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#6 Adam Larsson, 4. Took a pair of penalties against his own end boards, one for mauling Phillip Danault, one for a late hit on Jake Evans that was deemed interference. Had 0 legal hits. Beyond those two powerplay opps, he didn’t give up a whole lot.
#8 Kyle Turris, 4. Another game chasing the play. Through 4 games and 44 minutes of 5v5 play, the Oilers have mustered barely 30% of the shot attempts (27 for, 59 against) and under 35% of the shots on goal (16 for, 30 against) with Turris on the ice. Oh yeah, and 0% of the goals (0 for, 4 against). On Monday those counts were 5-9, 3-6, and 0-0 respectively, so at least no damage on the scoreboard this time. 1 shot, 0 hits, and 6/15=40% on the dot.
#10 Joakim Nygard, 4. One of the more industrious Oilers, won a few puck battles but generated 0 shot attempts. Drew a penalty, but took a late one of his own for an aggressive backcheck. Celebrated Shore’s goal from the penalty box.
#13 Jesse Puljujarvi, 4. A couple of brief flashes including an early jam attempt, but had very little impact on this game.
#14 Devin Shore, 5. A culprit on Shea Weber’s game winning powerplay goal when he bowled over Koskinen. Made up for it by scoring Edmonton’s lone goal on a fine individual effort, also while killing a penalty, stealing the puck from Jonathan Drouin, waltzing in alone, and firing a perfect shot off the post and in to ruin Allen’s shutout bid with 2 minutes to play.
#15 Josh Archibald, 4. An industrious effort which included 5 hits, but generated nothing offensively. Screened Koskinen on the opening goal, which may have caught a piece of him on the way by.
