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scored the Oilers' lone goal of the evening, with a goal-mouth scramble at 19:59 of the second to bring the Oilers within two. As the final frame got underway, Ryan Kesler took over. Two third-period goals scored by the Canucks veteran ultimately sealed the Oilers' fate and helped to put a stamp on an offensively charged evening. With the hat-trick tonight, Kesler has now scored 23 goals on the s football live eason; only one behind Daniel Sedin, who has recorded a team-leading 24.The Oilers have now lost all four meetings with the Canucks this season. With the downfall tonight, Edmonton's record drops to 13-20-7 on the campaign.All you need to know and more as we go Under the Scope: Post-Game Interviews | Highlights Post-Game Audio found the tape of Dustin Penner 31 led his club with a 6-10, 38% eff football live iciency rate in the dot. 50 Sucess at Rogers Arena has been difficult to come by in recent seasons for the Oilers. In the team's past eight visits to Vancouver, Edmonton has lost seven -- including five straight, dating back to the team's last win in Vancouver on December 26, 2008 10 A +td> Shots 3 3 +2 Daniel Sedin G P 3 +2 Henrik Sedin G P CANUCKS football live SV TOI 24 1 59:47 Nikolai Khabibulin SV TOI 34 6 60:00 Alexander Edler - D 26:27 OILERS - D 29:00 Moments after Cory Schneider's brilliant glove stop on Penner, the Sedins turned back the other way to orchestrate their own display of talent. With Tom Gilbert was left alone to defend the quick-strike arsenal of the Canucks' top offensive stars. Henrik slid football live a perfectly-placed pass onto the stick of his brother, Daniel, to set up what resulted in a helpless play for Oilers goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin As the game progressed, the battles in the trenches were becoming a lost cause for the trailing Oilers. Ryan Kesler, in particular, had an excellent evening in and around Edmonton's crease. A hat-trick performance, with two of his three markers coming o football live ff deflections, set the stage for a lopsided Canucks victory. Kesler finished the night with the aforementioned hat-trick, a dominating 14-3, 82% faceoff efficiency rate, and a plus-two rating. Overall, a fantastic night for the Vancouver veteran. Although the Oilers quite clearly had a difficult night on the scoreboard, Ladislav Smid and Jim Vandermeer was only credited with 7:33 of ice-time t football live onight, his presence was felt midway through the third period. As Vancouver's Andrew Alberts circled in his own end to retrieve the puck, MacIntyre laid his sights on the opportunity. Alberts was met in the corner by the shoulder of MacIntyre, which sent the bluelinder violently into the boards. Alberts, naturally frustrated with the play, dropped the gloves with MacIntyre but was content to wrest football live le to a draw. Coming into tonight's game, Edmonton's penalty kill had been much improved over the last little while. The Oilers hadn't given up a powerplay goal in the past six games, and were operating at an 88.5% clip in the past 15. On this night, however, the Canucks put their own stamp on that improved statistic, as the home side scored twice with the man advantage on four opportunities. - football live We just played the best team in the NHL tonight and we lost by five. There's a reason for that. You don't hand the puck over to a team like this and allow them to create any kind of momentum.- -They were able to capitalize on our Achilles' heel, and that's turnovers.- - Head Coach Tom Renney on the loss to Vancouver 6:30pm MT (SN-EDM strong> The Oilers will now get a few days off to re football live charge before heading to Dallas in game two of this current five-game road trip. A battle with the red-hot Stars awaits. Author: Ryan Dittrick | edmontonoilers.com football live
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