The Oilers needed a better effort after that dud against New Jersey. The Coyotes are better than the Devils, but look at their roster. I know they’ve been on a bit of a roll but that is a very mediocre forward group and the Oilers should be competitive based on Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl alone.
The Oilers really needed a win in regulation. Giving a point to Arizona doesn’t do much. They’re still seven points with a game in hand but that’s a difficult gap to close with just 11 games left.
Still, a win is a win! Regulation or not, the Oilers gain two points and that was a solid game all things considered.

THE BRIGHT SIDE

  • Those Kachina jerseys are elite and I won’t hear otherwise. The Coyotes need to switch to them full time.
  • Best way to kill a penalty is to score a goal. Draisaitl takes a poor penalty and McDavid bails him out.
  • Posts! The post saved the Oilers a few hands. All hail post!
  • I thought an Alex Galchenyuk hat trick was inevitable. Especially with that late power play. I was pleasantly surprised it didn’t happen.
  • McDavid in overtime is such a cheat code.
  • I liked Andrej Sekera again. He makes a lot of small good plays that the Oilers badly need.
  • Draisaitl hits 90 points for the first time in his career.

THE FACE PALMERS

  • The Coyotes outshot the Oilers 12-4 in the first period.
  • Matt Benning scores! Then the Oilers immediately give up a goal. Not great.
  • Milan Lucic takes a penalty with seven minutes left in the third. It was a bit of a soft call but that can’t happen.
  • Absolutely no one was trying to score in the last couples minutes of regulation. That was hard to watch.
  • Oilers Nation Twitter is still in jail. Keep us in your thoughts.

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST PERIOD

TIMETEAMDETAILSSCORE
03:38
EDMONTON
SHG – CONNOR MCDAVID (35) ASST: ALEX CHIASSON (13)
1-0
18:24
ARIZONA
PPG – ALEX GALCHENYUK (16) ASST: OLIVER EKMAN-LARSSON (28), JAKOB CHYCHRUN  (15)
1-1

2ND PERIOD

TIMETEAMDETAILSSCORE
04:52
EDMONTON
MATT BENNING (5) ASST: CONNOR MCDAVID (67), LEON DRAISAITL (48)
2-1
05:04
ARIZONA
ALEX GALCHENYUK (17) ASST: NICK COUSINS (14), CONOR GARLAND (4)
2-2

3RD PERIOD

TIMETEAMDETAILSSCORE
NO SCORING

OVERTIME

TIMETEAMDETAILSSCORE
00:58
EDMONTON
CONNOR MCDAVID (36) ASST: OSCAR KLEFBOM (16)
3-2

 

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