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Domink Kahun, 7. Huge effort on Edmonton’s first goal, solid effort and play all game. I liked his effort the best of any player on his line, which is saying a lot when you’re on the same line as Yamamoto.
Kyle Turris, 3. He was pretty much M.I.A. in his 10:05 of play.
Zack Kassian, 6. He clearly got the message from Oilers head coach Dave Tippett, picking a fight with Erik Gudbranson early in the game. The fight took him out of the game with an injury, a not uncommon event in modern hockey fights.
James Neal, 4. He got off a dangerous jam shot on the power play in the second but otherwise had little impact on the game.
Jujhar Khaira, 7. I liked his game a lot. He moved his feet, checked hard, won battles and played like he’s finally made up his mind to go down blazing if he’s going to go down. He also must have heard Tippett grumbling about Kassian’s lack of physical play because he came out and accepted/instigated a fight with Austin Watson. He followed up with a nasty check on Gudbranson. He had three hits on the night.
Tyler Ennis, 8. His best game of the year, the kind that earned him a new contract last season and will keep him in the lineup this year. His beauty toe drag-and-snipe broke the back of the Sens in the third. He was flying from the start of the game and zinged a tight angle shot off the post early in the second. On a hustle play he won the puck behind the Ottawa net and set up Tyson Barrie for a solid blast in the second. He made four major contributions to Grade A chances for, not a single mistake on a Grade A chance against.
