The Edmonton Oilers’ winning streak was snapped at six games as they got edged out by a score of 3-2 in overtime by the lowly Columbus Blue Jackets. Below are the highlights from the game…
GAME HIGHLIGHTS ARE PRESENTED BY BETWAY
The Blue Jackets opened the scoring in the latter half of the first period. Edmonton lost a faceoff in their own end and the puck made its way back to Adam Boqvist at the blueline. He fired a wrist shot toward the net and Boone Jenner deflected it past Stuart Skinner…
boone jenner tips a puck home and gives the blue jackets a 1-0 lead. pic.twitter.com/op3ZKcTVVH
— zach (@zjlaing) January 26, 2023
In the middle of the second period, Derek Ryan picked up a loose puck in the neutral zone and split Columbus’ defenders and roofed a shot past Joonas Korpisalo to tie the game at 1-1…
the columbus blue jackets learn the hard way you can't leave derek ryan all alone. 1-1. pic.twitter.com/VhvHohI20E
— zach (@zjlaing) January 26, 2023
A few minutes later, the Oilers grabbed their first lead of the night with a power play goal from Zach Hyman…
zach hyman scores on the powerplay and the oilers have their first lead of the night. pic.twitter.com/0sqscEPQqm
— zach (@zjlaing) January 26, 2023
The Blue Jackets managed to tie the game in the second half of the third period. Kirill Marchenko grabbed the puck behind the net, dragged it out front, and buried his own rebound past Skinner to make the score 2-2…
kirill marchenko sticks with it making it a 2-2 game. pic.twitter.com/lb7zRLDhEF
— zach (@zjlaing) January 26, 2023
Neither team was able to score in the latter part of the third period so the game went to overtime. A couple of minutes into the extra frame, the Blue Jackets skated around in Edmonton’s zone before Kent Johnson wired a shot from the high slot glove side on Skinner for the game-winning goal…
It's an @Energizer OT winner for Kent Johnson, as the @BlueJacketsNHL get the victory in Edmonton! pic.twitter.com/yQ2aS2E0Km
— NHL (@NHL) January 26, 2023