Edmonton forward Nail Yakupov sustained what appeared to be a leg injury after he got tangled up with an official and fell to the ice in the Oilers’ 4-1 loss to the Hurricanes in Carolina.
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Jordan Staal, Elias Lindholm, Jeff Skinner, and Andrej Nestrasil fueled the Hurricanes offense and goaltender Cam Ward earned the win, turning away 30 pucks throughout.
Left winger Benoit Pouliot scored for the Oilers (7-14-1), who’ve won only once in a six-game span.
Carolina improved to 2-2-4 in its last eight by winning for the second time in three games. Ward has started 15 games this season and has a 6-6-3 record with a. 902 save percentage and 2.44 goals against average.
Oilers’ forward Nail Yakupov, who got his 100th career point in the first period, left with an injury to his lower body during the second period and did not return.
“We showed really good poise and maturity with that two-goal lead”, Peters said.
Following the game, coach Todd McLellan didn’t have an update on Yakupov’s status following the game. “I got lucky”, Klefbom said. That was Edmonton’s most recent playoff game….
A veteran of 867 NHL games, Staal has 316 goals, 438 assists, and 754 total points, all with the Carolina Hurricanes since being drafted 2nd overall by the team in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft.
Play continued from end-to-end throughout the opening 20 minutes as both Ward and Edmonton goalie Anders Nilsson (23 saves) were tested often and stayed equally busy. Hurricanes D Ryan Murphy (concussion) missed his fifth straight game. The Carolina and Edmonton franchises played a memorable seven-game Stanley Cup Finals series 10 seasons ago, with the Hurricanes claiming the 2006 Cup….
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There is no rest for the tired as the Hurricanes will practice Thanksgiving morning, then board a plane to Buffalo for a game against the Sabres on Friday night. The teams meet again January 4 in Edmonton….
