EDMONTON — Casey DeSmith made a strong first impression in his Vancouver Canucks debut on Saturday.
DeSmith made 37 saves and Nils Hoglander had a goal and an assist as the Canucks continued their early season dominance over the Edmonton Oilers, emerging with a 4-3 victory.
“I thought Casey DeSmith was outstanding, he battled his ass off. Petey I think he played with every person on a line and he did a great job. The whole team did a nice job.” Edmonton came out looking for retribution for Wednesday’s loss and found it just 42 seconds into the opening period after a flurry of shots on Canucks goaltender DeSmith paid off with Draisaitl poking it in from under his pads in the crease for his second goal of the young season.
Edmonton knotted the game two minutes into the second period on the power play as the puck came loose to McDavid during a mad scramble in front and he scored his first of the season. Vancouver once again surged in front three minutes into the third period as Lafferty cut in hard on net and managed to chip the puck past Skinner.
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