Edmonton Oilers winning streak ends with shootout loss to Colorado – Edmonton

Darcy Kuemper made 49 saves in regulation and extra time and three extra within the shootout because the Colorado Avalanche edged the Edmonton Oilers 2-1 Saturday night time at Rogers Place.

The Oilers had their six-game profitable streak come to an finish.

“I believed it was a really thrilling recreation for our followers,” Oilers head coach Jay Woodcroft stated after the sport. “As a coach, standing behind our gamers, you noticed everybody lay it on the road and compete at a really excessive stage. We acquired an essential level out of that recreation.”

There have been no objectives however a number of shut calls in an action-packed first interval. The Avalanche hit the submit thrice and compelled Mikko Koskinen to make a few large saves. On the different finish, Darcy Kuemper slid throughout to conjure an astounding save on a large open Jesse Puljujarvi.

“The workforce performed very well in entrance of me,” Koskinen stated post-game. “It was like a playoff recreation. There wasn’t too many high quality probabilities. I actually like how we performed.”

The Oilers cranked it up within the second, outshooting the Avs 16-5. Kuemper held his floor, whereas Koskinen was there when known as upon. He made a left pad save on a breakaway attempt by Valeri Nichushkin.

“When it’s my flip to play, I’m going to play in addition to attainable,” Koskinen stated. “Mike (Smith) has been enjoying very well currently and I believe it’s solely a optimistic factor that two goalies are enjoying properly.”

Warren Foegele lastly broke the ice 5:24 into the third. He ticked Darnell Nurse’s level shot to notch his eleventh of the season. Midway although the third, Kuemper robbed Puljujarvi once more, throwing out his left arm for an eye-popping denial. With 5:07 left, Nathan MacKinnon scooped up a rebound and flipped in a backhand to make it 1-1.

The Avs went on the facility play with 2:24 left when Evan Bouchard was flagged for interfering with Nico Sturm. Koskinen made large saves on Artturi Lehkonen and Mikko Rantanen to ship the sport to an additional session.

“It’s unlucky that we couldn’t simply preserve enjoying hockey–it felt like a playoff recreation and in a playoff recreation there aren’t any shootouts,” Woodcroft stated. “There was loads of good in that recreation and we’re going to need to construct on it taking place the stretch right here.”

In extra time, MacKinnon was despatched off for slashing Connor McDavid’s stick. This time it was Kuemper’s flip to avoid wasting the day, with pad saves on Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and McDavid. The Oilers outshot the Avs 11-0 in extra time.

MacKinnon scored the one aim of the shootout.

“I believed we performed a superb recreation,” McDavid stated. “I believed we should always’ve discovered a approach to get two factors and we solely discovered a approach to get one. It’s disappointing that manner, however there’s loads of issues to love in that one.”

McDavid had his 15-game level streak come to an finish. The Oilers have been denied a tenth straight residence ice win. That might have set a franchise report.

The Oilers, 42-25-6, will go to the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday.

With information from Brenden Escott, 630 CHED