In Edmonton Saturday, Cam Talbot made 33 saves to help the Oilers to a 2-0 shutout of the Vancouver Canucks.
Connor McDavid struck for a goal in the win as the Oilers jumped over the Calgary
Cam Talbot picked up his 6th shutout of the year in win over Vancouver Saturday – file photo by Lewis Bleiman
Flames into third place in the Pacific Division with a one-point lead.
“We have to find ways to win games like this,” McDavid said. “Playing [the Los Angeles Kings], playing Anaheim [Ducks], playing these teams coming down the stretch and into the playoffs, those are the kind of games you need to learn how to win. It’s a real positive that we found a way.”
Mark Letestu also scored for Edmonton as they improved to 38-24-9 with their third straight win.
“A win with our ‘B’ game,” Oilers coach Todd McLellan said. “They outworked us in some areas and out executed us. They were a little harder on the forecheck, but our goaltender hung in and gave us a chance to win. Our leading scorer and captain got us a goal and our power play bailed us out.”
Talbot picked up his sixth shutout of the season with the help of his iron behind him.
“I’ll take them,” Talbot said. “I gave [the posts] a little rub there. That’s a couple of lucky bounces and sometimes you need those in games like that.”
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Richard Bachman made 20 saves in taking the loss for Vancouver as the Canucks dropped to 28-34-9.
“It’s a stingy league,” Bachman said. “We had some chances and hit some posts. The main objective is to win and then to give the team a chance, and I think we did that. I was happy with how we played tonight and thought we limited their offense and had some good chances of our own.
“I think that was a pretty good road game, especially coming here and playing in this building. I thought we did a good job. It is unfortunate we couldn’t get a break.”
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