after taking back-to-back minors in the first period, warren foegele opens the scoring as the oilers take a 1-0 lead.
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Game Highlights 57.0: Colorado Avalanche beat Edmonton Oilers 6-5 in overtime
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The skid continues.
The Edmonton Oilers snatched defeat from the jaws of victory, blowing a 3-0 to the Avalanche in Colorado before ultimately losing the game in overtime.
Below are the highlights from the game…
GAME HIGHLIGHTS ARE PRESENTED BY BETWAY
Warren Foegele took a couple of penalties in the first period but the Oilers killed both of them off and then he made up for it by opening the scoring…
Early in the second period, Foegele notched his second goal of the afternoon to put the Oilers up by a score of 2-0…
Not long after that, the Oilers extended their lead to 3-0 when Ryan Nugent-Hopkins fed Leon Draisatl beside the net for one of his classic one-timers…
eight minutes into the second period, and the oilers extend their lead to 3-0 in thanks to this leon draisaitl goal. ryan nugent-hopkins gets point 69 (nice) on the year tying his career high.
Colorado responded quickly and pulled themselves back into the game. Nathan MacKinnon fired a shot through a screen that made its way through Jack Campbell…
nathan mackinnon gets one past jack campbell. oilers still lead 3-1.
Later in the second period, the Avs made the score 3-2 when Valeri Vichushkin tried to make a pass through Edmonton’s crease but it bounced off of Cody Ceci’s skate and past Campbell…
valeri nichuskin's pass banks off cody ceci's skate and into the oilers net. oilers still lead 3-2.
The Oilers gave themselves a little bit of a cushion before the end of the second period as Tyson Barrie scored a goal against his former team…
a tyson barrie shot flutters into the net, and the oilers take a 4-2 lead.
Right off the hop in the third period, Nathan MacKinnon scored a beautiful goal to make the score 4-3…
nathan mackinnon, man.
The Oilers again managed to extend their lead back to two goals, this time thanks to a clapper from the high slot from Mattias Janmark…
connor mcdavid gives mattias janmark a great screen in front and it's a 5-3 game.
The Avs again cut into Edmonton’s lead in the middle of the third period. Jack Campbell stretched his pad across the crease to make a nice stop but Logan O’Connor stood on the doorstep and shoved the puck into the net…
logan o'connor scores banging in a loose puck. oilers still leads 5-4.
With under five minutes left on the clock in regulation time, Artturi Lehkonen tied the game at 5-5…
wooooof... the oilers have let colorado get back in this one. lehkonen getting credit with the goal that ties it up at 5.
In overtime, Mikko Rantanen shielded the puck from Darnell Nurse and waited out Campbell before firing the game-winner into the open net…
mikko rantanen wins it in overtime.
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