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Golden Knights vs. Oilers
Oilers triumph 3-2
RJ’s 3 stars
3. Knights near helping Jonathan Marchessault — He got the superior assistance connected his team’s 2nd goal, adjacent though helium made it happen. He besides had 5 shots successful his archetypal crippled backmost since entering the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol Nov. 16.
2. Oilers goaltender Mikko Koskinen — The netminder was outstanding successful his 2nd triumph successful 2 starts astatine T-Mobile Arena this season. He stopped 36 of the 38 shots helium faced.
1. Oilers close helping Jesse Puljujarvi and near helping Zach Hyman — The 2 forwards were some pests and scored connected a breakaway. They each finished with six shots connected goal, tied for the astir connected the team.
Key play
Hyman’s extremity with 16 seconds near successful the archetypal period.
Knights skipper Mark Stone had the puck on the near partition successful the violative portion with clip winding down successful the first. He tried to marque a walk with defenseman Cody Ceci pressuring him, but the puck rolled disconnected his stick. Right helping Zack Kassian picked it up and sent Hyman connected a breakaway.
Hyman, adjacent with Stone breathing down connected him connected the backcheck, utilized a backhand determination to bushed goaltender Robin Lehner and enactment the Oilers up 2-0 earlier the archetypal intermission. All 3 Edmonton goals came successful transition.
Key stat
0 — The fig of points Edmonton centers Leon Draisailt and Connor McDavid scored Saturday.
It was the 4th clip this play Draisaitl, the NHL’s scoring person with 40 points, failed to find the scoresheet. It was the 2nd clip for McDavid, who is tied for 2nd successful points (36) with Washington’s Alex Ovechkin.
Draisailt won the Hart Trophy for NHL MVP successful 2020, and McDavid won it successful 2017 and 2021.
Russell sets record
Oilers defenseman Kris Russell made past astatine T-Mobile Arena connected Saturday.
Russell blocked six shots to go the NHL’s all-time person with 2,003. He bushed retired erstwhile Chicago defenseman Brent Seabrook (1,998) for the honor.
Russell, 34, has played successful 889 NHL games for 5 teams.
Leschyshyn sent down
The Knights assigned halfway Jake Leschyshyn to the American Hockey League’s Silver Knights connected Saturday.
Leschyshyn had 1 extremity and 3 assists successful his archetypal 18 NHL games. The 22-year-old was sent down 1 time aft chap rookies Jonas Rondbjerg, Paul Cotter and Ben Jones were besides moved to the Silver Knights.
Marchessault and halfway Brett Howden exited the NHL’s COVID-19 protocols earlier Saturday’s game, giving the Golden Knights 12 steadfast forwards without the rookies.
Knights quotable
“I deliberation we did a batch of truly bully things tonight, but erstwhile you springiness those odd-man rushes, sooner oregon aboriginal they’re gonna wound you.” — Knights close helping Reilly Smith
Knights’ adjacent 10
At Anaheim, 7 p.m. Dec. 1
At Arizona, 6:30 p.m. Dec. 3
Vs. Calgary, 7 p.m. Dec. 5
Vs. Dallas, 7 p.m. Dec. 8
Vs. Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Dec. 10
Vs. Minnesota, 6 p.m. Dec. 12
At Boston, 4 p.m. Dec. 14
At New Jersey, 4 p.m. Dec. 16
At N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m. Dec. 17
At N.Y. Islanders, 11 a.m. Dec. 19
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