{"id":5234,"date":"2018-12-06T00:23:12","date_gmt":"2018-12-06T00:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/?p=5234"},"modified":"2018-12-06T00:23:12","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T00:23:12","slug":"edmonton-oilers-win-in-shootout-against-the-st-louis-blues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/edmonton-oilers-win-in-shootout-against-the-st-louis-blues","title":{"rendered":"Edmonton Oilers Win in Shootout against the St Louis Blues"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Connor McDavid of the Edmonton Oilers scores the winning goal during a shootout on Wednesday night<\/p><\/div>The Edmonton Oilers welcomes the St Louis Blues on Wednesday night, and with St Louis out front, it was Oscar Klefbom who scored late in the third to tie the game, and an eventual shootout after overtime went scoreless.<\/p>\n

Edmonton has a solid track record in shootouts, and last night the work paid off as Connor McDavid went up against St Louis goaltender Jake Allen. McDavid wasn\u2019t one that looked natural in shootouts but it was the Richmond Hill native who scored to give Edmonton the win. This was the fifth time that McDavid has scored the winning goal during a shootout, and in his career shootouts, he is 7 for 13. Commenting, McDavid said,<\/p>\n

“You know we’re a pretty confident team once it gets past 60 minutes. We felt pretty good about the overtime period, but obviously, it was our first shootout, but we got the win.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It came down to the wire for the Edmonton Oilers<\/a> as with less than a minute left on the clock, Klefbom scored to tie the game 2-2. After a scoreless overtime period, the Blues and Oilers faced off in a shootout. The Blues first sent out Tyler Bozak who beat Cam Talbot, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins for Edmonton, but with the St Louis Blues<\/a> failing on the second attempt and McDavid scoring for Edmonton, it came down to Brayden Schenn, who failed to score giving the Oilers a 3-2 win, this fourth in their last five games.<\/p>\n

Oscar Klefbom was pleased with the results commenting that timing has been good and that it gives the team confidence winning a game like this. Cam Talbot had 28 saves for the night and two extra during the shootout. During post-game interviews, Talbot said.<\/p>\n

“Guys did a great job in front of me. After that first period, we adjusted some things and tightened up and that’s what we needed to do tonight. It was a big team win, and that’s a good confidence booster going home.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sportsnet<\/strong><\/p>\n