Both units got one, and Mikko played unbelievable. Everything is so tight, so to have elite special teams on both ends is really important. "Special teams are a huge part of the game, especially later in the season.
Zach Hyman on a perfect special teams night for the Oilers of 2-for-2 on the power play and an important late kill on Vancouver's only man advantage: Video: POST-RAW | Warren Foegele 10.30.21 It's crappy that we didn't help him there at the end, but it was a good road win. When you're playing fast, you're not really hanging out in your own zone too much. PARTING WORDSįoegele the Oilers earning the victory tonight in Vancouver: The netminder improves to 4-1-0 on the year, being called upon to do the heavy lifting in the Oilers crease with the absence of Mike Smith due to a lower-body injury. Koskinen came oh so close to securing his shutout - five seconds to be exact - but the big Finn still deserves all the plaudits. Draisaitl's one-timer in the final minute of the middle frame made it a perfect 2-for-2 for the Oilers on the night, improving their conversation rate to 47.8 percent (11-for-23) with the eventual game-winner. What can you say about the Oilers man-advantage at this point? Nugent-Hopkins said pre-game how their special teams complement a strong 5-on-5 game. Video: Draisaitl nets game-winning goal in a 2-1 victory TURNING POINT Brock Boeser threw the puck back towards the middle of the ice, and Koskinen came back into position quickly to keep stone his fellow Scandinavian to keep it 2-0 before his shutout was spoiled in the final seconds by Brock Boeser. With the Oilers down 6-on-4 late in the game and Nurse in the box for Edmonton's only infraction of the night, Koskinen made his biggest save when he slid over to deny Elias Petterson with 1:34 on the clock in regulation. On Edmonton's second crack at the man advantage in the final three minutes of the second frame, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins collected McDavid's redirected shot in front and quickly fed Draisaitl to one-time home his patented clapper from the right circle with 40 seconds to go in the second period.
The NHL's top power-play outfit wasn't going to go quiet.
The winger buried the chance for his second goal of the season, with Nurse and Evan Bouchard earning assists on the marker 8:21 into the opening frame.
Darnell Nurse let fly a wrist shot the hit Tucker Poolman on its way through before Canucks netminder Thatcher Demko was forced to kick out an awkward rebound right to the stick of Warren Foegele. The second power-play unit cashed in as the Oilers first man-advantage winded down into its final seconds.
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