Evander Kane scored the game-winner with 1:58 left to give the Edmonton Oilers a 5-3 pre-season win over the Seattle Kraken at Rogers Place on Friday night.
The Kraken took the lead with seven minutes left in the first when Daniel Sprong flicked in a second chance at the side of the net. In the final minute of the first, Oilers defenceman Tyson Barrie ripped a power-play point shot past Seattle netminder Philipp Grubauer to make it 1-1.
Seattle rookie forward Matty Beniers scored the only goal of the second period. Andre Burakovsky missed an open net for the Kraken, but the puck went off Beniers who chopped it past Oilers goaltender Jack Campbell.
Five minutes into the third, Oilers winger Jesse Puljujarvi sliced in a sharp, goal-mouth pass from Connor McDavid to tie it at two.
With 4:33 left, Grubauer tried to clear the puck but it hit the onrushing Leon Draisaitl and trickled in to give the Oilers a 3-2 lead.
Jared McCann fired home a power-play goal with 2:18 left, but Kane scored just 20 seconds later off a pass from Draisaitl. McDavid added an empty-netter.
The Oilers will open the regular season at home against the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday. You can listen to the game live on 630 CHED, beginning with The Faceoff Show at 6 p.m. The actual game starts at 8 p.m.
Source: Global News
