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With a three-game winning streak on the line against one of the league's most talented teams, the Oilers came into Tuesday night's game looking to make an impression and continue to play spoiler against the struggling Flyers. Philadelphia had another plan, breaking out eary and out-shooting the visitors by a 17-1 count. Along with that wide discrepancy, the home side carried a seemingly commandin football bowl games g 2-0 advantage into the first intermission.The Oilers would respond throughout the final two periods, peppering Flyers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky with 24 shots in the final 40 minutes, but the damage had already been done. The Flyers would add another tally, giving Jeff Carter a two-goal evening and a 3-0 Philadelphia lead in the second period.J-F Jacques scored his fourth of the season to recor football bowl games d the lone Oilers goal, while Devan Dubnyk Game Recap | Oilers This Week || At 12:57 of the opening period, Ladislav Smid 38 produced the best outing, with a 5-5, 50% evening in the dot. 25 Edmonton showed great committment to the defensive side tonight. In total, the Oilers blocked 18 shots; a tremendous display of athleticism and willingness to compete. 1 A +td> Shots 2 2 football bowl games 5 A +td> Shots 1 2 G P FLYERS SV TOI 25 1 60:00 Devan Dubnyk SV TOI 26 3 59:22 Chris Pronger - D 23:27 OILERS - D 27:32 out of position, Kimmo Timonen fed a wide-open Jeff Carter at the top of the crease. The Philly sniper tapped the puck home into the gaping cage, upping the Flyers' advantage to 3-0 with a beautifully orchestrated football bowl games play. had an excellent evening for the Oilers. While the two-way blueliner was unable to record anything offensively, his underlying numbers were superb in the 4-1 loss. Gilbert played a total of 27:32, including a team-leading 5:01 shorthanded, all the while dominating the defensive stat charts. Gilbert accumulated three hits, three blocked shots, two takeaways, and one of the team's rare even ra football bowl games tings on the night. Overall, a tremendous evening for number 77. Although Daniel Carcillo is typically the one engaging the physical game, his opening period attempt to hammer Tom Gilbert Philadelphia outshot Edmonton 17-1 in the game's opening period. While the visitors came dangerously close to going the entire period with a shot on goal, the lone attempt was recorded at the 18:45 mark of football bowl games the period. The Oilers have failed to record a single shot on goal four times in franchise history: Minnesota (1991), Florida (2001), Detroit (2004 and 2006). -You've got to find a way to be mentally ready and prepared for every [game]. You can't go into a game waiting for them to do what they do. We have to play our way and not worry about anything else. If we can learn to do that going forwar football bowl games d, it's going to pay huge dividends for us.- - Sam Gagner Wednesday, March 9 at Washington Author: Ryan Dittrick | edmontonoilers.com football bowl games
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