Friday, November 3, 2017

NHL 2017-18 Day 31

Just two games tonight, beginning with...

The Edmonton Oilers welcoming the New Jersey Devils. Cory Schneider and Cam Talbot are the masked men. Edmonton began in the first period with a Drake Caggiula power play goal, powered by Connor McDavid and Mark Letestu. The Oilers added on with a Ryan Strome goal, his second of the season, via Caggiula and Adam Larsson. New Jersey got on the board with a Taylor Hall goal, his fourth of the year, courtesy of Miles Wood. The Devils tied it on a Jesper Bratt goal in the second period, his fifth of the season, assisted by Nico Hischier and Damon Severson. Edmonton retook the lead with an Oscar Klefbom goal, helped along by Patrick Maroon and McDavid. The Oilers extended the lead as Milan Lucic scored his second of the year, thanks to Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Anton Slepyshev. Edmonton padded the lead in the third period with a Leon Draisaitl goal, his third of the season, coming off of McDavid, who got a sock trick, and Matt Benning. New Jersey pulled one back with a Brian Gibbons goal, his sixth of the year, assisted by Will Butcher and Drew Stafford. The Oilers iced it at 6-3 with a Nugent-Hopkins empty net goal, his sixth of the campaign, going in unassisted. The three stars were McDavid, Caggiula, and Nugent-Hopkins.

The other game sees the Anaheim Ducks bring in the Nashville Predators. Pekka Rinne and John Gibson protect the nets. Nashville led off in the first period with a Scott Hartnell goal, his fourth of the season, coming off of Roman Josi and Pontus Aberg. The Predators added on with a Josi goal, his fourth of the year, via Colton Sissons and Frederick Gaudreau. Nashville extended the lead in the second period as Matt Irwin scored, thanks to Yannick Weber and Gaudreau. Anaheim got on the board with an Antoine Vermette goal, his third of the season, assisted by Ondrej Kase and Nick Ritchie. The Predators shot back with a Viktor Arvidsson power play goal, his fourth of the year, powered by Mattias Ekholm and Kevin Fiala. The Ducks chipped back with a Hampus Lindholm power play goal, his second of the season, with a lone assist by Rickard Rakell. Anaheim got closer in the third period with a Jakob Silfverberg goal, his second of the year, passed from Derek Grant and Chris Wagner. Nashville iced it at 5-3 with a P.K. Subban empty net goal, his second of the campaign, set up by Rinne and Austin Watson. The three stars went to Josi, Gaudreau, and Arvidsson.

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