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The Oilers' Stuart Skinner made 46 saves for his second career
NHL victory and first this season. Kyle Turris produced the
clincher in the shootout as the Oilers avenged a 5-2 loss
Tuesday in Winnipeg.
For the Jets, Nikolaj Ehlers scored and Connor Hellebuyck made
31 saves.
The game, the first between the teams at Rogers Place since the
Jets swept Edmonton in a first-round playoff series in the
spring, was scoreless for more than 2 1/2 periods until Ehlers
tallied at 13:57 of the third.
The Jets' Kyle Connor skated down the left wing, and when he got
to the top of the faceoff circle, dropped a pass for Mark
Scheifele. The center continued just past the faceoff dot before
he dropped a pass back for Ehlers, whose one-timer from the top
of the circle beat a screened Skinner into the upper right
corner of the net.
McDavid tied the score on an amazing end-to-end rush just 28
seconds later. McDavid picked up the puck just inside his own
blue line and skated up the center of the ice before
encountering three Winnipeg players at the blue line. McDavid
split two of the defenders and outskated the other to the net
before putting a forehand shot into the upper left corner.
Defensemen Cody Ceci and Duncan Keith were credited with
assists.
Skinner, a 23-year-old Edmonton native, had relieved Mikko
Koskinen late in the second period of Tuesday's loss and stopped
all eight shots he faced.
He made 17 saves in the first period Thursday, 12 in the second,
nine in the third and eight more in overtime, helping kill off a
penalty after McDavid was assessed a double minor for
high-sticking Scheifele with 43 seconds to go in regulation.
In the shootout, Skinner made a glove save on Connor and a
blocker save on Scheifele.
--Field Level Media
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