Three takeaways as Flames lose hot goalie Devin Cooley on hit, get blanked by Oilers
Cooley leaves the game after getting run over by Colton Dach late in the first period, and the Flames go on to drop a 4-0 decision to the Oilers.
EDMONTON – In a 4-0 victory over the Calgary Flames on Wednesday, the Edmonton Oilers ended a two-game losing streak. Tristan Jarry, the goaltender, recorded 24 saves and earned a shutout. Mathieu Joseph, Mattias Ekholm, Kasperi Kapanen, and Alex Formenton scored the goals for the Oilers, who now have a record of 9-2-2. Connor McDavid and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins contributed two assists each.
The Oilers concluded their five-game road trip with a 3-1-1 record. The Flames, now 5-7-0, saw their four-game winning streak come to an end. Connor McDavid extended his season-starting points streak to 13 games and his campaign-starting assists streak to 13 games, setting a new NHL record. The Oilers have a 7-0-1 record when scoring first and a 7-0 record when leading after 40 minutes.
Calgary, however, has a 1-6 record when allowing the first goal and a 0-5 record when behind after the second. The Flames will return home to play the Seattle Kraken on Friday, while the Oilers will start a three-game trip in New York against the Islanders on Saturday.
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