Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had a purpose and an help, Stuart Skinner stoped 27 photographs and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-1 on Saturday evening.
Kasperi Kapanen, Vasily Podkolzin and Brett Kulak additionally scored as Edmonton gained for the fourth time in 5 video games.
Nikolai Kovalenko scored for Colorado, and Alexandar Georgiev had 28 saves.
Kovalenko had a power-play purpose at 7:02 of the primary interval because the Avalanche went 1 for five with the person benefit.
Kapanen, enjoying his fourth sport with the Oilers since being claimed off waivers on Nov. 19, tied it lower than 5 minutes later. Connor McDavid introduced the puck across the web, attracted the eye of a lot of the Colorado protection and hit an open Kapanen with a backhanded, cross-crease move for his nineteenth help of the season.
Podkolzin put the Oilers forward for good with 6:12 left within the second interval. Troy Stecher had an help on the play, extending his streak to 3 video games.
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Kulak made it 3-1 at 3:56 of the third and Nugent-Hopkins added an empty-netter with 1:32 to go.
Takeaways
Avalanche: Samuel Girard, enjoying in his five hundredth profession sport, had an help on Kovalenko’s purpose, tying Erik Johnson for sixth in franchise historical past with 178 assists
Oilers: Edmonton improved to 3-11-1 of their final 15 conferences with the Avalanche, together with the playoffs. It additionally ended a six-game shedding streak (0-5-1) within the common season in Colorado.
Key second
Podkolzin’s purpose proved to be the profitable purpose and strengthened the Oilers’ grip on a sport they largely managed after the opening 10 minutes of the primary interval.
Key stat
McDavid’s help gave him 34 factors (14 objectives, 20 assists) in 22 profession video games in opposition to the Avalanche.
Up Subsequent
Avalanche go to Buffalo on Tuesday, and Oilers go to Vegas.
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