Arvidsson outshines superstars in Oilers’ 4-0 win over Penguins

It was touted arsenic a superstar showdown, but neither Connor McDavid nor Sidney Crosby could find the scoresheet successful the Edmonton Oilers’ clash against the Pittsburgh Penguins connected Friday night.

Instead, Stuart Skinner made 27 saves for his 5th vocation shutout, and Viktor Arvidsson had a standout show with 3 assists — his archetypal points arsenic an Oiler — arsenic Edmonton snapped a two-game losing skid with a 4-0 triumph implicit the Penguins.

“We played connected some sides of the puck truly bully contiguous for 60 minutes,” Arvidsson said. “I deliberation that was a large connection game. I deliberation that is however we person to play and however we are going to beryllium good.”

Oilers defenceman Mattias Ekholm, who was a teammate of Arvidsson’s successful Nashville, said it was large to spot him yet get immoderate points.

“That’s the Viktor I know,” helium said. “He is ever the hardest moving (guy) retired there, he’ll bushed you retired for icing and is simply a symptom successful the ass to play against. I thought helium had a truly large night.

“He is getting much and much comfy each nighttime that helium gets to play present and get chemistry with his linemates and I deliberation contiguous helium showed what helium tin truly do. Kudos to him, helium truly played a coagulated night.”

Ekholm and Evan Bouchard each had a extremity and an assist.

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“I thought conscionable each around, commencement to decorativeness we conscionable played a truly coagulated game,” Skinner said. “It started with the D-zone obviously, and from determination we were capable to capitalize connected immoderate offence. And that’s usually however it starts for us, erstwhile we are coagulated successful the D-zone we get a batch of chances. In the archetypal period, I had 5 shots and everything was from the outside, truthful conscionable an astonishing squad effort.”

Despite the loss, Joel Blomqvist was precise beardown successful nett for the Penguins, making 46 stops.

“He continued to battle, helium saw immoderate truly bully looks, odd-man rushes and I thought helium hung successful determination kept competing,” Crosby said. “They person immoderate unsafe shooters and helium did a large occupation hanging successful determination for us.”

Blomqvist was playing successful conscionable his 5th NHL game.