Perhaps the real Edmonton Oilers’ hem is showing these days. The Oilers are 1-3-1 in their last five games and lost Tuesday night, 3-1, to the Detroit Red Wings.
“This is really a great feeling,” Dylan Larkin (goal) said. “I think we had built some good things in our last couple games and we stuck with it.”
Jimmy Howard made 31 saves
Leon Draisaitl scored the lone Oilers goal.
“We’ve got to find some scoring somewhere in our lineup,” Oilers coach Dave Tippett said. “We juggled some people around to try to give some guys an opportunity. Some of it was good, and some of it wasn’t so good. We didn’t produce, so that’s the part that isn’t so good.”
Patrik Nemeth and Filip Hronek scored in the first period to stake the Wings to a 2-0 lead.
“Our process had been pretty good in the last couple games, but we needed to get a win to build our confidence,” Detroit coach Jeff Blashill said. “That’s why it was huge to find a way to get this one done.”
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Mikko Koskinen made 25 saves in the loss.
“We have obviously got to find a way to get out of the gates better,” Connor McDavid said. “That has to start tomorrow (against the Columbus Blue Jackets). It’s exciting that we can go right back out there and start working to fix this.”
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