Period leads of 2-0 and 2-1 could not be turned into a victory Sunday for the Saskatoon Blades as the Edmonton Oil Kings scored four unanswered third period goals in a 5-2 triumph.
Playing their third game in three days on the road, the Bridge City Bunch were given six of seven power play chances in the game’s first 22 minutes, making good on two of them as Kyle Crnkovic and Trevor Wong staked the Blue and Gold to a lead, However, three straight man advantages eventually led to Edmonton breaking through for a power play goal of their own, giving them momentum going into the third period. The Blades, who went into the three-game weekend with five healthy defenceman, lost veteran Charlie Wright to an Upper Body injury in the second frame. The remaining four beleaguered blueliners couldn’t quite keep up in the third period as the Oil Kings won their ninth straight home game to improve to 16-4-3 for the season. Saskatoon, who were out-shot 41-21, dropped to 12-9-1. On the positive side, the Bridge City Bunch opened the scoring in a game for the first time since their 2-1 win in Brandon on November 12 and ended an oh-for-13 run on the power play. The Blue and Gold finish up their stretch of nine consecutive road games on Friday and Saturday in Winnipeg against the W-H-L-leading ICE. Following is Les Lazaruk’s Post Game Show chat with head coach Brennan Sonne and the game summary courtesy the W-H-L…..
Saskatoon Blades 2 at Edmonton Oil Kings 5 – Status: Final
Sunday, November 28, 2021 – Rogers Place – Edmonton, AB
Saskatoon 2 0 0 – 2
Edmonton 0 1 4 – 5
1st Period-1, Saskatoon, Crnkovic 12 (Wong, De La Gorgendiere), 8:37 (PP). 2, Saskatoon, Wong 6 (Crnkovic, Wiens), 16:10 (PP). Penalties-Kubicek Edm (boarding), 0:31; Jakub Demek Edm (holding), 5:57; Jake Neighbours Edm (tripping), 7:54; Wiens Sas (tripping), 11:10; Logan Dowhaniuk Edm (high sticking, high sticking), 13:44; Kubicek Edm (slashing), 19:18.
2nd Period-3, Edmonton, Dylan Guenther 13 (Logan Dowhaniuk, Jake Neighbours), 12:12 (PP). Penalties-Robins Sas (holding opp. stick), 1:18; Shugrue Sas (roughing), 5:15; Schneider Sas (major-fighting), 8:02; Shea Van Olm Edm (major-fighting), 8:02; De La Gorgendiere Sas (delay of game), 11:46.
3rd Period-4, Edmonton, Jakub Demek 9 (Jalen Luypen, Josh Williams), 4:38. 5, Edmonton, Carter Souch 6 (Kowalyk, Jakub Demek), 7:07. 6, Edmonton, Jake Neighbours 2 (Dylan Guenther, Golder), 11:34. 7, Edmonton, Jake Neighbours 3 (Kubicek, Carter Souch), 14:42. Penalties-De La Gorgendiere Sas (roughing), 20:00; Kubicek Edm (roughing), 20:00.
Shots on Goal-Saskatoon 11-5-5-21. Edmonton 11-16-14-41.
Power Play Opportunities-Saskatoon 2 / 6; Edmonton 1 / 4.
Goalies-Saskatoon, Maier 10-7-1-0 (41 shots-36 saves). Edmonton, Cossa 13-3-2-1 (21 shots-19 saves).
A-4,941
Referees-Taylor Burzminski (83), Brett Iverson (24).
Linesmen-Scott Kramers (167), Connor LaForge (168).
