Tulsa, OK — Despite a strong start, Tulsa fell 5-2 to the Utah Grizzlies in the series finale at the BOK Center on Tuesday.
The Oilers’ Charlie Sampair opened the scoring 10:21 into the game when he corralled a bouncing puck off the blade of Cory Ward before roofing it past Martin Ouellette. Yuri Terao answered less than three minutes later, blasting a back-door chance past Olle Eriksson Ek just after a Grizzlies’ power play expired.
The Oilers restored their lead 7:36 into the second period. Sampair intercepted a clearance attempt in the Utah zone and completed a drop pass to Ward, who buried the feed, giving both players two points on the night. Yuri Terao answered with his second of the game 7:36 later. A mirror of his first goal, Terao hammered home a seam pass on the power play to knot the game at 2-2. Griffen Molino scored his 19th of the season 3:28 later on the breakaway, giving the Grizzlies their first lead of the night. Josh Dickinson jumped on the momentum from the previous goals, sniping Eriksson Ek short side on the power play 1:58 later to bring the game 4-2 in Utah’s favor.
Despite Tulsa outshooting the Grizzlies 12-8 in the final frame, Utah’s Joe Wegwerth found the lone goal of the third period, closing the scoring out off a rebound with 13:10 remaining in the game.
The Oilers still have three games to play this week, starting with a road test in Wichita against the Thunder at 7:05 on Friday. Tulsa will return home for a rubber match with Wichita at 7:05 on Saturday for Nickname Night before turning their attention to Kansas City and a 4:05 p.m. matinee game at the BOK Center on Sunday.
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