuspecting Vladar and fluttered into the online.
Battle of Alberta returns with nostalgic flare
Within the first recreation between the provincial rivals for the reason that Heritage Traditional in Edmonton, each groups wore their similar retro look from that out of doors recreation.
The primary Battle of Alberta in Calgary in over a 12 months additionally featured a showdown between the Flames, who had scored three or extra targets of their final six video games, and the Oilers, who had allowed two targets or fewer of their final 10 video games.
Edmonton was the higher workforce within the first interval with Vladar pressured to make a number of excessive calibre stops, particularly within the early going when the Oilers had a bunch of harmful possibilities.
5 minutes in, Vladar stopped Warren Foegele on his preliminary shot and once more on the rebound after he was arrange alone in entrance by Evander Kane.
A minute later, McDavid bowled his well past Noah Hanifin to get in alone solely to be denied.
A couple of minutes later got here one other highlight-reel save when Dylan Holloway arrange Connor Brown for what appeared like a positive objective, however Vladar stretched throughout the crease and prolonged his glove to disclaim Brown his first objective of the 12 months.
Brown entered the sport with 60 photographs, essentially the most amongst gamers with no objective.
Edmonton lastly broke by way of at 15:03 of the primary when McLeod received in alone and neatly tucked a shot contained in the close to goalpost as he minimize throughout the highest of the crease.
Down 1-0 after 20 minutes, the Flames tied it 1-1 at 1:58 of the second interval when a fast transition up ice produced a 3-on-1 rush towards defenceman Cody Ceci.
Blake Coleman, the puck provider, waited patiently earlier than placing a saucer cross on the tape of Weegar, who deftly steered it contained in the goalpost.
That’s 10 targets for the defenceman, who had by no means scored greater than eight in a season.
Coronato referred to as up
With Thursday’s higher physique harm to Martin Pospisil, Calgary referred to as up 21-year-old Matt Coronato from the AHL Calgary Wranglers. The 2021 first-rounder opened the season on the Flames earlier than being despatched down after 10 video games.
He had 29 factors (12 targets, 17 assists) in 27 video games with the Wranglers. Coronato took Pospisil’s spot at proper wing on a line with Nazem Kadri and fellow rookie Connor Zary.
Edmonton welcomed again Dylan Holloway, who had been out since Nov. 13 as a result of a knee harm. He had 4 factors (2 targets, 2 assists) in 4 video games in Bakersfield (AHL) earlier than being recalled.
James Hamblin was despatched right down to make room.
Holloway centred a line with Sam Gagner and Connor Brown.
Making his NHL debut was 6-foot-8 proper winger Adam Klapka, who’s the tallest participant in Flames franchise historical past — a distinction that had belonged to 6-foot-7 defenceman Chris Breen, who performed 9 video games for Calgary in 2013-14.
The 23-year-old Czech took the fourth-line spot of Dillon Dube, who was gone due to an sickness.
Subsequent up, the Oilers host the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday. In the meantime the six-game homestand for the Flames continues on Tuesday towards the St. Louis Blues.
This text is from from cbc.ca (CBS NEWS)