THE BRIGHT SIDE
- @Sam Gagner opened the scoring for the Oilers after he picked up a rebound right in the slot and hammered it into the open net with a well timed backhander. Tippett was taking a bunch of heat on social media today for having Gagner slotted into the top six but Sammy made him look like a genius with his early goal.
- Only 1:16 after Gagner got the Oilers on the board, @Connor McDavid followed it up with a highlight reel marker that saw him blow past the Sharks defenceman and roof the puck over Dell and into the top corner. The captain had his rocket legs going on the play and it was another goal that we’re likely to see on replays for a while.
- Midway through the third period, @Ethan Bear scored a beauty after he walked the puck down the boards and made a nice move towards the middle of the ice where he was able to roof a perfectly placed wrist shot over Dell’s glove and into the top of the net. It was Bear’s first goal in 28 games and had it not been for the final score, it was the kind of goal where we’d all be pumping his tires for the next couple of days.
- Big shout out to @Tyler Benson for making his NHL debut tonight in front of a hometown crowd that was very excited to see what he can do. While he didn’t have an overly flashy game, he did have a few moments where you really recognize how smart of a player he can be.
- Another assist for Yamamoto as he continues to produce offence since being recalled from Bakersfield.
- At least we can be happy about winning 59% of the faceoffs, right? RIGHT!?
THE FACE PALMERS
- @Timo Meier pulled the Sharks to within a single goal (2-1) after he got his stick on the Brent Burns point shot and deflected it perfectly past Mikko Koskinen. Not much chance for the goaltender on the play as the Sharks executed the shot/pass/deflection perfectly. Meier added the Sharks’ fifth goal early in the third period which all but nailed the coffin shut.
- @Evander Kane tied the game up at two apiece after parking himself in front of the net and having Brent Burns bank the puck in off him with a double-deflected point shot. The Sharks got a little bit of luck on the play as the puck changed directions a couple of times before going in, but you have to admit that they earned the opportunity with some strong choices with the puck.
- Would you be surprised if I told you that @Maxim Letunov scored his first NHL goal tonight on a broken play that should have been easily cleared? You wouldn’t be, would you? No, I didn’t think so.
- @Stefan Noesen put the Sharks up by two goals (4-2) after he was able to find a loose puck at the side of the net and bank it in off Koskinen from a bad angle. By this point, the Oilers had completely let the wheels fall off and it was incredibly disappointing to watch them go from being up by two goals to down by two as a result of four straight goals.
- @Kevin Labanc netted the Sharks’ sixth goal of the night and by that point, I was so angry about the way things were going that I was barely able to watch anymore.
- After having a very strong start to the hockey game, the Oilers took their foot off the gas and allowed the Sharks to crawl out of the hole they had dug for themselves. To put it lightly, the final 50 minutes was incredibly frustrating to watch as the boys looked like a completely different team in the first 10 minutes as they did in the last.
- After a strong showing against both the Blues and Coyotes, @Mikko Koskinen was back between the pipes for his 28th start of the season. Despite not getting any run support in Arizona, Koskinen was easily the best Oiler on Tuesday night and I was looking forward to seeing if he could build upon the work he put in. Unfortunately, Koskinen wasn’t able to make the saves needed from preventing the wheels from falling off on this game and the team in front of him wasn’t much help either. I wouldn’t necessarily hang all six goals on Koskinen but you’d have to think that he’d want at least half of them back. Koskinen finished the night with 25 saves and a .806 save%.
- After being on fire for weeks, the second line had a tough night as they couldn’t seem to keep the puck out of their own net.
- The Oilers lost both ends of the special teams battle tonight as they went 0/1 on the powerplay and allowed one goal on three shorthanded chances against.
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST PERIOD
TIME | TEAM | DETAILS | SCORE |
---|---|---|---|
04:04 | Edmonton | Sam Gagner (4) ASST: Darnell Nurse (19), Kailer Yamamoto (6) | 0-1 |
05:20 | Edmonton | Connor McDavid (30) ASST: Darnell Nurse (20) | 0-2 |
11:01 | San Jose | Timo Meier (17) ASST: Brent Burns (24), Brenden Dillon (13) | 1-2 |
18:19 | San Jose | PPG – Evander Kane (21) ASST: Brent Burns (25), Joe Thornton (21) | 2-2 |
2ND PERIOD
TIME | TEAM | DETAILS | SCORE |
---|---|---|---|
07:07 | San Jose | Maxim Letunov (1) ASST: Erik Karlsson (33), Marcus Sorensen (6) | 3-2 |
12:31 | San Jose | Stefan Noesen (5) ASST: Alexander True (1), Melker Karlsson (5) | 4-2 |
3RD PERIOD
TIME | TEAM | DETAILS | SCORE |
---|---|---|---|
05:05 | San Jose | Timo Meier (18) ASST: Kevin Labanc (16), Marc-Edouard Vlasic (6) | 5-2 |
06:33 | Edmonton | Ethan Bear (5) ASST: Jujhar Khaira (3), Riley Sheahan (7) | 5-3 |
12:19 | San Jose | Kevin Labanc (13) ASST: Timo Meier (18), Joe Thornton (22) | 6-3 |
#GOODCONTENT
Connor just celebrated in front of me again. It brings me many joys. #blessed
— Rusty Shackleford (@AdmiralRusty) February 7, 2020
Just need a handful of taytays patented toe drag turnovers to complete the homage.
— Kerry McGowan (@306Kerosene) February 7, 2020
*Satan signs with the Sharks*
Drew Remenda: "Lucifer is a hard man in the corners and he's great at tipping pucks. And you know who he credits, Gene? Joe Pavelski."
— Dennis King (@DKingBH) February 7, 2020
A Sharks fan was being escorted out of building…walking up stairs, some Oilers fan chirps him so Sharks fan tosses his beer in his face. Police were right behind Sharks fan on the stairs, so probably not the brightest move at that point. Should have just drank the beer.
— Jason Gregor (@JasonGregor) February 7, 2020
On the bright side, the inevitable heat death of the universe caused by the expansion of the sun before its collapse will make all of this meaningless in the end.
— Arch (@Archaeologuy) February 7, 2020