Perlini scores twice as Oilers blank Kraken 6-0 in pre-season action
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Brendan Perlini is making a strong case for a return to the NHL.
Brendan Perlini is making a strong case for a return to the NHL.
Perlini scored twice and Connor McDavid had a goal and two assists as the Edmonton Oilers cruised to a 6-0 pre-season win over the expansion Seattle Kraken on Tuesday.
After making stops in Detroit, Chicago and Arizona - where he had 17 goals in the 2017-18 season for the Coyotes - Perlini opted to fine-tune his game in Switzerland last season before jumping back across the pond and signing a one-year, two-way deal with the Oilers before training camp.
“I'm grateful for this opportunity to come here and try and help the team and show what I am all about,” said the 25-year-old forward, who has three goals in two pre-seasons contests.
Perlini knows, though, that he'll have to have a well-rounded game if he wants to catch on with Edmonton.
“(Oilers head coach Dave Tippett) really wants guys playing that 200-foot game and over the last year-and-a-half since I have been out of the NHL, that is something I have really worked hard on,” he said. “Stealing pucks and things like that. I think I have added a whole new dimension to my game. I just look to keep putting in good efforts going forward.”
Tippett, who coached Perlini in Arizona, said he's off to a good start with the Oilers.
