In Edmonton, the regained mojo the Oilers built with a brief winning streak, was dispelled on Tuesday night when the Vegas Golden Knights’ Laurent Brossoit made 28 saves in a 4-0 win.
“I definitely was juiced up to play this one,” Brossoit said. “I don’t think I’ve won against Edmonton since moving on from them, so it felt nice to win, and to get the shutout, it meant even more.”
William Karlsson and Reilly Smith struck for goals in the Vegas win.
Brett Howden and Karlsson scored in the opening period for a 2-0 lead.
“You have to give them credit, I thought they were real good the first 10 minutes, and I thought we kind of worked our way into the game,” Vegas head coach Peter DeBoer said. “Our best player early was our goalie, and I thought once we got our legs going and got up to speed, I liked a lot of things about the rest of the night.”
The Knights moved to 28-16-3.
“They kind of pushed in the first period and got me into the game quite a bit,” Brossoit said. “I had the bulk of my work in the first and whenever I get a few shots and a few saves in the first period, you get into a bit of rhythm and I feel like in the second half of the game the guys shut it down and frustrated them.”
Alex Pietrangelo scored in the middle frame for a 3-0 lead for Vegas.
“I think there are always milestones that are pretty cool, and I think that one’s a good one for me; I think it’s a good accomplishment,” Pietrangelo said. “Someone had mentioned I was getting close and I didn’t know how close I was, but it’s good to get some of those accomplishments for sure.”
The Oilers dropped to 23-17-3.
“Our start was good, there were a lot of almost-plays,” Edmonton’s Zach Hyman said. “We just missed on a play or were just a half second late and your timing is just a little bit off. Those half-second plays lead to chances and goals. We were just a little bit sloppy in that sense and our execution on certain plays wasn’t there.”
Smith scored 14 seconds into the third period, for a 4-0 lead, and remove any doubt of the outcome of the game.
“The penalty kill was big,” Pietrangelo said. “I thought we did a good job once we got our legs under us in the second period; we were jumping to getting on pucks and taking away their space. The neutral zone was real good for us. I didn’t think we gave them any chances to get through there with speed, which is where they’re really, really dynamic.”
Mike Smith made 24 saves in his return to the Oilers blue paint.
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