On his 20th birthday, the Edmonton Oilers winger scored two goals, including the winner, to lift his team to a 4-3 pre-season win over the Calgary Flames on Saturday. Calgary Flames’ Dillon Dube and Edmonton Oilers’ Darnell Nurse battle for the puck during first period NHL pre-season action in Edmonton on Saturday. It makes it that much better,” said Yamamoto before the Oilers took off for Germany, where they will wrap up their pre-season with an exhibition game against the Cologne Sharks on Wednesday. The Oilers open the season next Saturday in Sweden against the New Jersey Devils. However, Oilers defenceman Adam Larsson left the game in the second period and did not return.

Source: thestar September 29, 2018 23:37 UTC