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 Right winger Teddy Purcell scored in overtime to give the Oilers a
4-3 win over the Ducks on Wednesday night in front of 16,505 at the
Honda Center.
Edmonton (6-10-0) lost six of its previous eight games, but the
Oilers rallied from deficits three times to beat Anaheim (5-7-4).
"We're proud of the fact that we can come back and win," Oilers left
winger Taylor Hall said. "In years past, we got down, and then
that's it. We're not a finished product by any means, but we're
starting to trust each other and believe in what we're doing."
Despite right winger Corey Perry's 300th career goal, the Ducks
sustained their second consecutive loss after winning four in
succession. Both defeats came in overtime after Anaheim built leads
in the first period.
"In regulation, we outplayed them pretty good, but they were
resilient," Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau said about the Oilers. "We
should know how to defend the lead. We still have too many
turnovers, especially in the second period."
Edmonton goalie Anders Nilsson began the scoring sequence by passing
the puck with his glove to defenseman Andrej Sekera, who found
Purcell at the right-wing boards at center ice and freed him for a
breakaway.
"Their goalie made a great play to move the puck," Perry said. "He
caught us tired on a line change, and they capitalized."
Purcell faked to his backhand and deposited the puck inside the left
post past goalie Frederik Andersen for his third goal of the season.
"I just kind of went on instinct," Purcell said. "I knew the forward
was chasing me from behind. I have a long reach, so I just tried to
get it over there. I saw Perry score like that in the third period,
so he's probably a good guy to learn some tips from."
Anaheim center Shawn Horcoff broke a 1-1 tie at 1:56 of the third
period by poking defenseman Cam Fowler's pass from behind the net
off the left post for his second goal of the season and 500th career
point. Oilers defenseman Oscar Klefbom responded with a slap shot
from the blue line to tie the score at 5:38.
Just over a minute later, Perry scored his second goal of the game
to put the Ducks ahead 3-2. Perry used a backhand to convert left
winger Rickard Rakell's pass from the left corner at 6:44 for his
300th career goal, tying Paul Kariya for second place on the Ducks'
all-time list.
"It's a huge accomplishment," Perry said, "especially in the best
league in the world."
Perry, who failed to score in the season's first 11 games, has four
goals in his past five games.
At 8:19, Edmonton tied the score for the third time. Center Leon
Draisaitl dug out the puck from the boards behind the net and passed
to center Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, who converted a wrist shot at the
left post for his sixth goal.
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"We're not going to run a team like Anaheim out of the building,"
Hall said, "but we can play faster than them and try to use that to
our advantage."
Perry gave the Ducks a 1-0 lead with a power-play goal at 10:09 of
the first period. Stationed at the left post, Perry received
Rakell's pass from the left boards and took a behind-the-back shot
that deflected off the right skate of Oilers defenseman Darnell
Nurse and to Nilsson's left.
Edmonton tied the score at 4:23 of the second period. With six
seconds left on a power play, Draisaitl received left winger Benoit
Pouliot's pass from the left-wing boards and one-timed a shot from
the right circle over Andersen's left leg pad.
The visitors had a chance to exploit a turnover and move ahead in
the middle of the second period. Draisaitl intercepted a pass at
Edmonton's blue line and freed Hall for a breakaway. However, Hall
shot the puck over the crossbar.
Andersen then made two quick saves with about 3 minutes, 30 seconds
left in the second period, first on right winger Jordan Eberle's
shot from the left wing, then on Hall's point-blank backhanded
attempt to convert the rebound.
Nilsson kept the score tied when Anaheim tried to score a
short-handed goal with about two minutes left in the middle period.
Nilsson stopped defenseman Josh Manson on a breakaway, with Manson
trying to tuck the puck under Nilsson's right leg pad.
Nilsson finished with 34 saves. Andersen stopped 23 shots.
NOTES: The Ducks had won four in a row and eight of their past 10
games against Edmonton. Before Wednesday night's victory, the Oilers
last won in Anaheim on April 1, 2012. ... Edmonton scratched D
Brandon Davidson, D Matt Hendricks and D Andrew Ference. Hendricks
has missed nine of the past 11 games because of an injured foot. ...
Oilers RW Teddy Purcell needs one more game to reach 500 for his
career. ... Anaheim scratched LW Max Friberg and D Korbinian Holzer.
... The Ducks wore camouflage jerseys during pregame warmups in
honor of Veterans Day.
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