Strome snipe turn the tide as Edmonton Oilers break losing slide in style
moncler sale Oilers 4, Avalanche 2Don ever accuse the Edmonton Oilers of being fast learners. Riding a six game losing streak that had seen them allow the first goal each time obscenely early in most cases the Oil got lit up after just 4 minutes in Denver on Sunday, and spent most of the first 50 minutes chasing a one goal deficit. Finally, though, after scoring just 2 goals in the first 8 periods of their southwestern road trip, the Oilers finally started finding the back of the net. They hit it three times in the last 11 minutes to pull out a 4 2 victory over the Colorado Avalanche to finally end the slide. moncler sale
moncler outlet store No surprise that Connor McDavid keyed the offence, scoring a hat trick, with two of those goals coming off feeds from Leon Draisaitl after Todd McLellan inevitably reunited his top two offensive threats down the stretch. moncler outlet Pleasant surprise was the other goal coming from a makeshift line of Ryan Strome between Milan Lucic and Mike Cammalleri, three guys who had scored a combined zero goals since Christmas. Instantly dubbed Mendoza Line in my living room (baseball fans of a certain vintage will get it), that trio produced some decent shifts and chances, and eventually the game winner which came off the freshly abused stick of Strome. moncler outlet store
cheap moncler jackets sale Another pleasant surprise was a fine showing by the penalty kill, which held Colorado to a single cheap moncler outlet shot on net over three opportunities. On the night the Oilers held a 40 26 edge on the shot clock including a 15 6 margin in the decisive third period, by which point the Avs were down two defencemen and struggling to keep up. So a damn good afternoon for Oilers fans, even as the team got off to its usual rancid start. Bruce McCurdy of the Cult digs in.4 Kris Russell, 7. Excellent in all three zones. 18 minutes at even strength, during which time Edmonton held a 13 5 edge in shots on goal. Added 2 on the penalty kill. Made a terrific play on the 2 2 goal when he batted down a puck inside his own line, then dove to sweep it ahead to McDavid and Draisiatil on the counter attack, and was rewarded with his 21st point of the season. 3 shots, 2 hits, 1 block, 1 takeaway. cheap moncler jackets sale
6 Adam Larsson, 6. Played 22 minutes, got a steady diet of Colorado top unit of Landeskog MacKinnon Rantanen, and sawed off. 3 shots on cheap moncler goal, and chipped in an assist on the game winner.
moncler outlet sale 13 Mike Cammalleri, 6. Bled a little defensively but more than made up for that with some good work in the offensive zone. Involved in a couple of good sequences with Lucic, and threaded the needle with a great pass to Strome for the game winner. Chipped in on the penalty kill. moncler outlet sale
moncler factory outlet 16 Jujhar Khaira, 5. Quiet game but solid enough, giving up absolutely nothing: Colorado got 0 shots on net during his 11 minutes at evens and ditto for his 1:39 on the PK. moncler factory outlet
cheap moncler coats 18 Ryan Strome, 7. Oilers dominated all flow of play metrics on his watch, be it on the wing with Khaira and Slepyshev early, or at centre between Lucic and Cammalleri late. His 3 shots on goal were all excellent: an early partial breakaway, a shot from close range on a three man rush that forced Semyon Varlamov best save of the game, and a goal on his final chance when he picked the far corner on a one timer from the slot with the same stick that he had just tried to destroy on the bench after the Varly robbery. Struggled on the dot (2/9=22%) but was otherwise cheap moncler coats sound in all aspects including both special teams. cheap moncler coats
moncler sale outlet 19 Patrick Maroon, 5. The stats sheet says 1 assist, +3, which means the numbers saw him better than I did. Made some curious decisions with the puck, including a Cheap Moncler Jackets couple of turnovers in bad spots, a dangerous bullet pass into his own slot, and a strange reluctance to take the puck hard to the net when he got a rebound behind the goal with Varlamov down and scrambling on one side and what looked like a clear path to the other. Did make some sharp passes to moncler mens jackets McDavid, moncler outlet sale including a deflection across the goal mouth that found 97 tape for the 1 1 tally. moncler sale outlet
25 Darnell Nurse, 6. Played 22 minutes with 2 shots, 2 blocks, 2 hits and a solid all around performance. Made a key play to pre empt a MacKinnon wraparound in the early going, and another to limit a 2 on 1 caused by a Maroon turnover to an outside shot that Talbot handled routinely.
