The Edmonton Oilers won 4–3 in the final set.
Jesse Puljujärvi got one assist and almost 18 minutes of ice time. AOP / USA TODAY Sports
Finnish time on Saturday evening in the previous match was left to zero Connor McDavid’s and Leon Draisaitl star-studded Edmonton Oilers tried to change their course as a guest of the New York Rangers.
Jesse Puljujärvi played next to the two aforementioned superstars in the first place. In the opening set, Puljujärvi had two places to get into the goal statistics, but Igor Šestjorkin The Finn’s attempts were repelled by the Rangers goal.
Kaapo Kako the chain of three was successful for Rangers. Alexis Lafreniere steered in front of the goal by Adam Fox feed into the cage.
Jay Woodcroft The numbers behind the Oilers bench kept the numbers in only one goal more than half the interval, as the Rangers’ next two goals were rejected due to the coach’s challenge.
The Oilers’ black moment came immediately after another successful challenge. The Rangers scored two goals in two consecutive substitutions.
Puljujärvi woke up his team in the third set to join the fight. In the second power five, the Finn struggled to get the puck to the one waiting on the blue line To Evan Bouchardwho flicked it into the top corner.
Bouchard was also at it three minutes later when she tripled her goals this season with another line shot. The Oilers’ rise to the top was complete when he hit his first NHL career Dylan Holloway easily overtook Šestjorkin, who remained unbeaten for two sets, from the front corner.
Despite waking up his team, Puljujärvi was no longer seen in the third period alongside McDavid and Draisaitl, but he was demoted to the second string.
Lafreniere took the fatal ice two minutes before the end of the game. The Oilers superstars only needed one chance for this one. The puck was passed to the back post to Draisaitl, who scored a 4–3 winning goal.
Puljujärvi got almost 18 minutes of ice time in the match. Kako’s playing time was just under 14 minutes.