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Game Highlights 59.0: Edmonton Oilers beat Pittsburgh Penguins 7-2

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Photo credit:© Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports
Cam Lewis
1 year ago
The Edmonton Oilers rolled into Pittsburgh on Thursday night and put together a dominant performance against the Penguins, beating them by a score of 7-2. Below are the highlights from the game…

GAME HIGHLIGHTS ARE PRESENTED BY BETWAY


The Penguins started off the game quickly and jumped out to a 1-0 lead just one minute into the first period. Kris Letang snuck in from the point and waited out Stuart Skinner before putting the puck into the open net…
Later in the period, Connor McDavid tied the game at 1-1 with a goal from behind Pittsburgh’s net…
The Oilers added another power-play goal before the end of the first period to give themselves a 2-1 lead. This time, it was Leon Draisaitl batting in a rebound out of mid-air…
The floodgates opened up in the second period. Darnell Nurse threw a shot on net and Kailer Yamamoto was there to bury the loose puck…
A couple of minutes later, Jesse Puljujarvi fed Devin Shore with a nice pass and he buried his first goal since March of 2022…
 
Leon Draisaitl and Warren Foegele connected on a two-on-one to make the score 5-1…
The Oilers kept their foot on the gas all the way through the second period. With just over one minute left on the clock, Connor McDavid pulled off a spin move and hit Ryan Nugent-Hopkins in the faceoff circle, who sniped a shot past Tristan Jarry. The goal marked the 600th point of RNH’s career…
In the third period, Connor McDavid was brought down on a breakaway by defenceman Brian Dumoulin. He made no mistake on the penalty shot, upping Edmonton’s lead to 7-1…
 
With just a couple of minutes left in the game, Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby, and Kris Letang pulled off a nice passing play to make the score 7-2…

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