Gagner, Oilers win shootout battle vs. Red Wings
Written by on February 5th, 2012 in Latest News.
Sam Gagner continued to rack up the points and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored the shootout winner as the Edmonton Oilers defeated the league-leading Detroit Red Wings 5-4 on Saturday.
Gagner had two goals and an help a game after his eight-point game in Edmonton’s 8-4 win over Chicago on Thursday. He also scored in the shootout.
The Oilers blew a 3-1 lead, but sent it to overtime when Jordan Eberle scored with 39 seconds left.
Eberle finished up with a pair of goals for the Oilers (21-26-5) who have caught fire with three wins in a row. They are 4-0-1 in their last five games.
Todd Bertuzzi had a pair of goals and Valtteri Filppula and Drew Miller also scored for the Red Wings (35-16-2) who saw a two-game winning streak snapped and suffered only their second loss in the last 11 outings.
Detroit nearly got on the board first before the game was two minutes ancient. Darren Helm had a small-handed breakaway, but Oilers starter Devan Dubnyk was able to come up with a clutch save.
