Mikko Koskinen made 29 saves because the Edmonton Oilers downed the Vancouver Canucks 2-1 Saturday night time.
The Oilers had the higher of the play within the first interval. The second play unit cashed in when Warren Foegele jammed a rebound previous Thatcher Demko for his second of the season.
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The Canucks responded within the second however missed a number of good scoring possibilities. The Oilers went to the ability play late within the body. Leon Draisaitl banged in a cross from Ryan Nugent-Hopkins to make it 2-0.
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Connor McDavid received in behind the defence for 2 nice possibilities within the third however was denied by Demko each occasions.
The Canucks pulled Demko for an additional skater with 4 minutes left, then went on a six-on-four when Darnell Nurse went off for cross-checking. Koskinen got here up with a sliding save on Oliver Ekman-Larssson, then made an excellent blocker cease on Brock Boeser.
Boeser did get one previous Koskinen however with simply 5.3 seconds on the clock.
The Oilers went 2/2 on the ability play and are 11/23 (47.8%) for the season.
Nugent-Hopkins has but to attain however has ten assists.
The Oilers, 6-1, will host Seattle on Monday.
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