Stuart Skinner Shines in Edmonton Oilers’ Penalty Win Over Jets – Edmonton | The Canadian News

Goalie Stuart Skinner made 46 saves in regulation and overtime and stopped two more shots on penalties to lead the Edmonton Oilers to a 2-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets Thursday night at Rogers Place.

There were no goals in the first period, but there was a lot of action.

Jets goalkeeper Connor Hellebuyck stopped several dangerous Oilers scoring opportunities.

At the end of the first, Winnipeg forward Andrew Copp had two chances in a two-on-one, but Skinner denied him.

In the second, Jets winger Kyle Connor partially escaped the penalty area, but Skinner made the save with a shot from the right wing.

Midway through the third, the Oilers’ Leon Draisaitl, Tyson Barrie and Jesse Puljujarvi had excellent opportunities less than 30 seconds apart. Hellebuyck stopped them all.

With 6:03 to go, Winnipeg forward Nik Ehlers took a shot past Skinner’s glove to make it 1-0.

Oilers captain Connor McDavid tied it 28 seconds later, dodging the Jets’ defenders and launching a shot that passed Hellebuyck on the blocker side.

McDavid went to the area for four minutes with 43.6 seconds left when he was called up by Jets center Mark Scheifele.

The Oilers were able to kill the penalty with Skinner making eight saves in overtime.

In the shooting, Skinner denied Connor and Scheifele. McDavid and Kyle Turris scored for the Oilers after Draisaitl was stopped.

Watch below: Some Global News videos on Stuart Skinner.

Oilers defender Slater Koekkoek suffered a collision in the first period. He returned to action, but then left the game for good in the second period with a lower body injury.

The Oilers (12-4) host Chicago on Saturday.