Edmonton Oilers end pre-season with 5-3 win over Seattle Kraken
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Evander Kane scored the game-winner with 1:58 left to give the Edmonton Oilers a 5-3 pre-season win over the Seattle Kraken at Rogers Place on Friday night.
Evander Kane scored the game-winner with 1:58 left to give the Edmonton Oilers a 5-3 pre-season win over the Seattle Kraken at Rogers Place on Friday night.
“I thought it was a competitive, back-and-forth game,” Oilers head coach Jay Woodcroft said after the game. “Both teams had good moments.
“I think we found a way to win a couple games where we didn’t have our best,” Oilers captain Connor McDavid said.
The Kraken took the lead with seven minutes left in the first when Daniel Sprong flicked in a second chance at the side of the net. In the final minute of the first, Oilers defenceman Tyson Barrie ripped a power-play point shot past Seattle netminder Philipp Grubauer to make it 1-1.
“Everyone’s excited to get the regular season going, and we’re no different,” McDavid said. “There are 32 teams that think they have a shot at (the Stanley Cup), and we’re one of those teams.
“You’re trying to get through camp healthy first and foremost, and that’s a ‘check.'”
Seattle rookie forward Matty Beniers scored the only goal of the second period. Andre Burakovsky missed an open net for the Kraken, but the puck went off Beniers who chopped it past Oilers goaltender Jack Campbell.
“The guys were doing a great job tonight — the whole pre-season actually — of blocking shots and playing hard, and I think we’re all ready to get at it in the regular season,” Campbell said.