Connor McDavid scored the shootout winner and added a goal in regulation for Edmonton Oilers in their 3-2 win over the Nashville Predators on Thursday night.
Evan Bouchard also scored for the Oilers, who look to be digging out of a recent slump with its third straight win after going 2-11-2 in their previous 15 games. Edmonton goalie Mikko Koskinen made 28 saves and stopped all three Nashville shootout attempts.
“We’re starting to see some things in our game that we saw at the beginning of the year,” McDavid said. “I think guys are getting the confidence back and we’re getting the goaltending, Mikko has been a rock back there. When he plays like that it makes our job easier.
“Confidence is so big in this game. Either you have it or you don’t. It’s a big thing. It’s getting better and better. We’re getting momentum.”
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Nashville Predators’ goalie Juuse Saros (74) is scored on by Edmonton Oilers’ Connor McDavid (97) during the shootout of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022 in Edmonton, Alberta.
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Filip Forsberg scored his 200th career goal and Matt Duchene also had a goal for the Predators, who lost for the first time in four games. Juuse Saros stopped 44 shots.
“I thought we played pretty well. We didn’t give up too much,” Duchene said. “I would love to see the chances, I feel like we had a few more than they did, their goalie played outstanding, he made some big saves. … And when you get to the shootout, it’s a bit of a coin flip, it’s a big of a skills comp, and our shooters, including myself, weren’t able to find one. That’s the way it goes.”
The Oilers tied an unfortunate franchise record by allowing the game’s first goal for the 11th straight game when Forsberg scored high to the stick side past Koskinen five minutes into the opening period. It was also the 26th time in the last 30 games Edmonton has allowed the first goal of the…
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