{"id":12291,"date":"2023-10-15T10:06:03","date_gmt":"2023-10-15T10:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edmontondailynews.com\/?p=12291"},"modified":"2023-10-15T10:06:03","modified_gmt":"2023-10-15T10:06:03","slug":"casey-desmith-shines-canucks-beat-oilers-for-second-straight-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edmontondailynews.com\/casey-desmith-shines-canucks-beat-oilers-for-second-straight-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Casey DeSmith shines, Canucks beat Oilers for second straight game"},"content":{"rendered":"
[1\/32]Oct 14, 2023; Edmonton, Alberta, CAN; Vancouver Canucks forward J.T. Miller (9) skates during warmup against the Edmonton Oilers at Rogers Place. Mandatory Credit: Perry Nelson-USA TODAY Sports Acquire Licensing Rights<\/span><\/p>\n October 15 – Nils Hoglander collected one goal and one assist, Sam Lafferty scored the third-period game winner and goalie Casey DeSmith sparkled in net as the visiting Vancouver Canucks spoiled the Edmonton Oilers’ home opener with a 4-3 victory Saturday night.<\/p>\n Andrei Kuzmenko and Jack Studnicka also scored for the Canucks, while Elias Pettersson notched a pair of assists, but the difference maker was DeSmith. Vancouver’s No. 2 goalie made 37 saves to backstop his team to consecutive upset victories over the high-octane Oilers.<\/p>\n Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored once in a three-point game, while Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid both collected one goal and one assist for the Oilers, who failed to exact revenge from the 8-1 drubbing they suffered in Vancouver to open the season. Goalie Stuart Skinner stopped 12 shots.<\/p>\n With the score even, Lafferty, who was acquired via trade just before the season started, put the Canucks ahead 2:56 into the third period when he used his speed to gain a step on the defender and held off the check as he netted his first of the season.<\/p>\n DeSmith held the fort the rest of the way, including while the Canucks killed a 52-second Edmonton five-on-three power play and during the furious late push.<\/p>\n From the drop of the puck, the Oilers were all over the Canucks and it took only 42 seconds for Draisaitl to open the scoring when he tucked home a loose puck during a wild flurry of action for his second goal of the season.<\/p>\n Kuzmenko responded with a power-play goal just before the midway point of the opening frame, finding the net with a deflection of the point shot for his first goal of the campaign.<\/p>\n Hoglander scored a similar goal to give the Canucks a 2-1 edge with 2:09 remaining in the first period, a deflection of Brock Boeser’s high shot for his first of the season.<\/p>\n McDavid replied with a power-play goal of his own 1:45 into the second period when he buried a loose puck for his first of the season.<\/p>\n However, Studnicka converted a two-man breakaway 51 seconds later for his first of the season to again put the Canucks ahead only to see Nugent-Hopkins bury another power-play goal before the clash’s midway point for his first of the season.<\/p>\n Draisaitl has a 20-game point streak against the Canucks, in which he has posted 15 goals and 18 assists. It is the longest active streak for a player against a single opponent.<\/p>\n –Field Level Media<\/p>\n Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.<\/p>\n