In Edmonton, Jack Campbell made 29 saves in a 5-2 win for the Oilers over the visiting Seattle Kraken on Tuesday night. 
“They got the first one there and our response was really good,” the Oilers Zach Hyman (goal) said. “You talk about a team coming off a back to back and how you want to make it a little it harder for them (Seattle lost 4-1 to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday), and I thought we managed the puck well and had a strong third period, a mature third period.”
The Oilers improved to 25-18-3.
Seattle took a 1-0 lead in the first period on a marker from Daniel Sprong.
“We let them play with speed, we gave them some free breakouts, and they’ll make you pay,” Sprong said. “We made some mistakes and turnovers, and they ended up in the back of the net.”
Connor McDavid tied the game, 1-1, in the first.
“We haven’t lost when we’ve scored five or more goals (15-0-0),” Edmonton coach Jay Woodcroft said. “To do that at even strength, I think that’s a positive. We’re putting a lot of emphasis on defending the right way, and I think we did a lot of good things towards that direction tonight, and we were able to take two points off a divisional opponent that is front of us right now.”
Edmonton took a 3-1 lead in the middle frame on a strikes from Derek Ryan and Warren Foegele..
“We gave up two right inside the blue paint in the second period, and that’s the difference in the hockey game in a lot of respects,” Kraken coach Dave Hakstol said. “There are two things that stand out: too many rush opportunities that came off our play, especially our play on the wall in the second period, and the two from the blue paint. In games like this, you have to have everybody going, and we had several guys below the bar tonight.”
Seattle dropped to 26-14-4.
The Kraken got one back early in the third on a marker from Vince Dunn.
The Oilers replied with Hyman’s goal fro a 4-2 advantage.
“When you score goals, you know you’re going to get a push from the other team, so you need to be prepared for that,” Dunn said. “We need to execute, we need to be disciplined in our structure, and we need to make those plays. It’s a big couple of shifts after you score, and those need to be better.”
Ryan McLeod scored for the 5-2 final.
Martin Jones made 29 saves in the Kraken loss.
You must be logged in to post a comment.