EDMONTON – You can’t win them all.
The season may be closing soon, but that doesn’t mean the losses stop.
The Edmonton Oilers suffered an embarrassing 6-1 loss to the Seattle Kraken on Thursday night. This came after Derek Ryan was demoted and goalie protégé Olivier Rodrigue was called up.
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Here are the most interesting stats from the loss.
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18:10 Time On Ice
With Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl still on the shelf, every forward has picked up the slack. The latest forward to earn more ice time was Adam Henrique.
In Thursday night’s loss, he played 18:10, the most of any Oilers’ forward. The next highest was Ryan Nugent-Hopkins with 17:56, followed by Zach Hyman (17:33) and Jeff Skinner (16:40).
5 Shots
You need to shoot the puck to score, and two Oilers led the way in this manner. Skinner, as mentioned earlier, and Jake Walman both had five shots. The team finished the game with 37 shots.
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26 Hits
The Oilers out-hit the Kraken 26-15. Of those hits, six of them came from Vasily Podkolzin throwing his weight around.
The Oilers' supposed lack of intensity has been documented this season. There have been teams that are doing very well and are on both ends of the hitting spectrum.
0.7 Goals Saved Above Expected
Rodrigue was given the nod for the third period on Thursday. The young netminder faced eight shots and made seven saves.
According to MoneyPuck, Rodrigue saved 0.7 goals above expected. That’s a fancy way of saying that the 24-year-old made more saves than he should have given the quality and volume of chances. Not bad for his first taste of the big leagues.
11-3 Shot Attempts
The Oilers iced a bizarre roster. They played 11-7, but the Oilers’ seventh defender, Troy Stecher, took line rushes during warmups at forward.
Darnell Nurse and Walman served as one of the pairings for the game. This was a great choice as they out-chanced their opponents 11-3 while on the ice together.
The Oilers will be back in action on Saturday night to play against the Calgary Flames.
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