National Hockey League Game Capsules
Edmonton, AB (SportsNetwork.com) – Derek Roy scored the deciding goal with 9:18 remaining as the Edmonton Oilers bounced back to post a 4-3 victory over the Colorado Avalanche. After squandering a 3-0 first-period lead, the Oilers regrouped to hand the Avalanche a damaging blow to their already slim playoff chances when Roy converted the team’s lone power play opportunity of the night. Edmonton beat a shaky Semyon Varlamov three times on just seven shots before the Colorado netminder was yanked after just 9:36 of play. The Avs proceeded to rally behind a outstanding relief effort from Reto Berra, who turned aside 26-of-27 chances. Ryan O’Reilly aided Colorado’s comeback effort with a goal and two assists, with Alex Tanguay and Jarome Iginla also notching goals. Tanguay added an assist on O’Reilly’s marker which knotted the score at 3-3 early in the third period. Martin Marincin, Jordan Eberle and Taylor Hall accounted for Edmonton’s early goals, which helped support a 41-save performance out of Ben Scrivens.
Final Score: Philadelphia 4, Chicago 1
Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – Steve Mason turned away 34 pucks and four different players lit the lamp as Philadelphia claimed a surprise 4-1 victory over Chicago on Wednesday. Wayne Simmonds, Ryan White, Claude Giroux and Michael Raffl scored once each for the Flyers, who put a four-game losing streak to bed against one of the top teams in the Western Conference. Philadelphia, which is on the outside of the Eastern Conference playoff chase, recorded just its second regulation win in the last 10 games (2-4-4). Andrew Shaw provided the sole offense while Corey Crawford made 29 saves for the Blackhawks, who completed a four-game road swing with a 2-2 record.
Final Score: Dallas 4, Calgary 3 (SO)
Calgary, AB (SportsNetwork.com) – Tyler Seguin notched the lone score of the shootout and Dallas emerged with a 4-3 decision over Calgary at the Saddledome. Ales Hemsky scored twice and Jamie Benn once for the Stars, who have won a season-best four in a row and seven of their last eight to remain in playoff contention. Dallas moved six points back of idle Winnipeg for the final wild-card spot in the West with eight games to play. Kari Lehtonen earned the win with a 31-save effort. Deryk Engelland posted two scores and Johnny Gaudreau the other for the Flames, who have lost four of six but have recorded points in four of those contests (2-2-2). Karri Ramo stopped 27 shots in defeat, but couldn’t get to Seguin’s chance which ended the first round of the game’s final segment. Lehtonen ended the contest by closing off his pads to stop a Sean Monahan wrister.
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