Jan 5, Scotiabank Arena. Jan 8, Jan 10, Jan 12, Jan 14, Jan 16, Jan 18, Jan 20, Jan 22, Jan 25, Rogers Arena. Jan 27, Jan 29, Bell Centre. Jan 31, Canadian Tire Centre. Feb 2, Capital One Arena. Feb 23, Amalie Arena. Feb 26, FLA Live Arena.
Feb 27, PNC Arena. Mar 1, Wells Fargo Center. Mar 3, United Center. Mar 5, Mar 9, Mar 12, Mar 15, Mar 17, Mar 19, Mar 21, Ball Arena. Mar 22, Mar 24, Mar 26, Mar 28, Mar 30, Apr 1, Apr 3, Honda Center. Apr 5, Apr 7, Apr 9, Apr 12, Xcel Energy Center.
Apr 14, Bridgestone Arena. Apr 16, Apr 20, Apr 22, Apr 24, Nationwide Arena. Apr 26, PPG Paints Arena. Apr 28, Apr 29, He buried a rebound past Markstrom, who was making his first appearance since the last Battle of Alberta after missing six games with an upper-body injury.
Noah Hanifin gave the Flames their second lead of the night in the third period before Kailer Yamamoto — who said during Saturday's pregame media availability, "I think I'll be looking to shoot more tonight" when asked about playing with Leon Draisaitl and always wanting to get him the puck — tied things again.
Draisaitl played his part; his magnificent pass set up Yamamoto. Then it was all McDavid. The Oilers captain was held off the scoresheet in three consecutive losses to the Leafs Edmonton was outscored in the set but would not be denied in the Battle of Alberta.
After notching assists on the first two goals, he did a shoulder shimmy and beat Markstrom for the game-winner. A huge goal for our group and gets us the two points so it's obviously big. On Monday night, it was a little bit closer on the scoresheet, but the result was the same as Calgary bested its neighbors to the north, I think we lost coverage a couple of times, cost us goals, but overall I think it was a pretty solid game.
Calgary squandered and leads as Leon Draisaitl scored a nifty goal just over five minutes into the third to tie things up. This is a dandy of a goal by Draisaitl. Only 67 seconds later, though, Noah Hanifin potted the eventual game-winner. The Oilers had numerous chances in the last few minutes of the game, most notably a shot by Jesse Puljujarvi in the dying seconds that Flames netminder Jacob Markstrom either got with the edge of his blocker or the shaft of his stick.
The win marked Calgary's third straight victory under the new bench boss. I think it's nice to see that we're playing the right way, too. We're playing a full 60 [minutes]. We're competing. And those are signs you want to see, and I think we're heading in the right direction. Aside from losing the game, Dave Tippett lost two players to injury.
In the first period, Jujhar Khaira hit Oliver Kylington high in front of the benches — the play will probably get a peek from the NHL's Department of Player Safety — and then answered the bell when Brett Ritchie challenged him to fight. Khaira took a direct shot and looked concussed when he went down. He had trouble skating off and went straight down the tunnel after the fight.
Tippett said he was "feeling all right after the first period. The Oilers also lost defenseman Tyson Barrie to a lower-body injury.
He skated the final shift of the first period but did not hit the ice the rest of the game. Tippett said both guys are now day-to-day. I think definitely get that opportunity this year, so that side of it's kind of nice. If we can find a way to get a win here tonight it's almost like we came to Calgary and nothing really happened and we walked away with two points and you move on. So this is obviously a big one for us tonight. Well, the team definitely took advantage of how the schedule is set up this year with a commanding win.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins kick-started it less than five minutes into the opening frame, and then Jesse Puljujarvi made it less than three minutes later. Leon Draisaitl, who had three assists in the game, did Leon Draisaitl things in the second with a sweet touch pass between the legs to Dominik Kahun.
The goal was key as it came just 25 seconds before Calgary's Elias Lindholm scored to make it a two-goal game. We were expecting more of a, kind of a, defensive grind than exploding for four goals.
But that's, I think when you play the right way, you get rewarded. I feel bad. I feel terrible. They scored on every chance they had, pretty much. Far from it. With the win, the Oilers snapped a two-game losing streak while handing the Flames their first loss under new bench boss Darryl Sutter in four games.
Both teams knew how important this game was — and it wasn't because provincial bragging rights were on the line. With the season dwindling, every game point has become critical in the standings because every game equals a four-point swing.
Plus, with the uncertainty of the schedule moving forward given the situation in Vancouver, games have increased in importance. Obviously, we're focused on ourselves; we want to get as many points as we can and we know they're going to be pushing. With the Flames desperately needing wins and the Oilers needing to keep pace, it should come as no surprise that this one was a back-and-forth affair.
It ended with the Oilers skating away with the win. I think the biggest thing we were talking about was to outwork them and I think we did a good job of that.
Michael Stone got things rolling for the Flames with a slap shot from the point for his first marker since Jan. Nugent-Hopkins tied the game in the second period with a power-play tally. Four minutes and six seconds later, Matthew Tkachuk notched a pretty backhander on a breakaway out of the box. Kahun tied things up again before Connor McDavid gave the Oilers their first lead of the game with a power-play snapper at of the third, his 22nd goal of the season.
Mike Smith was once again solid in net for the Oilers, making 24 stops for his 13th win. The Oilers kept pace with the Leafs, who won in a shootout over the Jets. Edmonton is four points behind Toronto and tied with Winnipeg for second in the North Division with 47 points.
There's not a switch you can just turn off and on, so I think we want to continue to play well. The Flames were scheduled to play the Canucks on "Hockey Night in Canada" but instead met up with the Oilers at the Saddledome for this year's eighth Battle of Alberta. The Flames entered the game eight points outside a playoff spot and having lost four in a row and eight of their last nine.
They also hadn't fared well against their rivals to the north , but on this Saturday night they skated away with the shutout win. With the Canadiens losing to the Jets earlier in the night, the Flames moved to six points back of a playoff berth, although fourth-place Montreal has three games in hand. Edmonton has one regulation loss in past 10 games. Playing 4th road game in 6 nights, and laid a teammate to rest this morning. Sorry folks, you don't get a win every night. After a goalless first period, Monahan got things started with his first goal since potting two against Montreal March Johnny Gaudreau added his 14th of the year later in the period, a snipe past Mike Smith from the bottom of the right circle.
As noted by Postmedia's Wes Gilbertson , it marked the first time all season the pair had scored a goal in the same game.
We put 19 Matthew Tkachuk and 13 Gaudreau with 28 Elias Lindholm because 28 is such a good player and we'd hoped it'd get the other two guys going a little bit.
It did. Saturday's game marked the first time Monahan and Gaudreau were split up. Lindholm power-play goal , Mark Giordano and Brett Ritchie rounded out the scoring and Jacob Markstrom pitched a save shutout.
Earlier in the day, the Oilers team virtually watched a celebration of life for teammate Colby Cave, who died April 11, The league shifted this game on April 5. Edmonton was originally off Saturday.
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