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Game Highlights 59.0: Edmonton Oilers beat Pittsburgh Penguins 7-2
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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…
give mcdavid an inch and he'll score a goal. this is his career high 45th of the year. 1-1.
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…
leon draisaitl is ready for baseball season. 2-1 oilers.
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 big goal from the wee yam and the oilers take a 3-1 lead.
A couple of minutes later, Jesse Puljujarvi fed Devin Shore with a nice pass and he buried his first goal since March of 2022…
devin shore with the devin score. 4-1 oilers.
Leon Draisaitl and Warren Foegele connected on a two-on-one to make the score 5-1…
warren foegele. 5-1. this one's a runaway.
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…
ryan nugent-hopkins' 600th point is a ripper. oilers take a 6-1 lead heading into the second intermission.
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…
connor mcdavid gets a penalty shot and makes the penguins pay. 7-1 oilers.
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…
a late goal from kris letang cuts the oilers' lead to five.
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