The Mallards found themselves down by two goals shortly after the restart when Kale Kessy’s shot from the left wing circle broke in off of Kulbakov at 16:20 of the second period. With just 15 seconds left in the second, Nagy brought the Mallards back within one with a wrist shot from the right wing circle. Alex Globke’s faceoff win set up Triston Grant’s third period equalizer. Grant snapped the puck home from the left wing circle to knot the score at three at 8:23 of the third.
Kulbakov made 16 saves in the third period, stopped four more shots in overtime and stonewalled both Oiler shootout chances to set the stage for Nagy and Tristan King to convert in the shootout for the Mallards.
The Oilers entered Tuesday with the lead in the game after Joey Sides (at 2:20 of the first period and Dmitrii Sergeev at 4:10 of the second period) struck for Tulsa on November 17 and Brayden Low brought the Mallards back within one 16 seconds after Sergeev scored.
The Mallards return to action on home ice Friday night at 7:05 p.m. against the Indy Fuel. The Mallards will team with Genesis Health System for Pink in the Rink and will wear special edition pink jerseys in Friday’s game. The Mallards will also wear the pink sweaters in their home game Saturday evening at 7:05 p.m.against the Fort Wayne Komets and those jerseys will be auctioned off to benefit the Genesis Health Services Foundation after Saturday’s tilt.
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