moncler outlet jackets 27 Milan Lucic, 5. Struggled early in the game, including being out in left moncler sale outlet field on the second Colorado goal, but came on strong in the later going. 3 shots, 2 hits, a terrific pass to Strome that was foiled by Varlamov, and a net front presence that helped out on the game winner. moncler outlet jackets
29 Leon Draisaitl, 8. Led the forwards with 20:36 TOI, and had it going for much of the game, skating hard and firing away moncler sale at every opportunity (9 shot attempts, 5 on goal). Strong on the penalty kill, especially on the dot where he won 3 of 4 d zone faceoffs that helped the Oilers clear the zone multiple times. Overall went 11/19=58% on the dot. Took a somewhat lame slashing penalty in a game the zebras largely pocketed their whistles. Made a terrific play to set up McDavid on the 2 2 goal, feeding the puck to 97 in the neutral zone, driving the slot and surreptitiously engaging Patrik Nemeth stick for the crucial split second that allowed McDavid to get his shot away unimpeded. Burst away for a partial breakaway in the late going, showing terrific speed and puck control in the process. cheap moncler jackets Later sent McDavid away for the empty netter that sealed the win.
cheap moncler jackets 33 Cam Talbot, 7. Beaten early on an outside shot, Talbot battled back with a solid performance. Had plenty of help from his mates who limited Colorado to few dangerous shots and just 1 on the penalty kill, and a little more from his posts, which rang twice on bullets from Nikita Zadorov and Nathan MacKinnon. Had his best stretch in the first monlcer down jackets half of the middle frame when Colorado took https://www.thebeastmark.com over the game for a time but were unable to stretch their lead. 26 shots, 24 saves,.923 save percentage. cheap moncler jackets
moncler outlet 44 Zack Kassian, 6. A couple of decent shots on net and a solid showing on the penalty kill. Set up Puljujarvi nicely for what should have been a straightforward finish. moncler outlet
cheap moncler outlet 55 Mark Letestu, moncler outlet store 6. A quiet night on the stat sheet, other than excellent on ice flow of play metrics and 2 minutes helping out on the penalty kill. 7/10=70% on the dot. cheap moncler outlet
58 Anton Slepyshev, 6. Played 10 minutes of mostly one way traffic (shots 5 0 Edmonton). Fired one of those shots himself following up a Strome chance, and later missed the net on an absolute rocket from the high slot that probably had many Oil fans thinking only he could harness that weapon Oscar Klefbom, 7. Led the defence in the following stat categories: time on ice (22:46), PP TOI (1:06), SH TOI (2:59), shots (4), shot attempts (7), plus (+2). Had excellent shot shares at evens, and looked good running the point on Edmonton lone powerplay opportunity. Was rewarded with an assist on the empty netter for a safe outlet pass to Draisaitl.
83 Matt Benning, 6. Returned to the lineup with a mostly solid effort that included a secondary assist on McDavid first goal. (Four different defenders had a secondary assist on the four Edmonton tallies, a welcome infusion of offence from the back end.) Had 4 hits. Did however take a penalty late in the third, buy moncler jackets less than a minute after the Oilers had finally taken the lead. Thankfully, his mates along with Talbot post had his back. Played just 13:33 including nothing at all on the penalty kill.
moncler outlet online 88 Brandon Davidson, 6. His awkward turnover at the offensive blueline led to Tyson Jost unassisted goal that opened the scoring just 4 minutes in. Didn look like much of a dangerous situation until the net bulged. Davidson was solid enough thereafter, playing 14 minutes back on his natural left side on the third pairing and chipping in a further 2 minutes on the flawless penalty kill. Made a great defensive play to stop a back door pass mere seconds before the Oilers tied the score 1 1, one of the game crucial turning points. moncler outlet online
moncler jacket sale 91 Drake Caggiula, 5. Got the push on the McDavid line but did precious little with it. 1 shot on net when he whacked away at a rebound of a Klefbom shot. Set up a Colorado jail break with a pass to nobody. 2 hits, 1 penalty and the usual pellmell effort. moncler jacket sale
cheap moncler 97 Connor McDavid, 8. Reportedly under the weather, and started the game as he had played the previous two games of the road trip quietly. Came on strong as the night went on, scoring once in the second period and twice more in the final frame for his third hat trick of the season. The first was buried into an open net from a tough angle, the second a wicked wrist shot on the rush from the right circle, cheap moncler sale and the cherry on top a won race (go figure) to the empty net. Found time to make a terrific defensive stop ( kick save and a beauty in the words of Drew Remenda) and a variety of clever thrusts and passes that tested Varlamov and friends at the other end. 5/9=56% on the dot. cheap moncler
moncler jackets outlet 98 Jesse Puljujarvi, 5. Missed an absolute sitter on a 2 on 1 rush with Kassian, extending his current goalless drought to ten games (1 in the last 19). Had some OK moments including 2 shots on net and decent flow of play measures, but had little overall impact on the game pro or con moncler jackets outlet.
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