Oilers prove to slick for Wings
Detroit Red Wings (2) vs Edmonton Oilers (3) ..........
The Wings were visiting Edmonton a day after dropping a 2-1 decision to the Sabres at home which snapped Detroit's four game win streak. The Oil were 8-1 in their past nine games overall and were looking to win their third straight game Saturday.
Detroit got the first powerplay of the game at 5:01 of the first as the Oilers' Matt Hendricks was sent off for hooking. It didn't take the Redwings long to convert as winger Zach Boychuk scored at 5:29 as he took a Cody Eakin pass in the slot and snapped a shot through Ilya Bryzgalov's pads. It was the Oilers who led in shots 15-9 after twenty minutes.
Edmonton struck quickly to start the second when Brooks Laich grabbed a rebound off of Kari Ramo after the tender stopped a blast from Riley Wetmore and hammered it into the back of the Wings net. The goal came at 0:33. Edmonton increased their shot total to 27-19 after 40.
The Redwings regained the lead when rookie Colton Sceviour scored his 14th of the season at 1:30 of the third when the rookie picked up a rebound off the boards and slapped it into the top corner over Bryzgalov's shoulder. The goal originally went for a video review, the Oilers claiming tender interference but after the review it was deemed a good goal. Craig Smith got the Oilers back on even terms at 11:17 as he wristed a shot through a screen in front of Kari Ramo and the puck found it's way past Ramo. The Oilers got the go ahead goal, which turned out to be the winner from Alex Chiasson at 16:27. Again Ramo stopped the original shot but the defense failed to clear the puck and Chiasson converted on his own rebound. The Oilers out-shot the Wings 39-26 in the game.
Ilya Bryzgalov won for the 43rd time this season, putting him 5th in the league standings.
MOLSON'S 3 STARS:
1 - Alex Chiasson (Edm)........ 1 goal, 1 assist, +2, 3 shots
2 - Brooks Laich (Edm).......... 1 goal, 1 assist, +2, 1 shot
3 - Colton Sceviour (Det)...... 1 goal, +1, 2 shots
Reporting For The WCHL Network........
Peter Puck
The Wings were visiting Edmonton a day after dropping a 2-1 decision to the Sabres at home which snapped Detroit's four game win streak. The Oil were 8-1 in their past nine games overall and were looking to win their third straight game Saturday.
Detroit got the first powerplay of the game at 5:01 of the first as the Oilers' Matt Hendricks was sent off for hooking. It didn't take the Redwings long to convert as winger Zach Boychuk scored at 5:29 as he took a Cody Eakin pass in the slot and snapped a shot through Ilya Bryzgalov's pads. It was the Oilers who led in shots 15-9 after twenty minutes.
Edmonton struck quickly to start the second when Brooks Laich grabbed a rebound off of Kari Ramo after the tender stopped a blast from Riley Wetmore and hammered it into the back of the Wings net. The goal came at 0:33. Edmonton increased their shot total to 27-19 after 40.
The Redwings regained the lead when rookie Colton Sceviour scored his 14th of the season at 1:30 of the third when the rookie picked up a rebound off the boards and slapped it into the top corner over Bryzgalov's shoulder. The goal originally went for a video review, the Oilers claiming tender interference but after the review it was deemed a good goal. Craig Smith got the Oilers back on even terms at 11:17 as he wristed a shot through a screen in front of Kari Ramo and the puck found it's way past Ramo. The Oilers got the go ahead goal, which turned out to be the winner from Alex Chiasson at 16:27. Again Ramo stopped the original shot but the defense failed to clear the puck and Chiasson converted on his own rebound. The Oilers out-shot the Wings 39-26 in the game.
Ilya Bryzgalov won for the 43rd time this season, putting him 5th in the league standings.
MOLSON'S 3 STARS:
1 - Alex Chiasson (Edm)........ 1 goal, 1 assist, +2, 3 shots
2 - Brooks Laich (Edm).......... 1 goal, 1 assist, +2, 1 shot
3 - Colton Sceviour (Det)...... 1 goal, +1, 2 shots
Reporting For The WCHL Network........
Peter Puck
