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Oilers set franchise record for fastest three goals against in embarrassing 6-2 loss to Penguins: Recap, Reaction and Highlights
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Ryley Delaney
Jan 23, 2026, 00:00 ESTUpdated: Jan 23, 2026, 00:04 EST
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Well, that was ugly.
On Thursday evening, the Edmonton Oilers hosted the Pittsburgh Penguins on the third game of their eight-game home stand. With Tristan Jarry starting against his former team, it didn’t go well, as the Penguins put six past their old netminder in a 6-2 victory. Let’s take a look at what happened in this one.
The game was won by the Penguins in the first three minutes.
A minute and 20 seconds into the game, Anthony Mantha was found by the back post for the easy tap-in. On the same shift, about 15 seconds later, Mantha was sprung for a breakaway to score twice in just 22 seconds. Before the game even hit the three-minute mark, the Penguins got in the zone and shot from the point, with Sidney Crosby deflecting it in from the high-slot. Officially, the Penguins scored three times in 37 seconds, setting an Oilers franchise record for the fastest three goals against.
That was it for scoring in the first period, and the Oilers got a brief glimmer of hope five minutes into the middle frame. On a penalty kill, the Oilers stopped a Penguins break in, turned it around for a three-on-two, and Jake Walman was found in as the trailer in the slot. The defenceman scored his second short-handed goal of the season with a well-placed shot.
That hope was quashed by a goal from Rickard Rakell with seven and a half minutes remaining in the middle period. Just a minute and 58 seconds later, the Penguins made it a 5-1 game thanks to an Evgeni Malkin breakaway goal.
At this point, the game was very much over, but that didn’t stop the Penguins from scoring one more, as Egor Chinakhov ripped one past Jarry’s shoulder to make it 6-1. The Oilers added another goal with six minutes left in the game, as Matthew Savoie sniped it past Artūrs Šilovs.

Takeaways…

There aren’t really many positive takeaways from this game, other than seeing Matt Savoie continuing to play better. With that goal, he now has two goals and an assist in his last four games, while also being on the ice for the Oilers’ other goal.
That was Jake Walman’s second shorthanded goal of the season. The first one came against the Columbus Blue Jackets on November 10th. The Oilers are a better team with him in the lineup, he just has to remain healthy.
After missing three games due to a personal absence, Leon Draisaitl returned for the game against the Penguins, which came to the surprise of everyone. He was a -1 in his 19:17 minutes of ice time. The majority of his five-on-five action was spent with Andrew Mangiapane and Vasily Podkolzin, where the trio picked up 96.95 percent of the expected goals over six minutes and 42 seconds, according to Natural Stat Trick.
The line of Isaac Howard, Jack Roslovic, and Savoie had a strong game for the first time in a while, at least looking at under-the-hood numbers. In seven minutes and 21 seconds, the trio had 54.4 percent of the expected goals, scoring the Oilers’ only five-on-five goal.
With the return of Draisaitl, the Oilers reunited Curtis Lazar, Trent Frederic, and Mattias Janmark. The fourth line out-shot opposition 2-0 and finished with 75.7 percent of the expected goals. Janmark picked up his seventh assist of the season, but that was on the penalty kill.
It was a tough game for the Oilers defence, as every defender but Darnell Nurse was a minus. Evan Bouchard was a -3 and Mattias Ekholm was a -2. Both Bouchard and Ekholm had an assist on Savoie’s goal, while Walman scored a goal.
A rough game from the Oilers’ defence didn’t help Tristan Jarry, as he allowed six goals on 22 shots for a .727 save percentage. Not very nice of his former team. Since joining the Oilers, Jarry has only finished a full 60+ minutes with a save percentage above .900 once, his shutout victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday. This game should’ve been started by Connor Ingram, who has been playing much better.
The Oilers continue their home stand with a game against the Washington Capitals on Saturday at 8:00 PM MT. Let’s hope that one goes a bit better than Thursday’s game.
Ryley Delaney is a Nation Network writer for Oilersnation, FlamesNation, and Blue Jays Nation. Follow her on Twitter @Ryley__Delaney.

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