the oilers are pushing the pace early in this one, and connor mcdavid cashes in. 1-0 oilers early.
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Game Highlights 53.0: Edmonton Oilers beat Ottawa Senators 6-3
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The Edmonton Oilers are back in the win column following a 6-3 win over the Senators in Ottawa. Below are the highlights from the game…
GAME HIGHLIGHTS ARE PRESENTED BY BETWAY
The Oilers came out of the gates flying and opened the scoring just over two minutes into the first frame. Connor McDavid got the puck behind the net and bounced it off of Anton Forsberg for his 42nd goal of the season.
Right off the hop in the second period, the Sens tied the game at 1-1. Ottawa defenceman Jake Sanderson joined the rush and fired a shot from the high slot past Jack Campbell…
jake sanderson gets a quick one for the senators early in the second.
Not long after that, Zach Hyman restored Edmonton’s lead by capitalizing on a penalty shot…
zach hyman gets a penalty shot and scores with a nifty backhander. 2-1 oilers.
The Oilers made the score 3-1 later in the second period while on the penalty kill. Connor McDavid did some excellent forechecking work to swipe the puck from Thomas Chabot and he then found Ryan McLeod who had snuck into Ottawa’s slot unnoticed…
unbelievable work from connor mcdavid here picking up thomas chabot's pocket and setting up ryan mcleod.
The Sens brought the game back to within one goal immediately after, as Claude Giroux scored on the same power play…
right after mcdavid scores, the senators come down the other way and claude giroux gets one back.
Ottawa managed to tie the game before the end of the second period. Defenceman Erik Brannstrom rushed up the ice and got a soft goal past Campbell to make the score 3-3…
erik brannstrom ties it at 3.
Early in the third period, Brett Kulak sprung Jesse Puljujarvi in on a breakaway and he roofed a shot over Forsberg to give the Oilers another lead.
a beautiful shot here from jesse puljujarvi, who scores his fifth of the season.
The Sens had a prime opportunity to tie the game again with a power play but the Oilers instead converted their second shorthanded goal of the afternoon. Kulak worked the puck into Ottawa’s zone, fired it towards the Sens’ net, and Derek Ryan chipped it past Forsberg…
derek ryan with the oilers second short-handed goal of the day. it all starts down with some great board work in the defensive zone.
The Oilers iced the game late in the third period with a power play goal that made the score 6-3. Sens defender Travis Hamonic shoved Zach Hyman into Forsberg and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins buried the puck into the open net. Forberg was injured on the play and was taken off the ice on a stretcher.
scary situation here in ottawa as sens goaltender anton forsberg is down in serious pain. the stretcher is out to take him off the ice.
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