The Edmonton Oilers collected only one point in a 4-3 shootout loss to the Detroit Red Wings, and a night that already felt ragged got worse with an apparent head injury to Zach Hyman.
Edmonton did grab three separate leads, but none of them held. The game started as a low-event first period with the Oilers up 1-0, then settled into a 1-1 tie after two.
Detroit, meanwhile, spent much of that middle stretch pushing the play; Edmonton was outshot 17-7 through two periods, with Tristan Jarry keeping the score manageable. The Oilers then tilted the ice in the third, outshooting the Wings 12-5 in a period that ended deadlocked at 3-3.
Edmonton also controlled overtime, outshooting Detroit 4-1, but the Red Wings finished the job in the shootout.
Jarry was the clear bright spot for Edmonton, earning a 7 and doing the heavy lifting for most of the night. He turned aside a Rasmussen drive to the net on a Detroit power play early, handled a Raymond wrister, and later stacked up saves on Arvidsson, Larkin, and DeBrincat before finally getting beaten on a cross-seam one-timer for the 1-1 goal.
He had no chance on Detroit’s 3-2 marker or the empty-netter that made it 3-3, and he also came up with a big stop on Faulk in overtime. In the shootout, he stopped one of two.
Connor McDavid had a quieter game by his standards, finishing with a 5. He picked up the secondary assist on the opening goal as part of the cycle work that created the 1-0 lead, but he was late to the passer on the tying goal. He had three looks on an early third-period power play and later set up Evan Bouchard for a prime chance in overtime, but Edmonton never cashed in.
Leon Draisaitl was active throughout, scoring a 6. He had a one-timer off a Mukhmadullin feed, then did much of the work on the sequence that produced the opening goal before his shot in front deflected off Podkolzin and in. Draisaitl also flashed with a spin-a-rama backhand from the high slot, set up Ryan Nugent-Hopkins for two power-play chances with a slick backhand feed, and later fed Podkolzin for another dangerous look that hit the post.
Podkolzin’s 5 came with plenty of impact. He threw a heavy hit on his first shift, went to the net for the deflection that opened the scoring, and later nearly scored again twice, ringing a crossbar and then a post. He also drew a penalty to start the third and led the team with five hits.
Bouchard got a 6 after a strong all-around night. He extended an early cycle, helped drive play at 5-on-5, and finished with a 24-9 shot share in Edmonton’s favor when he was on the ice.
He was, however, part of the defensive breakdown on the 1-1 goal when he couldn’t get a stick on the cross-seam pass. Still, he added a third-period power play and laid a stiff check on Raymond late.
Mukhmadullin also earned a 6 and delivered what was described as his best game as an Oiler. He set up Draisaitl for a one-timer, used his reach to box out Larkin behind the Edmonton net, and later got off a hard shot off another Draisaitl feed. He also drove hard to the net in the third and posted a 19-10 edge in 5-on-5 shot attempts while he was on the ice.
Nugent-Hopkins was another bright spot with a 6. He made a strong strip deep in his own zone, helped create multiple power-play chances, and his line had a dominant shift in the Detroit end without getting rewarded.
He also played a key role in the sequence that led directly to the 3-2 goal, then had a rush chance in overtime before being stopped in the shootout. He finished with a team-high six shots.
Hyman had a 5 before leaving with what looked like a serious injury. He drew a second-period power play and had two chances to bury an interior pass from Nugent-Hopkins, but couldn’t finish. Then he took a hard but clean hit into the side boards, buckled, went down, and did not return.
Other Oilers who made their mark included Kasperi Kapanen, who earned a 5 and set up Howard in the high slot for the 2-1 power-play goal while also making a strong defensive play on Larkin in overtime; Ryan Shea, who scored a 6 and later got the game’s third star after a point shot was deflected home for the 3-2 lead; and Connor Murphy, who posted a 5 and saved a goal with his stick at the top of the crease after falling to the ice while injured.
Owen Michaels earned a 5 for a strong penalty kill and some key faceoff work in his own zone, though his faceoff percentage was listed at 43%. Alex Formenton had a rougher night, with a 3 after a costly giveaway leading to the 2-2 goal. Mathieu Joseph got a 4, Jake Walman a 4 after a rough second-period PK shift, and Ty Emberson received a 5 for a good stretch pass and some solid neutral-zone work despite limited ice time.
Colton Dach was the late-game jolt. After being bumped up to the second line when Hyman was hurt, he earned a 7, picked up a secondary assist on the 2-1 goal, and then used a high-skill tip from the high slot to briefly put Edmonton ahead 3-2. He finished with two shots, two hits, and the game’s first star.
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