Oilers vs Blue Jackets

2022 - 4 - 24

Oilers vs. Blue Jackets - Game Recap - April 24, 2022 - ESPN (ESPN)

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- — Rookie Nick Blankenburg scored his first NHL goal and added an assist to help the Columbus Blue Jackets beat Edmonton 5-2 on Sunday ...

He returned to the ice with 4:11 left in the second period. Darnell Nurse was out of the Oilers’ lineup after injuring his right leg during the second period Friday against Colorado. Jesse Puljujarvi was out with an illness. He trails only Toronto's Auston Matthews, who has 58 goals and is on track to become the first 60-goal scorer in the last 10 years. McDavid contributed his 75th assist, putting him second in the NHL behind Jonathan Huberdeau, and tying his career season-high. With 118 points, Connor McDavid is in a race with Jonathan Huberdeau of the Florida Panthers (114 points) for his fourth Art Ross trophy as the NHL’s top point producer. They put a lot into the game.”

Blue Jackets step by Edmonton Oilers for 5-2 win (Globalnews.ca)

The Columbus Blue Jackets scored four goals in the third period to upend the Edmonton Oilers 5-2 Sunday afternoon.

Cole Sillinger scored into an empty net in the final minute. The Oilers struck just past the three-minute mark of the game. The assist gave McDavid 117 points, a new career high.

Nick Blankenburg's first NHL goal helps Columbus Blue Jackets top ... (The Columbus Dispatch)

Six games into his NHL career, the rookie defenseman has steadily moved up the Blue Jackets' lineup, and in Sunday's game against the Edmonton Oilers he found ...

"And then to score a goal, especially at home against Edmonton to go up 3-2 with 10 minutes left and getting a chance to go out on power-play one, it's very special for me. But with just over three minutes left to play, Roslovic finished on a two-on-one rush, giving Columbus some much-needed breathing room. Blankenburg, who saw his first ice time on the power play Friday against Ottawa, moved up to run the first power-play unit, and he took advantage of the opportunity. Columbus started the third period with a visible uptick in pace, and it took just 1:36 for the increased energy to pay off. "It's a dream come true just to play in your first game and get your first point," Blankenburg said. Though the Jackets were able to kill off that penalty, and the next one, the league's fourth-best power play wouldn't stay quiet for long.

GDB 79.0: Make it Five Straight Wins… Again (11:00am MT, SNW) (Oilers Nation)

GDB 79.0: Make it Five Straight Wins… Again (11:00am MT, SNW). April 24, 2022, 9:00 AM | baggedmilk.

With Clinchmas upon us, I dove into what’s working, what I’m excited about, and how Jay Woodcroft has turned this team around in a way I didn’t think was possible. Roslovic has been up and down with his scoring this year, but there is no denying that he has been very hot as of late. The only thing that would have made it sweeter is if Jack was able to score on his shootout opportunity. Even with the injuries and general sadness of a losing streak — the Blue Jackets have been outscored 13-8 over that stretch — this won’t be a cakewalk for the Oilers and they’d best be ready to go from the opening faceoff since we all know how playing down to the competition goes. Adam Boqvist was also ruled out from sustaining a lower body injury in practice on Thursday. The good news is they can do exactly that with a win this morning against the Blue Jackets, so even though we know we’re going to the postseason, we’ve still got some items left on our to-do list to check off.

GAME NIGHT: Edmonton Oilers at Columbus Blue Jackets (Edmonton Sun)

Connor McDavid is in a race with Jonathan Huberdeau for his fourth Art Ross trophy as the NHL's top point producer. He has back-to-back three-point games. And ...

Kuemper has five shutouts, No. 4 in the NHL. 3. Kuemper has quietly been a saving machine in net. Roslovic’s high was 12 goals before this breakout in the last month. Article content Article content Article content

Oilers' failure to put Blue Jackets out of reach proves costly (Sportsnet.ca)

The too-many-men penalty, however innocuous, stood as the turning point in a game that should have been closed out over the previous two periods by the ...

“The bottom line is you have to be better,” said Barrie, who was less concerned with a clunky third period than the 40 minutes that preceded it. “There was a little bit of pushing match on the way off between our forward and their D-man,” explained head coach Jay Woodcroft, of the suspect change. “So we’ve got to put it to ourselves to bear down, and especially early. “We didn't capitalize, right?” said Zach Hyman, who like Brett Kulak, Kailer Yamamoto, Barrie and a few others, failed to bury Grade A chances in the opening 40 minutes that would have rendered the final 20 moot. I’ll have to go back and watch the tape as to what we were up to there. Then, at the eight-minute mark, Keith stood cooly, patiently behind his net, as Edmonton sought to exert their will over a Blue Jackets team whose playoff aspirations have been dead for weeks upon weeks.

Oilers fail to clinch home-ice advantage in playoffs, losing to Blue ... (Edmonton Sun)

McDavid had assists on goals by Evander Kane and Draisaitl to give him 118 points, two more than his career best in 2018-2019.

This ‘n that: Oiler winger Jesse Puljujarvi missed his second straight game with non-Covid illness … Zack Kassian got a 10-minute misconduct as he skated off the ice after the second period after his roughing penalty on Eric Robinson, who scored the Blue Jackets’ first goal. A mental error at an important point in the game,” said Woodcroft The person jumping on for that player didn’t realize he hadn’t come off. Five men charged over the boards, four forwards (one too many) and one defenceman as Keith held the puck behind Koskinen’s net. “On a personal level, we can be sharper to convert those. “The bottom line is, you have to be better.

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