Sam Gagner scored twice in his return to the Edmonton Oilers but the team fell short in a 4-3 loss to the Dallas Stars Thursday night at Rogers Place. The Stars took the lead eight minutes into the game when Matt Duchene beat Stuart Skinner on a two-on-one. The Oilers had several good chances in...
Sam Gagner scored twice in his return to the Edmonton Oilers but the team fell short in a 4-3 loss to the Dallas Stars Thursday night at Rogers Place.
The Stars took the lead eight minutes into the game when Matt Duchene beat Stuart Skinner on a two-on-one. The Oilers had several good chances in the period and broke through when Evander Kane fired a shot behind Scott Wedgewood with three minutes to go. Early in the second, Joe Pavelski converted on a three-on-one to make it 2-1 Dallas. Evan Bouchard hit the post thrice in the period, including twice 18 seconds apart on an Oilers power play. The Stars would make their own power play count with Roope Hintz scoring from in tight.
Hintz would score again off the rush early in the third. The Oilers got one back halfway through the third when Gagner stuffed a rebound behind Wedgewood. He struck again 3:01 later, tapping in a pass from Kane.The Oilers had 25 shots on goal in the third, one short of the team record for shots in a period.It was Gagner’s first game of the season and the start of his third tenure with the Oilers.
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